Unless your rapids or accelerations are set too high.. Try halving the acceleration and max speeds of all axis, then running your program (without the cutter...
I have gone through my machine and reversed the wires to get the proper direction movement (works great). I found that the default step jumpers inside the...
You have to adjust the steps per inch to match your machine. Each axis has it's own setting. The math is simple. 1/screw pitch (IE: a 20 pitch thread = .05) *...
Let me see if I have this correct now. My leadscrews (all three) are 16 threads per inch. The internal controller jumper settings are set at 1:2 so the math...
Thanks for the info on the stepping problem I had and it is now looking very good. The router is moving in the proper direction and distance, thanks to you...
Not to be a butthole, but it sounds like you need to do a little reading in the Mach3 manual. I just downloaded and looked at it and section 4 has a very...
I have been trying off and on for a long time now to get my home and limit switches working. I have three limit switches all wired together. I have three...
Back when I was in the same prediciment, Tony G made that exact statement, "Turn off Limit switches" . As a result, all my switches are wired into "home...
I tried disabling the limit switches (being sure to reset the ports). I even disabled all home switches except for one. I still get the same result. With...
Stupid question (I reread your original post). If you have separate limits and homes, and it works flawlessly that way with the limit switches and the home...
Limits are at one end. Homes are at the other. I would like to have limits at both ends. In other words, I would like the homes to work as homes and limits....
Could you wire the same axis limit and home switch together and just use the same input pin for both in setup? I mean, if you had both X switches (home and...
Don't think that would work as the limit function would override the homing function. As previously stated, ALL my switches are set as home switches and then I...
So your switches are wired in series on each axis? Can the limits be toggled off during homing? I think in version 3 you had an option to toggle them off....
That is correct. Each axis has its home switches in series where there are multiple switches and set as home switches. Then home as limits is toggled on and...
I dissabled my home switches so that I could test each one alone. I found that my Y-axis works just fine with Limits turned on and Home as Limits turned on....
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Here is my INI file. Can anyone figure out why my Y axis works but my X and Z do not. (Please note that the Y axis only works when the X and Z are disabled)....
Matt, The way I read your ini file, 1. X axis says you are homing in the positive direction true and that the home position is 0.00. This means that the...
Most encoders put out 2 signals that are 90degrees phase shifted with respect to each other. With only one signal, you can tell the speed only by counting the...
I've been reading about linear encoders for CNC use and came across a terse description of a reference mark that is "position encoded". It says if you move the...
Not knowing anything about it, I would venture this guess. There is an "absolute position" encoded onto the scale every 20mm or so. Not just marks that send...
I agree with your description. I'm wondering how they do it. I suppose they could hide some position information by variation in the placement of the A & B...
My assumption would be that they are either separate signals or there is a "blip" in the standard AB signals that the sensor picks up as something other than...
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