Denford Triac VMC with ATC Conversion / Fix

[Chaz]

OK, Y moves when I push in the DER manually. Not sure why - I dont know if the machine is trying to home or something else. If I restart Mach 3, does it 'forget' what it was told before?

Glad ive got movement, not sure whats impacting DER relay yet. It was the door latch, thats sorted, something else is now holding it out. Looking to try and reverse the direction, where is the 'jog wheel' in Mach 3? Ive seen a pic of one, is it a plugin?

[i2i]

press tab on the keyboard

[Chaz]

press tab on the keyboard

Thanks, had seen that on a forum but it did nothing :-(

Checking again. So much easier to understand with Step / Direction ....

[i2i]

you may be on the limits for any of the three axis, that would keep the estop off.

[Chaz]

you may be on the limits for any of the three axis, that would keep the estop off.

I think so too. Im trying to move it to the centre to be sure Im not at a limit switch but I cant get it to go Y +, only Y -.

[Clive S]

I am finding this saga very interesting. Keep up the good work .. Clive

[Chaz]

I am finding this saga very interesting. Keep up the good work .. Clive

LOL, once its sorted, its easy. Still a lot of stuff to understand but getting there. Movement is an achievement, even if I cant fully control it yet ;p

Now, need to understand all the things that trigger DER relay and then how to reverse direction on these 'analog' servos.

[i2i]

with the cover, unscrew the tab that locks into the guard solenoid from the cover and leave it in the guard solenoid.

[JAZZCNC]

OK, Y moves when I push in the DER manually. Not sure why - I dont know if the machine is trying to home or something else. If I restart Mach 3, does it 'forget' what it was told before?

If it's moving on it's own without being commanded then Reverse the Encoder direction in the CSlabs plug-in.