Hello all , I have built a better control housing for my Altmill. A quick question to help narrow down some problems I am having. I keep tripping the e-stop when I power up. I am trying to isolate whats causing it. Am I able to unplug all the motors and associated limit switches and test one axis at a time? Or does not having them all plugged in cause it to trip? Thank you
@makemasters this is a frequent problem with the sensors being set improperly, especially the one for Z.
Instead of disconnecting cables, first I would try to home each axes separately.
Just below the coordinates in gSender, there’s a toggle. Enable that and you’ll see the X0, Y0, and Z0 buttons changes to HX, HY, and HZ. Click one of those to home that axes. Start with Z.
@makemasters I guess I should have asked if you reset the eStop by depressing and turning it? You need to do that when you power cycle the SLB-EXT.
@Chucky_ott Does power cycling include using the switch on the SLB? I’m curious because I’ve never had to do anything with the eStop but I’ve heard it mentioned on here several times. If it matters turning the switch on is my first step, then I boot the computer and start gSender. When I shutdown turning the SLB switch off is my last step.
@_Michael Yes, using the switch is what I meant. When I power cycle the SLB-EXT, I need to reset the e-stop. I’m not sure if this is required for the regular SLB.
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This is normal operation for the SLB-EXT on the Alt-mil. I do not remember having to do this with the longmill mk2 upgraded to the SLB (don’t have that anymore to verify).
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@jpnharris @Chucky_ott @_Michael I can confirm that the e-stop does not need to be reset when using an SLB on a LM. My process is to power up the SLB, then connect the machine via ethernet to gSender. I never close gSender. The PC stays powered up all the time. Closing down, I disconnect from the SLB in gSender, then power off the SLB. The e-stop is not a factor at all.
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