On Wednesday 22 October 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >"+" moves the Z axis down (into the piece) and the "-" >moves the piece up, away from the work.
A: That is backwards, reverse the sign in a scale directive for that axis in your .ini file, or if steppers, turn off the power and reverse the phase of one winding of that motor. B: Your email agent hiccuped and sent 5 of these. >Ian W. Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : >> John, >> First thing you must do is to confirm that your Z axis moves positive >> for up and negative for down. Jog it to a position well above the work >> surface, Touch Off or Home to zero it, and then in MDI (hit F5 to get >> there) type in G1 Z-0.5 F1 or something similar. If the axis goes up >> instead of down you need to reverse it which you can do in the settings >> to the output pin on the parallel port. >> >> -- >> 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 the Moblin Your Move Developer's >> challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win >> great prizes >> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the >> world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge >Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in > the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >_______________________________________________ >Emc-users mailing list >Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) First rule of public speaking. First, tell 'em what you're goin' to tell 'em; then tell 'em; then tell 'em what you've tole 'em. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
