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SmartBOB controllers and dedicated accessories / 424, 407, Mach4 Lathe not homing
« on: December 08, 2016, 05:53:52 PM »
- Dell Optiplex 745, 3Ghz, .99Gig, 32bit, XP Professional service pack 3
- PMDX-424 Rev B, ver 0.46.221 and PMDX-407
- Mach4 licensed, build 3206
- machine is a Shopmaster Patriot that originally came with Mach3 installed on it. This machine has typical X, Y, Z, axis plus A axis for lifting the bridge. Stepper motors are driven by a G540. Spindles are driven by a VFD, which is controlled by the PMDX-407. 1PPR index supplied as an input to Mach4.
Problem is lathe will not home. I press Ref X and the Enable button becomes Disabled. History reads: ...SmartBOB X axis homing error, axis flagged as not homable.
I press Ref Z and get the same message in history except it references the Z axis.
If I press Ref All a message box appears and says Referencing Complete. History says:
- X Axis not homable
- Unexpected home request while Mach4 disabled, ignoring
Pressing X-/+ and Z-/+ moves the axis in the proper direction. X and Z will work ok from the MDI.
I have Mach4 mill running successfully. After getting Mill running, I tried Lathe and got the results mentioned above. I went through motor mapping, inputs, and homing settings and could not find a problem. So after sleeping on it, I cloned the Mill profile that worked, opened the screen and changed the view to wxLathe. Then I went through the settings to get everything working as I believed it should for the Lathe. I discovered my mistake doing this was the tool table was my Mill tool table, so not very helpful. So I went back to a new wxLathe clone and set it up once again.
Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Dick
- PMDX-424 Rev B, ver 0.46.221 and PMDX-407
- Mach4 licensed, build 3206
- machine is a Shopmaster Patriot that originally came with Mach3 installed on it. This machine has typical X, Y, Z, axis plus A axis for lifting the bridge. Stepper motors are driven by a G540. Spindles are driven by a VFD, which is controlled by the PMDX-407. 1PPR index supplied as an input to Mach4.
Problem is lathe will not home. I press Ref X and the Enable button becomes Disabled. History reads: ...SmartBOB X axis homing error, axis flagged as not homable.
I press Ref Z and get the same message in history except it references the Z axis.
If I press Ref All a message box appears and says Referencing Complete. History says:
- X Axis not homable
- Unexpected home request while Mach4 disabled, ignoring
Pressing X-/+ and Z-/+ moves the axis in the proper direction. X and Z will work ok from the MDI.
I have Mach4 mill running successfully. After getting Mill running, I tried Lathe and got the results mentioned above. I went through motor mapping, inputs, and homing settings and could not find a problem. So after sleeping on it, I cloned the Mill profile that worked, opened the screen and changed the view to wxLathe. Then I went through the settings to get everything working as I believed it should for the Lathe. I discovered my mistake doing this was the tool table was my Mill tool table, so not very helpful. So I went back to a new wxLathe clone and set it up once again.
Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Dick