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Ahhh, this makes sense. So CTRL ALT F alternates between On/Off/Force and if I leave it in Force it can't be used by anything else. I was definitely using the force (ha) when I was bench testing so I must of left them in that mode without realizing what I was doing.

Thanks!

Ok, this happened to me again.... I'm not sure what I'm doing to cause this. Essentially at some point M94/95 codes will no longer work to activate a relay, regardless of how I have the outputs configured in the PLC programming. I noticed that when I go to Alt I and I look at the outputs, the ones t...

During cutting jobs I have relays that fire that lower an air drill, and spin it. In my post processor I have codes to make sure that those relays are turned off at the end of a job. In bench testing I've noticed that if I hit "cycle cancel" or the virtual E Stop, only the spindle relay is...

Hey all, I'm nearly done setting up my Acorn for a transplant into my ShopBot. The last thing I need to tackle is gantry squaring. This is how I do it right now using a relay and the ShopBot software: https://youtu.be/LrSLWpKjLU8 It's essentially a method of unlocking one X axis motor, and using a s...

Well, there's one thing more I need to get solved... squaring. I'm tempted to build my own script to do it.. But from what I hear that's coming in a update very soon?

Ok, I finally solved this in a practical way. With the help of Gary, I realized that it was best to treat the air drill and the spindle as two separate tools. Essentially think of them as selectable tools in an ATC machine. The easy part is measuring the tool height, the harder part was solving the ...

I ended up getting it to work... I just went into the wizard and reset everything and now it works. I suspect something got fouled up when I switched computers.

I think I might have figured this out "in software" I'll test more tomorrow to confirm before I explain it... More back on topic for this thread: is there any reason that my number 2 relay won't fire when I try M94/62 or M62 (which I realize just does an M94/62) I have all of my outputs se...

That's odd about the video, I'll fix that and get it back up. As far as the ordering of the relay, it needs to be one after the other. The drill cannot spin until it's in the down position. Plus, I'll waste a ton of air if the drill is spinning on it's way down. It needs to kick down when tool 31 is...

Check out my video to see exactly how the air drill works: (original post here: http://centroidcncforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=2241) Video here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/axWnTZLxYuEcF8Um9 This video really explains it all. The way it works is that I have the air drill bolted to my Z axis, so ...