Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Mach3 homing

G28 is "go home" not "set home position". You need to run a home all axes
macro which sets your G52 machine coordinate zero.

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On Mar 21, 2012 1:18 PM, "Roland Jollivet" <Roland.Jollivet@...>
wrote:

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> Hi all
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> I got my lathe cnc'ed and been playing around with it. It works fine.
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> But today I installed home switches on the X and Z and am confused.
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> I'm used to turbocnc, and on that I used to use G28. It would move off
> towards the home switches and then back off, with the display showing
> 0,0,0. Easy and simple........
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> On mach, in the diagnostic screen, I can see the buttons 'light' up when I
> press the home switches. But if I type G28, the Z goes off towards the
> tailstock and the switch has absolutely no effect ??
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> At first I only had the X home switch set up, with Z not enabled, but the Z
> would still move off ?? So then I thought, strangely that I'd HAVE to have
> the Z home switch installed, which i did, but that has no effect either.
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> If I type G28 X0, it goes off in either direction depending on where it is,
> but the switch still has no effect.
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> I have not changed the default values for the home positions in the config.
> Right now I just want mach3 to respond to the switches. How does one
> perform a simple home function?
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> Turbocnc also had a 'home axes' option. I can't find this in mach3
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> A bit long winded, but trying to be clear ablout what I've done so far.
> Help appreciated.
>
> Regards
> Roland
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