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stop switches X and Y not working

Post by mikechung »

Hi
I have 2 mechanical switches working on my lathe and these work fine for home positions.

I have noticed while the lathe is in operation if you manually trip the switches or while in operation they do not stop the lathe.

How can I correct this?

Thanks

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Re: stop switches X and Y not working

Post by Centroid188 »

Looking at your report. The switches are set as home switches, not limit switches.
They must be set as limit switches to stop motion....


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Re: stop switches X and Y not working

Post by CNCMaryland »

You can leave those switches as is, and setup soft limits.


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Re: stop switches X and Y not working

Post by Nigelo »

As an alternative to changing your existing soft limits and assuming you have separate inputs for the Z and X switches, you could use HomeLimit for 1st and 2nd axes.
Hope this helps
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Re: stop switches X and Y not working

Post by cryptonym »

Can one switch be both designated as home and limits? I have a similar post about my switch situation and how I tried to solve. My problem is that the wizard undoes my fix. See my post on "Home all Limit all".


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Re: stop switches X and Y not working

Post by cnckeith »

cryptonym wrote: Thu Jan 19, 2023 12:01 pm Can one switch be both designated as home and limits? I have a similar post about my switch situation and how I tried to solve. My problem is that the wizard undoes my fix. See my post on "Home all Limit all".
yes, the selection is in the wizard to define an input as both axis 1 home and limit.
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