I am setting up a new machine with mach 4 and I have some basic operation questions (I am using an ESS for input)
I am setting up my homing switches, they will also be the limit switches. On the diagnostics screen I see they are triggering correctly.
1. When I move an axis to the homing/limit switch, Mach stops movement as it should, and displays the limit switch tripped message. But when I try to move the axis in the other direction (off the switch) it will not move, My switch is my 0 point and I have soft limits set to +40 inches. The only way I can get the axis to move is to disable the switch, restart mach, move the axis, enable the switch, restart mach. So what is the correct way to move off the limit switch once I have hit it?
2. How do I command the machine to go to home position I tried the MDI screen and executing M28, the screen flashed but there was no movement. I verified that home in place is NOT checked for my XYZ axis.
3. On my other machine using mach 3, when I set a point as 0 (hit zero X, Y, Z) then hit the "goto 0" button the machine would move to the spot I had marked each axis as 0. I use this feature alot. When I do the same and hit "Goto work 0" nothing happens. Does mach have the goto 0 feature? If so how do I use it? What does the "goto work 0" do?