Out of my depth and lost in options

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Hi Guys, I have bought a Genmitsu PROVer XL 2x2 for wood work, never tried this before :slight_smile:

Built it ok, added all the wiring etc, it was pretty easy and my confidence was rising, HOWEVER

I installed the drivers from the usb stick that came with machine, I didn’t install Candle as I wanted something better, due to the fact I was at that moment confident, (no worries):face_with_peeking_eye: this is when it all fell apart, d/loaded Gsender install it, and I am out of my depth, I just cant seem to get it to work, example I would goto the carve tap and can move the spindle all around the board, then would try and config and it would all stop, nothing nada zilch, and I have a circle to engrave perhaps a sqr, anyone help me out.

Many thanx#

Gary

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@Magician Welcome to the group, Gary. I edited your post title.

Members will need much more information if they are to help.

  1. Am I correct that you can jog your machine using the jog GUI buttons in gSender?
  2. When you say that you “try and config”, what specifically do you mean? What are you configuring?
  3. What application did you use to create the gcode? I only know that it’s not Candle.
  4. In that application, what post processor did you select to create the gcode?

I’m sure that there will be more questions, but these will be a decent start.

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Thanx for your time, I have a diagnostic report but cant attach due to being a newb,

I tried it this morning using the software Gsender, I could move the spindle around the work piece, I haven’t tried any gcode yet, just moving it around getting the feel of a cnc . I really don’t know what I did, I config it to use mm not inches, press the home button nothing happened, just messing around with it, now it won’t move at all, I haven’t tried any code, but I have made a circle using aspire, didn’t try it however. I cant tell you much for I don’t know to much. a bit annoying I know but?

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@Magician I don’t have much time this morning to add more, but I’m sure that others will. However, I will make one more point. You say that you pressed Home and nothing happened. I’m guessing that you either don’t have limit switches or that you have not set them up in gSender.

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i just got done with sort of a very similar issue, i have a proverxl 6050. try verifying and getting your config files corrected. I’m not saying mine are perfect but its all running normal again. this is from my conf currently. hope this helps.

$0=10 (Step pulse time, ÎĽs)
$1=25 (Step idle delay, ms)
$2=0 (Step pulse invert, mask)
$3=0 (Step direction invert, mask)
$4=0 (Invert step enable pin, boolean)
$5=0 (Invert limit pins, boolean)
$6=0 (Invert probe pin, boolean)
$10=1 (Status report options, mask)
$11=0.010 (Junction deviation, mm)
$12=0.002 (Arc tolerance, mm)
$13=1 (Report in inches, boolean)
$20=0 (Soft limits enable, boolean)
$21=1 (Hard limits enable, boolean)
$22=1 (Homing cycle enable, boolean)
$23=0 (Homing direction invert, mask)
$24=25.000 (Homing locate feed rate, mm/min)
$25=1500.000 (Homing search seek rate, mm/min)
$26=50 (Homing switch debounce delay, ms)
$27=1.000 (Homing switch pull-off distance, mm)
$30=24000 (Maximum spindle speed, rpm)
$31=0 (Minimum spindle speed, rpm)
$32=0 (Laser-mode enabled as spindle, boolean)
$100=200.000 (X-axis travel resolution, step/mm)
$101=200.000 (Y-axis travel resolution, step/mm)
$102=160.000 (Z-axis travel resolution, step/mm)
$110=2000.000 (X-axis maximum rate, mm/min)
$111=2000.000 (Y-axis maximum rate, mm/min)
$112=5000.000 (Z-axis maximum rate, mm/min)
$120=300.000 (X-axis acceleration, mm/sec^2)
$121=300.000 (Y-axis acceleration, mm/sec^2)
$122=300.000 (Z-axis acceleration, mm/sec^2)
$130=605.000 (X-axis maximum travel, mm)
$131=500.000 (Y-axis maximum travel, mm)
$132=115.000 (Z-axis maximum travel, mm)
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