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This is an odd one.
Everything APPEARs to be working.
I set up the touch probe as tool 10. I use the auto command function to set the length by touching the tool setter. It goes through the motions. I click to save the data.
I then use the functions to set Z zero to be the surface of a block of ...

Good news, sort of.
I went back to one of my earliest reports and restored it. Had to tweak some settings, but it finally started to home again, but only if the eStop was programmed for red instead of green. Lots of troubleshooting led to disassembling all of the Acorn stuff.
Discovered that somehow ...

Things tried:
Remove all extras like probe and setter. No change.
Change the pc to a full tower system, fast processor, lots of ram, easily passed the performance tests. No change.
Changed the maximum pulses down to 40,000. No change.
I have a new thin client on order.
Love to hear some more ...

To Uwe,

Yes, the PLC diagnostic changes states appropriately for each home switch.

To cncsnw,
Good though. I'll dig into that.

Thanks, but not using auto square.

I have been converting a fully functional CNC machine to an Acorn board to gain some additional features.
The goal has been to do it without modifications to the existing machine via an interface board that connects all the existing signals (to and from) the machine to the Acorn board.
I started ...