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anyone running a probotix rf breakout 10 Dec 2011 07:11 #15528

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ok so i got all the limits and home wired and i thought set in the wizard but every time i get a message' joint 0 on limit switch error" does anyone know where i messed up i have set the xyz to home and max limit pins 11 12 13 , with the limits in series both x then to the ground and board and so on . now when i manually trigger each limit the screen shows then come up but i can toggle the machine on in axis keeps giving mr the error .im pretty sure i have something wrong in the stepcon wizard

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Re:anyone running a probotix rf breakout 10 Dec 2011 11:21 #15533

Rick G OFFLINE Moderator Posts: 1087 Thank you received: 17 Karma: 80	Have you tried inverting the signal? Take a look here... linuxcnc.org/docs/html/config_stepconf.h...sec:Axis-Travel-Home Rick G
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Re:anyone running a probotix rf breakout 10 Dec 2011 12:18 #15534

tjfisher OFFLINE Fresh Boarder Posts: 16 Karma: 0	I'Il have to try that tonight. I read threw that whole section and missed the invert
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Re:anyone running a probotix rf breakout 10 Dec 2011 17:14 #15540

tjfisher OFFLINE Fresh Boarder Posts: 16 Karma: 0	Ok tryed to invert that didn't work
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Re:anyone running a probotix rf breakout 10 Dec 2011 17:37 #15542

andypugh OFFLINE Moderator Posts: 4244 Thank you received: 152 Karma: 130	tjfisher wrote: Ok tryed to invert that didn't work It has to. The home switch can't be both on and off all the time.. What did you invert, and where?
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Re:anyone running a probotix rf breakout 11 Dec 2011 05:06 #15547

tjfisher OFFLINE Fresh Boarder Posts: 16 Karma: 0	In the pin settings and it's wired like this www.probotix.com/diagrams/4-Axis_ProboStep_wiring_diagram.pdf
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Re:anyone running a probotix rf breakout 11 Dec 2011 07:24 #15549

andypugh OFFLINE Moderator Posts: 4244 Thank you received: 152 Karma: 130	tjfisher wrote: In the pin settings and it's wired like this www.probotix.com/diagrams/4-Axis_ProboStep_wiring_diagram.pdf Can you start up Halmeter (in the "Machine" menu of Axis) and see what the limit switch inputs are doing?
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Re:anyone running a probotix rf breakout 11 Dec 2011 14:49 #15567

tjfisher OFFLINE Fresh Boarder Posts: 16 Karma: 0	ok will do what am i looking for ? last time i opened that it was a long list
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Re:anyone running a probotix rf breakout 11 Dec 2011 15:04 #15568

andypugh OFFLINE Moderator Posts: 4244 Thank you received: 152 Karma: 130	tjfisher wrote: ok will do what am i looking for ? last time i opened that it was a long list axis.N.limit-sw-in I think.
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Re:anyone running a probotix rf breakout 12 Dec 2011 01:41 #15584

Rick G OFFLINE Moderator Posts: 1087 Thank you received: 17 Karma: 80	ok will do what am i looking for ? last time i opened that it was a long list Try... Machine Show Hal configuration pins Axis 0 (for x axis) or 1 (for y axis) or 2 (for z axis) etc. Select the tab "Watch" look for neg-lim-sw-in pos-lim-sw-in Now toggle your limit switch by hand and check to make sure that there is a response. Rick G
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