Ian, For what its worth, my set up sounds very similar yours. Here how I set things up; Load in the stock. Jog machine around to zero point for GCODE. Select X in Manual window then press Home - Axis cords set to 0.0000 Select Y in Manual window then press Home - Axis cords set to 0.0000 Select Z in Manual window then press Home - Axis cords set to 0.0000 Load in GCODE file and then press RUN button.
May be you need to check the default codes selected in your .ini file? Regards Andy Bristol, UK -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 September 2007 11:14 To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Emc-users] Homing - zeroing - touch off Hi, I'm a bit confused.... I'm running EMC 2.1.7 with a simple stepper setup and, at the moment, no home or limit switches set up. So, I set the material on the machine and then want to zero EMC at some point on this material. From the literature I assumed that I should go to the AXIS manual screen, jog to the position I want and hit the 'Touch Off' button to set the position as far as software is concerned to zero or some other chosen figure - it doesn't seem to work.... or, at least, not for all axes which seems strange. When I do this, a couple of the axes will show 0.000 on the screen but the other two will change to some other figure that I can't understand like -3.234 or 24.554 or something - different from the figure they were at but not zero or the commanded figure. Also, when I hit the 'Home' button on this manual screen, some of the axes will just dhow the home symbol next to the displayed figure but others will again change their figures. I have been setting the position by issuing a G92 command for each axis but, if I then hit the 'home' button again, the figure will change and I have to do it all again. Is it me or is there a problem with my ini files or the program? I believe someone also mentioned being able to set axes to zero with a 'shift-home' command from the keyboard but this doesn't seem to do anything on my setup. Maybe I just don't understand what should be happening - could someone enlighten me please? -- Best wishes, Ian ____________ Ian W. Wright Sheffield UK "The difference between theory and practice is much smaller in theory than in practice..." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
