Trying to set starting point that is not at the end stops

[A Former User]

@chichirod said in Trying to set starting point that is not at the end stops:

M574 Y1 S1 P"io1.in" ; configure active-high endstop for low end on Y via pin io1.in

change that to Y2 ?

for Z I think you'd be better off with G10 and/or G54 to create tool or work offsets

[A Former User]

@bearer said in Trying to set starting point that is not at the end stops:

G10 and/or G54

The G54 command seems to be I think what im looking for. Is it possible to create a macro so that every time I do a different job that I can adjust my spindle over my starting point and then click on the macro to set it as the start point?

[Danal]

Yes. G54 and so forth are fully intended to do this.

Yes, you can put them in a macro.

Yes, you can "touch off" any face or faces of your stock and set any axis you wish.

Yes, you can probe with a contact probe to set Z with great precision.

Have you ever operated a CNC of any type before? I ask to "tune" upcoming answers... G54 and touching off, with probes and/or a 'wiggler' are bog standard in any CNC. If you've done that on other machines, we can discuss how to do it on a Duet. If you haven't, we can discuss how to do it at a conceptual level, then on a duet.

[A Former User]

@Danal I have a Shapeoko XXL that runs carbide motion for cutting. It is very user friendly making it easy for newbies like me to operate and understand. If your not familiar with it you just line up your router/spindle to your x and or y axis hit a button it records it, drop your bit to the surface of the material hit a button it records it and then calculates everything from there.

[dc42]

@chichirod said in Trying to set starting point that is not at the end stops:

@Danal I have a Shapeoko XXL that runs carbide motion for cutting. It is very user friendly making it easy for newbies like me to operate and understand. If your not familiar with it you just line up your router/spindle to your x and or y axis hit a button it records it, drop your bit to the surface of the material hit a button it records it and then calculates everything from there.

The main command you need in your macros to replicate that is G10 with the L20 parameter. See https://duet3d.dozuki.com/Wiki/Gcode#Section_G10_Set_workplace_coordinate_offset_or_tool_offset.

[A Former User]

@dc42 said in Trying to set starting point that is not at the end stops:

G10 with the L20

So if I create a macro that says: G10 L20 P2 X0 Y0 Z0
Then when I am lining my cutter up to my starting point and I activate this macro this is where the CNC will start from, considering it home just for that process correct?

[dc42]

@chichirod said in Trying to set starting point that is not at the end stops:

@dc42 said in Trying to set starting point that is not at the end stops:

G10 with the L20

So if I create a macro that says: G10 L20 P2 X0 Y0 Z0
Then when I am lining my cutter up to my starting point and I activate this macro this is where the CNC will start from, considering it home just for that process correct?

Yes, provided that you select workspace 2 (which is what you specified in the P parameter of that command) by sending G55.

[A Former User]

@dc42 Sorry that's my bad it would be work space 1 so G10 L20 P1 X0 Y0 Z0. Now im not sure if I should start a new conversation but what if you need to change bits during a cut and you only want to reset the Z height. Would that be as simple as G10 L20 P1 Z0 ?

[Danal]

@chichirod said in Trying to set starting point that is not at the end stops:

@dc42 Sorry that's my bad it would be work space 1 so G10 L20 P1 X0 Y0 Z0. Now im not sure if I should start a new conversation but what if you need to change bits during a cut and you only want to reset the Z height. Would that be as simple as G10 L20 P1 Z0 ?

Yes. Assuming the (new) bit is just touching a point that you wish to be Z0.

[A Former User]

@Danal ok perfect

[A Former User]

@Danal @dc42 so after doing that I tried the G10 L20 P1 X0 Y0 Z0 method and I got G1: G0/G1: target position outside machine limits. So I looked around in my files and in the homeall file it had all of my dimensions in negative numbers so I tried switching them to positive numbers and everything still homed fine. So i lined up my spindle to about the center of my work area and tried to simulate a cut by hitting the macro again for G10 L20 P1 X0 Y0 Z0 and I got the same error message. I also tried to use a macro for G54 X0 Y0 Z0. Same error message.

[A Former User]

@dc42 I am getting these errors now when i hit G10 L20 P1 X0 Y0 Z0

This is my sys file.
; Configuration file for Duet 3 (firmware version 3)
; executed by the firmware on start-up
;
; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool v2.1.8 on Wed Feb 19 2020 06:47:06 GMT+0000 (Greenwich Mean Time)

; General preferences
G90 ; send absolute coordinates...
M83 ; ...but relative extruder moves
M550 P"Duet 3" ; set printer name

; Drives
M569 P0.0 S1 ; physical drive 0.0 goes forwards
M569 P0.1 S1 ; physical drive 0.1 goes backwards
M569 P0.2 S0 ; physical drive 0.2 goes backwards
M569 P0.3 S0 ; physical drive 0.3 goes backwards
M584 X0.0:0.3 Y0.1 Z0.2 ; set drive mapping
M350 X16 Y16 Z16 E16 I1 ; configure microstepping with interpolation
M92 X80.00 Y80.00 Z400.00 E80.00 ; set steps per mm
M566 X900.00 Y900.00 Z12.00 E900.00 ; set maximum instantaneous speed changes (mm/min)
M203 X10000.00 Y10000.00 Z500.00 E10000.00 ; set maximum speeds (mm/min)
M201 X1200.00 Y1200.00 Z200.00 E1200.00 ; set accelerations (mm/s^2)
M906 X1200 Y1200 Z1400 E1200 I30 ; set motor currents (mA) and motor idle factor in per cent
M84 S30 ; Set idle timeout

; Axis Limits
M208 X0 Y0 Z0 S1 ; set axis minima
M208 X2498 Y1230 Z135 S0 ; set axis maxima

; Endstops
M574 X1 S1 P"io0.in" ; configure active-high endstop for low end on X via pin io0.in
M574 Y1 S1 P"io1.in" ; configure active-high endstop for low end on Y via pin io1.in
M574 Z2 S1 P"io2.in" ; configure active-high endstop for high end on Z via pin io2.in

; Z-Probe
M558 P0 H5 F120 T6000 ; disable Z probe but set dive height, probe speed and travel speed
;M557 X15:215 Y15:195 S20 ; define mesh grid

; Heaters
M308 S0 P"temp0" Y"thermistor" T100000 B4138 ; configure sensor 0 as thermistor on pin temp0
M950 H0 C"out0" T0 ; create bed heater output on out0 and map it to sensor 0
M143 H0 S0 ; set temperature limit for heater 0 to 120C
M307 H0 B0 S1.00 ; disable bang-bang mode for the bed heater and set PWM limit

; Fans

; Tools

; Custom settings
M453 P2 F400 ; spindle forward/reverse on heater 3&4 pins, PWM frequency 400Hz
M564 H0
M140 H-1 ; Disable heated bed
; Miscellaneous
M911 S10 R11 P"M913 X0 Y0 G91 M83 G1 Z3 E-5 F1000" ; set voltage thresholds and actions to run on power loss

[dc42]

The messages indicate that the error is caused by a G2 or G3 arc movement being commanded, which can't be completed because it would require moton outside the machine limits. Are you certain that you can move the tool head through the whole available XY range?

[A Former User]

@dc42 Yes I’ve been able to jog the machine to each corner.

[A Former User]

@dc42 Ok ive been playing with it more and it was the cut that i was trying to perform. Thank you for the help

[A Former User]

@dc42 Sorry to keep bugging but I cant rap my brain around this. So from where I have my computer attached to my CNC the far back left corner is where the X and Y end stops are located. So when i homeall everything goes to the far left back corner and the Z axis moves as high as it can till it hits the endstop. Everything on the DWC shows 0.0 for alignment. However because of where the computer is located i would like to line up my material from the close edge. So I am trying to use the far left close edge as my X0 Y0 points. I line up the spindle to my starting point hit my G10 L20 P1 X0 Y0 Z0 command then I try to run my cut and I get G0/G1target limit outside of machine area. I know it has to do with negative and positive numbers but just confused as to what needs to be what.

[dc42]

@chichirod said in Trying to set starting point that is not at the end stops:

@dc42 Sorry to keep bugging but I cant rap my brain around this. So from where I have my computer attached to my CNC the far back left corner is where the X and Y end stops are located. So when i homeall everything goes to the far left back corner and the Z axis moves as high as it can till it hits the endstop. Everything on the DWC shows 0.0 for alignment.

That doesn't sound right. When you jog the axes, which directions are +X and +Y? Normally, +X is to the right, and +Y is towards the back. In which case, back left would be X zero and Y max, instead of both zero. Other configurations are possible, but when viewed from above +Y must be 90deg anticlockwise from +X.

[A Former User]

@dc42 When I jog it +X is moving to the right and +Y is moving towards the front.

[A Former User]

@dc42 For simplicity (for me more so then you)it wouldnt be very hard for me to relocate my endstops to the front left corner and then just change the direction of the motors or am I just confusing the issue more?

[Phaedrux]

You don't need to move the endstops. It's the M574 command that specifies the location of the endstop, either at the high end or low end. They don't need to be on the low end. And in fact, whether you call it high or low is entirely up to your definition of what is high and low. Typically, you want to use a right handed coordinate system.

So if you make that gesture with your right hand (and just point the Z axis up) you see that X+ is to the right, Y+ away from you, and Z+ goes up. That's what's meant by right hand coordinate system.

It basically follows the cartesian coordinate system. Like graphing paper.

Using a right handed system matches what cad and slicing software uses, so that you don't get mirrorer parts, or have axis that move different than expected.

In your case, you need to decide where you want 0,0 to be, and then apply the right hand coordinate system to that. Then the location of the endstops need to be defined in M574, and the directions of rotation of the motors need to match to produce the expected linear motion direction, and then your homing files need to be set to use movements that move towards the endstops.

This is different than your machine obviously, but it illustrates the idea.

I would suggest doing a similar picture for your own machine to help you work it out. Remember that it's all arbitrary. You need to decide what the front of the machine is, and then work from there, keeping the right hand rule in play.