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Offline Davek0974

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Help with soft limits please...
« on: January 30, 2014, 02:23:51 PM »
Now I've finally got my table running, no plasma yet, just setting up, I am trying to figure out soft limits in mach as it's a bit to easy to jog into the limit switches.

I have an envelope of 650x650mm so I set my minimums to 0 & 0 and my maximums to 650 with a 10mm slow zone but it didn't seem to work, have I set the soft limits correctly??

Also, when I tried to re-run a previously working test code, I get a G54 error.

This is all new to me so I thought it best to ask.

Also, on a plasma table, is Z0 torch up or torch down?
My preference is for Z0 to be with the tip touching the machine table.

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Re: Help with soft limits please...
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2014, 04:03:10 PM »
Make sure you have auto zero chosen. Also have you enabled the softlimits via the button?
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Re: Help with soft limits please...
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2014, 04:27:26 PM »
Auto zero does work when I do a home-all, will double check in the morning,

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Re: Help with soft limits please...
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2014, 04:58:04 PM »
If you still cant get it working attach your xml  and I will see if I can find a problem.
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Re: Help with soft limits please...
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2014, 01:19:54 PM »
Got it sussed now, the biggest problem was that the slow-zone was way too small, bumping it up to 50mm got it all working nicely.

The z-axis threw me a bit off course as it's all negative number but once I figured out what was happening it all clicked.

A small vid of her running...
http://www.davekearley.co.uk/LinkPics/CNCVID1.mp4

Thanks for the tips.

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Re: Help with soft limits please...
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2014, 02:19:01 PM »
Looking good :)

Hood