I had this problem before and someone here helped me changing something in the setup and it worked. Unfortunately I loaded a new profile for my new Velox machine and now I'm having the same problem and I don't remember what the fix was....

Here's whats happening. I load any G-code and the machine starts running normally, sometime within the process the machine stops and displays "external  limit switch activated"?
this is right in the center of the machine so I am not anywhere close to the limits.

Any idea what may be causing this?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Peter

try increasing the debounce interval in general config to 2000

I'll try that when I get home.

Thanks

Tried everything and nothing works. Borrowed a PC from a friend and everything works like a charm but with the laptop I get this problem every single time....

Hi Pete,

Are you using an external motion controller (such as the SmoothStepper etc) with that laptop ?

Tweakie.

Hey Tweakie,
I am using a smoothstepper.

Thanks

Pete,

Firstly, if you are using mechanical limit switches it my be worth just tapping the side of each one lightly with a small screwdriver handle (or similar) and seeing if this causes the 'limit switch activated' - switches can sometimes have loose or bad internal contacts which could be activated by vibration. Also, it would be worth checking all your limit switch wiring, connectors etc. for damage or poor contact (I am assuming you are using 'shielded cables' for your limit switch wiring - if not then you should be).

Secondly, try increasing the Noise Filtering values in your SS Config Dialogue.

Tweakie.

Dont use too much filtering in the SS config, it is different than the parallel port in that only small values should be used. The parallel port it is often recommended to put in values of 2000 or so and work your way down but with the SS if you put in that amount you will get very slow signals, if at all, so just be aware of that
 The increments are 1.43 in the SS and going much higher than 10 will likely cause delays that you can see, having said that 1.43 is quite often enough, always was for me on anything I had.
Hood

Thanks guys. I doubt it's anything wire related since it works fine with a PC.

I do have it set at 2000, should it be lower for the smoothstepper?

The Smppthstepper doesnt use the Debounce Interval, adjusting that will have no effect as it is purely for the parallelport.
For the SS go to Plugin Control menu the SS Config, that will open the plugin window. You will see quite a few options for the filtering there, choose the Limits one and enter 1.43 and see if it helps, might also need to try the E-Stop one as well.
Hood