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Do not start or use the System Test macro with Hickory.

Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 6:02 pm
by cnckeith
Dear Centroid Hickory CNC Users,

Please do not perform the CNC12 System Test with Hickory installations that do not have limit/home switches and/or do have a software paired axes.

Please see the System Test Advisement below with instructions on how to defeat the CNC12 system test with the macro attached.

Best regards,

cnckeith

if you have any questions please email support@centroidcnc.com

System Test Advisement for Hickory

Do not start or use the System Test macro with Hickory.
system test image.png
We released Hickory CNC12 software without testing the System Test with Hickory, this fell through the cracks. Please read below on how to defeat the System Test requirement from CNC12.

The Centroid System Test was created to ensure OEM’s properly setup the CNC Controller and don’t drop ship a CNC machine Tool to an enduser that has not been properly configured. The System Test has been around for years and has not been updated for use with Hickory.
Instructions for how to use the System Test for Oak and Allin1DC without paired axes is here
https://www.centroidcnc.com/dealersuppo ... ds/327.pdf


For Acorn and AcornSix the System test was removed from CNC12 many years ago since most of these users are building the CNC control themselves.

The System Test is largely trying to verify that the Limit and Home switches are properly configured. For Hickory systems (which use absolute encoders) Limit and Home switches are redundant and most user will elect not to install them as they are optional items with Hickory systems.

The System Test also has an issue with systems that are setup with Software Paired Axes.

So, Do not start or use the System Test macro with Hickory or with system using paired axes.

You can eliminate forcing of System Test from the CNC12 start menu by running this macro attached

-or- by hand typing each line in MDI and then closing CNC12 and Rebooting the CNC controller.

#100 = #1233
#100 = #1234
#100 = #1234
#100 = #1234

Forcing of System Test will be removed from the upcoming v5.1 CNC12 release and reintroduced in v5.2 after we have updated it and thoroughly tested it.