Note Big Berthas PSU's and microstepping controllers are on the shelf under bertha thought I would get Bertha working before going bigger.
I'm having trouble with the Z end stop / home using EMC2 on Ubuntu 8.04 with emc 2.3.0
When trying to home the Z Axis I get a problem with this message "home switch inactive before start of backoff move"
I first tried to use EMC on this little 3 stage machine http://bodgeitquicktools.blogspot.com/2009/05/tools-for-solar-powered-workshop.html
I put this project to one side thinking it had a faulty embedded micro switch.
For Bertha I decided to use infrared opto end stops as used on a reprap 3D printer.
Picture of all 3 Opto endstops Z then Y and X at the bottom note the fully shielded USB cable going to Z.
X and Y home exactly as expected on the bigger machine as the did on the tiny machine however Z will only some time home mainly giving the fault condition message "home switch inactive before start of backoff move"
I re wired the opto swich with Shielded cable ( an old USB lead) as I suspected stepper motor noise could be giving false readings I also decoupled the supply with high an low value capacitors for high and low frequency noise.
Neither of these fixes solved this problem Im not quite sure where to investigate next.
The Linux is Ubunto 8.04 from the CNC install CD from this site so the EMC version is 2.3.0 the mother board is an ITX Gigabyte Atom as it has a parallel port.
All ideas and suggestions welcome.
Is there a file that you can adjust the sensitivity of the hysterise on the home switch?
Is this a known issue with the mother board Im using.. ?
Is there a way to de-bounce the Z home switch in SW?
A picture of the Works in side the top box..
I get 30mm/s travel on Bertha using a 10mm 2mm pitch trapezodial drive shaft if I run it faster which it can do I get a tolerance / friction vibration from the Nylon corner blocks on the 8mm bar.
A front view or contol pannel view
Yes it is tuly amazing the things I can build in Migdes Kitchen.. and get away with..
