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Now we are just spinning our wheels here, you said it yourself, "there's not tool changes in my programs". So this means there's no call for a M6 macro therefore no need for a M6 macro and no need for a fixed tool touch off. Posting each tool as a "job" defeats the purpose of wha...

Those macros in that topic you reference were written LONG before the Wizard included ANY tool touch locations or speeds for tool touch off. You are comparing apples to basketballs. :mrgreen: Those macros used G30 and the speeds for touching off are set in the macro, not in the wizard. When you refe...

Your DIP switch setting should be fine. The only questionable one is #5 as you may need to switch direction depending on how it mounted to get the correct direction from it. You can also change the direction in the Wizard. You then also need to set the steps/rev in the Acorn wizard to 4000 since tha...

The acme lead screw is only adding to the resistance that the Z axis has to endure. A simple gas strut for a counterbalance may be a cheap and easy fix. Let us know how it goes after the drives are wired to the DB25.

Uwe is correct, those are 5v drives and need to be wired to the DB25 for reliable operation. You possibly also need a counter balance on the Z axis as you may be asking too much of the motor and drive combo you installed.

The switches don't serve the same purpose. If you want more help you should post a link to the manual for your drive and motor. We can't possibly know what motors you have or what all the switches do for that particular drive. You need to match the drive to the motor current and then the step/rev to...

I use Southwire VFD cable.

https://cabletechsupport.southwire.com/ ... country=US

You don't have to house the VFD in a separate cabinet. You DO have to employ good practices. Very well stated Tom. I see so many problem builds where builders use unshielded cable everywhere and wonder why they have noise. I also put my VFD in the same cabinet as the rest of the system. If the syst...

friolator wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 3:03 pm Ok, I got this working. It was, um, operator error.

It usually is.

Glad you got that sorted out.

..... I did not expect to have to go into "DB 25 connector - mapping" to activate the screw terminals. For now all is well, I seem to love overcome this hurdle, and i'm ready for the next. Thanks for your help. Steve I agree Steve, I've had a few customers get confused by this page title ...