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G4 Dwell P value in seconds or milliseconds

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  1. coxsox

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    Sorry, have a few questions as I discover and work my way through my new Acro machine...

    Q1 - I am using other CAM software to generate my Gcode for various reasons and I thought the G4 dwell was stopping the machine for some reason. Turns out the P value following the G4 is in milliseconds, so in this case 600, so the machine would have sat there for 10 mins before moving on. I could do a find/replace on all values, but is there a setting in the controller to say use milliseconds instead of seconds as this would make it easier.

    Q2 - What setting determines the speed of the motors, i.e. how fast the cnc travels ?

    Q3 - Is there a way to make the machine move to home faster

    Q4 - I saw a post about a failsafe method for the opposite X/Y axis corners, where it was suggested to run additional limit switches in parallel to the existing ones. Is this a simple case of just wiring into the same blackbox connection as the home position limits.

    thanks.
     
    #1 coxsox, May 15, 2024
    Last edited: May 15, 2024
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