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Homing help
« on: December 13, 2011, 10:58:08 AM »
Hi Newbie here
I bought the Zentools 7x7 cnc and have Mach 3
I'm having trouble setting up the home switches
I have 2 switches in series for each axis so they are both home and limit switches
when I hit ref all  z axis homes perfect but the next one   y  will hit the switch and keep going
I've read for hours on this site and elsewhere but can't figure it out
any help would really be great

Tim

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Re: Homing help
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2011, 01:30:04 PM »
Sounds like you may have the switch set up wrong in Mach, if you attach your xml file I can see if there is a problem with your config.
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Re: Homing help
« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2011, 01:04:47 AM »
Thanks for your help
Guess I'm a total newb, it took me awhile just to figure out where the .xml file was
I just got as far as getting the motors to move at that is it

Tim

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Re: Homing help
« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2011, 06:28:57 AM »
sent you a private message

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Re: Homing help
« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2011, 04:08:04 PM »
If you go to the Diagnostics page in Mach and then press a switch on the X axis, do the M1 Limit/Home LEDs light or do the M2 ones light?
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Re: Homing help
« Reply #5 on: December 14, 2011, 06:38:30 PM »
Ok Sorry about that
reinstalled latest version with proper lic
hopefully I'm good to go
new xml
pressing on z switch light up all 3 m1 lights
pressing on x (right and left) switch light up all 3 m3 lights
pressing on y (back/forward) switch light up all 3 m2 lights

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Re: Homing help
« Reply #6 on: December 14, 2011, 07:06:16 PM »
X should be M1
Y M2
Z M3

so if yours are as you say you need to swap the pin assignments round in Mach.
Hood
Re: Homing help
« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2011, 12:03:50 AM »
Awesome thanks
rewired it and it homes correctly now
When I hit a limit switch how do I reset so I can move it off the switch?
I'm having to turn them by hand to get them off the switch

Thanks Hood

Tim
Re: Homing help
« Reply #8 on: December 15, 2011, 12:49:56 AM »
getting excited
Now to find a good first program to try
Anyone?
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Re: Homing help
« Reply #9 on: December 15, 2011, 08:41:14 AM »
When I hit a limit switch how do I reset so I can move it off the switch?
I'm having to turn them by hand to get them off the switch

Settings screen ... Limit Override

Now to find a good first program to try
Anyone?

http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,18345.0.html

... and there's the Roadrunner in the default Mach3 GCode folder.
Russ