The following problem is solved see edit at bottom.
At last I have got my new controller wired and talking to my hobby CNC with everything apparently working as it should. I set up my soft limits with little difficulty and did a calibration check firstly on the X axis. It was so close I shouldn't have bothered to try altering - but I did anyway and used the Wizard to do this. The number it produced was a ridiculous 1700 and something when it should have been a whisker over 40 mm/rev. I didn't run with this figure but reinserted 40.00000 instead and saved.
Since then I have not been able to home the X axis. This is what happens every time I try to Home.
The only thing that could have occurred before this happened and after setting the calibration was that a mains fuse blew powering down the Masso - it was underrated. Could there have been a spike that flipped something in the Masso?
Help appreciated
EDIT
Problem Solved. After taking a break from it for a while I have found that Input setting for the X axis had somehow erased itself. I reset this and all seems well.
By the way is there to reset alarms without rebooting?
At last I have got my new controller wired and talking to my hobby CNC with everything apparently working as it should. I set up my soft limits with little difficulty and did a calibration check firstly on the X axis. It was so close I shouldn't have bothered to try altering - but I did anyway and used the Wizard to do this. The number it produced was a ridiculous 1700 and something when it should have been a whisker over 40 mm/rev. I didn't run with this figure but reinserted 40.00000 instead and saved.
Since then I have not been able to home the X axis. This is what happens every time I try to Home.
- Power up the Masso
- Enter password
- Press and release the Estop
- Home the machine
- Z axis homes correctly
- Y axis homes correctly
- X axis doesn't home but travels in the opposite direction for about 5 mm at about pull-off speed
- Alarm: 'Homing Error' appears
- Reboot the Masso - same result every time.
The only thing that could have occurred before this happened and after setting the calibration was that a mains fuse blew powering down the Masso - it was underrated. Could there have been a spike that flipped something in the Masso?
Help appreciated
EDIT
Problem Solved. After taking a break from it for a while I have found that Input setting for the X axis had somehow erased itself. I reset this and all seems well.
By the way is there to reset alarms without rebooting?
