On the switches I have it only has the NO connection. I opened the halscope
and It looked like it was triggering pretty bad when it was not supposed
to. I was just using some regular unshielded wire and it was being run
pretty close to the stepper wires.... I have some shielded wire that I am
going to try this weekend. I'll let you all know what I figure out.
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 7:06 AM, John Thornton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bryce,
>
> If this is a typical micro switch you can move one wire and use the N/C set
> of
> contacts and that is the prefered way to connect a limit switch. Then
> change back to
> Both Limit + Home and when you start up if you get joint 0 limit switch
> error (and
> your not sitting on the limit switch) change the invert check box. If you
> still get the
> error randomly then suspect noise/loose connection or other electrical
> problems.
>
> Once you solve the above and if you still have a homing problem what home
> related settings did you use to set up that axis with in the wizard?
>
> John
>
>
> On 15 Oct 2008 at 15:20, Bryce Johnson wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > I just installed a homing/limit switch to try it out. It is a NO
> > switch. I loaded up the stepconf and put that it was a X axis home and
> > limit switch. When I started it up I got "joint 0 limit switch error"
> > or something like that. I eventually changed it to just a homing
> > switch.
> >
> > I got it to home but it would be be a little jerky. It would move
> > forward toward home. Pause. Move forward again. All seemingly random.
> > When it hit home it appeared to home properly. Could it be noise on
> > the line? Are this two issues related?
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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