Hey, gang. New cnc user. I’m in the process of setting up my X Carve 1000 to work with an SLB and Gsender. When I first fired it up I was able to jog all my motors. I chose the X carve setting and set everything to the X carve parameters. Now I only have a movable Y axis. X and Z will click when attempting to jog, but nothing else. Both seem to be binding.
Thanks in advance and I’m learning a lot through this process!
Update, it’s my y and z axis that aren’t working. X is fine but is going the opposite direction of the job button regardless of settings. Also Y and Z are constantly energized and the green corresponding lights are lit on the board.
This seems strange, I assume you are switching the X axis direction in firmware setting $3.
I don’t know if this will help at all but have you tried power cycling the SLB? I’ve heard of that fixing some problems and it’s an easy thing to try if you haven’t. Also make sure that gSender is connecting via grblHAL and not just grbl. You should be able to check that in the top left of gSender. There is also a default or fallback option in the settings if it’s not automatically choosing the correct option.
Michael, I’ll double check my settings, but reversing seems to not matter. I’ve also power cycled a lot with no change. I’ll try reverting back. I’m wonder if I should attempt reflashing the controller? I’ve been doing a lot of searching on this forum.
I reverted to the defaults and made some progress. I set a few parking parameters hit park and all of the axis were working. Things still need dialed in for the travel on each axis.
Progress is good! gSender has a tool to help you get the steps/mm correct for each axis. You can also use the formula: (current_steps_mm * mm_told_to_move) / actual_mm_moved = new_steps_mm.