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Thank you guys for all your replies, such a wealth of knowledge! After reading Keith's suggestion I think he's right and WCS is probably more appropriate for what I'm looking for. It sounds like offsetting the Machines home is a bandaid for what I want. Now for an even more embarrassing question, ca...

Hey Dan, I apologize, I may not be using the right technical terms... I am using my (3) proximity sensors when doing the homing sequence (albeit, I really don't understand the difference between home/limit switches as it seems like the same function IE my home switch also acts like a soft limit befo...

When I home my machine with my proximity sensors it leaves g54 off the table. I assume there a way to change the distance the machine offsets itself once those sensors are tripped on the x and y axis. Can some point me in the right direction? I came up empty handed searching "home offset" ...

Currently I can operate my spindle manually through the VFD but I am struggling to control it with acorn. Given this VFD has a lot of options and parameters to choose from I was hoping someone can assist me and determine which parameter setting would be best fit for the Acorn. I believe Setting A1.A...

Haha, yes as I was drawing it I realized how shaky my hand is. :shock: I will remove the "Enable" circuit. Is this just another safety feature? I assume it is just a second layer of safety since you recommended it to be tied into a E-Stop relay? I did this according to your prior recommend...

Marty, Thanks for taking the time to write out a great explanation. After receiving my relay board, re-watching your video and this post over and over again, things started to make sense! I tried to draw out the schematic and it got really messy (first attempt ever drawing a schematic haha) **the ou...

Yeah, I'm definitely wayyy over my head lol On the plus note, Proximity switches are wired up (thanks again to Marty lol) Wiring through the gantry https://i.imgur.com/nBMFUTP.jpg X-axis sensor https://i.imgur.com/J5bjMCZ.jpg Y-axis sensor https://i.imgur.com/wdFndmH.jpg Z-axis.... Uh I ordered a se...

Thanks Keith, I will look into the file and study it some more! The other day I was trying to wire up some NPN Proximity switches and got a little confused as the Acorn wiring diagram and other diagrams/info I came across only showed 2 wire connections (while the Proximity sensors have 3) With the h...

Sorry for the lack of updates, it's been hard finding time mess around with the table but got some progress made! I cleaned up some of the wiring and mounted the Acorn board, power supply's and distribution blocks. (It's far from the ideal setup but it was originally AXYZ's design, then I retrofitte...

In your cases pulling the output low will not activate the optos on your switch inputs on your VFD, they want to see a high of 24V. For example if you look at the schematic picture of your VFD wiring you will see Input 3 when a switch is closed will put 24V on pin #10, and that will start the motor...