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Re: Bench Test cannot find home switch.
Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2017 9:53 am
by martyscncgarage
Hope you survived the hurricane!
Had you had time to get back to your project? Dont leave us hangin'!
Marty
Re: Bench Test cannot find home switch. (resolved)
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2017 3:50 pm
by Reedfirst
I'm Back.......
Wow these hurricanes are way too much work. I ended up losing a fence, a few trees, plants, and shrubs and had no power for about a week. Other than some other small damages everything is ok. Especially my ACORN!
Since then, I have manages to get the X and Y Limit and home switches mounted up and adjusted with the software travel limits set. Now I can jog the machine around and the table stops just before reaching their limits.
The Machine homes in X and Y at the initial start up screen and I can also hit the "reset home" switch on the virtual control panel to re-establish home if the need ever arises.
It won't home the individual axes under the f3(find home) screen. I am guessing the acorn doesn't support this.
Re: Bench Test cannot find home switch. (resolved)
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 4:26 am
by ScotY
Curious to learn what F3 find home does if it doesn't home an axis?
Re: Bench Test cannot find home switch. (resolved)
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 10:51 am
by cnckeith
We have a new version of acorn software coming out in a few days and there will no longer be an F3 home button in this new version ..fyi it's a leftover button from our closed loop Servo that we forgot to to eliminate in the Acorn cnc12 release. I'll make a software release announcement as soon as it's available along with update instructions. We have added lead screw compensation, and BCD tool changer output and a whole bunch of other little things with this upcoming release. The new release will of course be free of charge and available to everyone.
Re: Bench Test cannot find home switch. (resolved)
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 1:15 pm
by Reedfirst
Oh man, I almost pulled all my hair out trying to figure out what I was doing wrong
I hope I didn't throw the acorn or anyone under the bus with my post. It seems I have a knack for finding these things out. I tend to dive into something and figure it out from soup to nuts. It's just the way I like to learn and become proficient in something. I think I would have enjoyed beta testing one.
On another note, I am really happy I went with the Acorn. I'm just finishing up my conversion and will post some videos of it running in my other thread.