im trying to run a simple surfacing job to get things started. first the bug with the gsender surfacing function but thats whatever if there is a quick work around its fine bugs happen.
but now i cant even get the job from carveco maker + to run because its telling me soft limit errors and the job is too big. i had a smaller machine from sainsmart that i sold to be able to make room and buy the altmill because i truly believe its a great machine. but holy crap it makes me feel stupid. i dont know anyone that enjoys feeling stupid. then i jogged the machine and the machine estopped itself. no where near a stop in fact out in the middle of the bed. i really need some tips here before i lose my sanity.
Did you change the gSender setup parameters to account for the larger machine? If you are still using the old settings then you will get the soft limit errors whenever you exceed the size of the previous machine.
this is the gsender pc that i bought from scienci labs. it has known no other machine except the altmill 4x4. and gsender is set for the altmill 4x4.
Hmmm …. ok ….. the only other thing that I have run across is a situation where the spindle/router was fairly high up and I tried running a program that called for an upward Z move in order to start. If this Z move would have exceeded the available travel move then the mill would fault out even before any movement.
Another possibility would be that you have the wrong post processor for carveco maker (I know nothing about that program) and it instructs the mill to go past it’s limits somehow. Could it be that the carveco maker outputs in mm and the Altmill is set for inches?
That is all I can think of …. I am sorry that I can’t be of more help.
Maybe post the gcode file (you might however have limited posting privileges as a new user)
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just finished building a bridge across the ditch in front of my house for my trash can to sit on. yeah. i said that. lol. after i cool down a bit i will see if i can find an adjustment in carveco to compensate if that is the problem.
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@courtney You don’t mention what you have do so far to setup your machine. Are you able to successfully home without tripping an alarm? That’s the first step to define the limits of your Altmill.
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it wasnt the altmill. it was carveco. i was so used to doing things a certain way but then i decided to dig in a bit further. i had to set up the material the exact opposite to what i was used to for the height offset. its running now.
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