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It most likely means that the limit switches are not wired correctly to the DC3IOB. Is direction reversal turned on for the Y axis? If so, have you followed TB137? Please email a current report from your system to tech@ajaxcnc.com using TB193. Thanks.

You are more than welcome to create your own tool touch off mechanism. The Centroid's TT-1(B) is a conductive style tool touch-off device. They also make a non-conductive device, TT-2. Whether you purchase a Centroid device or make your own, you will still need to unlock that feature in order for th...

You would need to set the feedrate to either Fast or Slow jog rate and you can then set your feedrate override to whatever percentage you desire for that desired speed.

Of course you can use the DEMO software to test your scenario. You just have to make sure that your settings are correct, such as your 4th axis label being labeled something other than N, axis parameter 91-94 being set appropriately. All this is explained in the operator manual. All you have to do i...

Are the spindles independently controlled? If not, you can just use the same signals going to both spindles. CNC11 systems do have the capability of controlling two spindles independently. The PLC program will need to be modified and you will also need to purchase the ADD4AD4DA board. We have not wr...

You will never see an issue with that low of an encoder count with a CNC11 system. CNC11 systems can handle up to about 25 million encoder counts per second.

In the PLC program you utilize the DoAx1PlusJog. Below is a copy of the code that is in the standard PLC program:

IF (Ax1PlusJogKey || KbJogAx1Plus_M) && !Ax1PlusJogDisabled_M &&
!(IncrContLED && FinalFeedOverride_W == 0) THEN (DoAx1PlusJog)

If you jog an axis to a limit switch, the ALLIN1DC will NOT allow you to continue jogging in that direction. It will, however, allow you to jog in the opposite direction. You DO NOT have to defeat the limits in order to achieve this. If you do, you do not have something wired correctly. It could be ...

We do not have any type of program that will test the capabilities of a 5-axis system. The only thing that we do have is the Euclid Block program, which I believe is Industry Standard, that tests a standard 3-axis Mill system. Thanks.

M26 sets the absolute encoder position to 0. If you have an M26 /x, when Cycle Start is pressed, it will set the absolute encoder position to 0 and therefore your DRO for the X axis will be 0. Therefore when you pressed Cycle Start, it did what it was supposed to do. What is the feedrate that is bei...