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You WILL want to configure an input for "probe detect" to enable the safety features in the software for touch probes when you install yours. It will keep you from destroying the probe.

A rack mount ATC is a piece of cake with the new software. What ATC spindle do you have?

On the last machine I retrofit I had a FIXED and MOVABLE mechanical tool touch off. Both were identical devices. The FIXED one was setup in the wizard as a tool touch off and permanently mounted on the tool rack and the MOVABLE one was setup as a touch plate, even though it is a mechanical tool ...

Currently on my skin the button says "auto Z to plate" which doesn't really do what i need

I give up for now on this, thanks to the forum for the tips

That button on the VCP will touch off the tool using your movable tool touch off anywhere on the material surface or machine bed. The stock ...

My advice would be that if you are not into writing you own macros and reconfiguring your MILL VCP version to work as a ROUTER you can pay Centroid a very small admin fee and they will swap your mill license for a router license. This way you'll can have all the router buttons and macros setup for ...

Asdoyle1221 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 30, 2025 5:18 pm I don't know how to read, do to a lack of proper education.

At least we're finally getting to the root of the problem, this clears up a lot of questions I had.

A rack mount ATC is a piece of cake with the new software. What ATC spindle do you have?


I don't have an ATC spindle yet, I was waiting for a manageable software approach before doing the upgrade.

I will want a spindle in the 6 hp range as that's what my current spindle is now and I like it ...

I think I saw the option to use my license for the router profile.

I screenshotted all of my 4.8 settings so I don't have a problem re configuring
but something I am doing wrong with just the tool touch off is my issue

thanks for all the valuable insights all of you!

Mark

Well then please ...

If the System is old enough that "Router" was not an option when it was purchased, Centroid did do some free changes to Router for a while. The first one's I installed there was only Mill and Lathe options. If they would still offer that I don't know. If Router was an option when it was purchased ...

Asdoyle1221 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 30, 2025 1:14 pmthanks!

Do you know where else you could have found this into? Yup, you guessed it, in the install manual, just sayin'

The info is on page 80 in case you were curious.

Z axis travel limits:

Travel limit (+) should be 0
Travel limit (-) should be -6 (it needs to be a negative number)