Hello all,
Just finished building my CNC...the project went on over multiple years little by little as I had time to build and fabricate. Now its complete and I can not get it to do anything! All the sudden I am in a rush...LOL
Long story short, the CNC is a 4 axis/motors X, Y, Z, A( slave of Y). It is running through a GeckoG540 Rev8 which I have used to power another machine in Mach3 years ago. I wanted to give UCCNC a go for this build, mainly for USB, so I ordered the UC100 and software. I am running 6 proximity sensors which read 5V until triggered then it goes to 0 volt. I have them set up as follows on the G540:
X-, X+ pin 1
Y+, Y- pin 2
z+ pin 3
A- pin 4
Prior to messing with the software I will able to confirm the G540 works, the charge pump would turn on (Green) when set to off position, and the E-Stop would turn it off (RED). So I hooked up the UC100 and installed the software and as best I know (not much) put the settings in accurately. I can not get it to stop prompting the "Reset Logic Active.." warning. I assumed something must be wrong with either my E-stop or G540...so I tested it.
A couple things of interest, as mentioned before the E-stop works on G540 as intended, but with the software running, whether I have E-stop pulled out or pushed in, there is no difference/ indication or otherwise. Its as if it does not exist. To trouble shoot this further I disconnected the UC100 from the G540 and turned it on with E-stop connected. Using a multimeter on pins 15 and 25 with the E-stop not engaged (pulled out) I got readings of .1 volt. When I triggered E-stop (pushed in) I got readings of 3.87 volt. So I can safely assume that it is in fact outputting from the G540 fine.
To sum it up... I need some guidance. Do my initial settings look accurate? Is this a software issue, or could the culprit be the new UC100 not reading the E-stop voltage?
Please advise, any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks to all!
-Jason