Bench Test cannot find home switch. (resolved)

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Re: Bench Test cannot find home switch.

Post by martyscncgarage »

Hope you survived the hurricane!

Had you had time to get back to your project? Dont leave us hangin'!
Marty
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Re: Bench Test cannot find home switch. (resolved)

Post 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.
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Re: Bench Test cannot find home switch. (resolved)

Post by ScotY »

Curious to learn what F3 find home does if it doesn't home an axis?
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Re: Bench Test cannot find home switch. (resolved)

Post 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.
Need support? READ THIS POST first. http://centroidcncforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=1043
All Acorn Documentation is located here: viewtopic.php?f=60&t=3397
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and here viewforum.php?f=61
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Re: Bench Test cannot find home switch. (resolved)

Post by Reedfirst »

Oh man, I almost pulled all my hair out trying to figure out what I was doing wrong :lol:

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.
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