Hi, Finished my Acro 1515 build and just trying the basics. I think its all built correctly, but I'm not sure the orientation is right. Here's a photo of what I'm seeing and it looks like the X and Y directions are reversed ? I've not changed any settings and the wiring seems correct also. I have the Blackbox32 Could someone advise if the build looks right. thanks Coxsox
X- must move the tool to the left X+ must move the tool to the right Y+ moves tool toward the rear of table Y- moves tool toward the front of the table. Exactly as the arrows on the Jog buttons in CONTROL shows Also refer Cartesian coordinate system - Wikipedia Yours is reversed in all axes? 1) Make it jog like the buttons show first (Grbl Settings > $3 Direction Invert - flip the X and Y switches) (Remember to Save and Reset when Prompted) 2) Then use $23 to tell Grbl where on the machine you put your switches for homing (Can be either side of the axis, just tell firmware where you put them. At axis minimum (left, front respectively) or axis maximum (right rear respectively) (note X and Y at MIN here in the example, X-Min is on the left, Y-Min is in the front, like yours)
Thanks for the prompt response, in the meantime I checked the wiring and all good now. Now to find out how homing works....
After setting up the acro 1515 and configuring it for default settings is there a reason it wont home. I have limit switches enabled and get an alarm 9 homing fail - Could not find limit switch within search distance etc... Is the default setting not correct or somethiing else I should look for. The machine doesnt even seem to search for the llimit switches, just alarms..... thanks.
Yes Blackbox X32, set for 2/3 Axes CNC/Laser: Dual -y, so presume not trying Z axis first and failing ?
1) Used latest version of CONTROL? 2) Loaded machine profile from CONTROL > Grbl Settings tab > select machine from the list? That should have set $44=3 and $45=0 (Perhaps they got changed after loading profile, if so change back to $44=3 and $45=0)
Excellent, changing the values fixed it, but dont know why they were like that as never changed....could they be default ? thanks.
If you select the ACRO from the list it set customfirmware="acro" OpenBuilds-CONTROL/app/js/grbl-settings-defaults.js at master · OpenBuilds/OpenBuilds-CONTROL which in turn runs OpenBuilds-CONTROL/app/js/grbl-settings-defaults.js at 7a0cbe49c650b61fc5aed45d8c52796968a22c37 · OpenBuilds/OpenBuilds-CONTROL which sets it for you.
Proof: BlackBox X32 on my LEAD1515 (Has a Z) Reset EEPROM (back to bare grblHAL defaults, also has a Z) Scrolls down and shows you its $44=4, and $45=3 (Z first then XY) Select the Acro 1515 form the list and you can see its now $44=3, $45=0 (XY first, then nothing else) Didn't show it, but Save and Reset would be next
Hi Peter Not sure if I am allowed to jump in here, but my new Blackbox x32 that I just installed, the x axis are reversed to what the screen says they should be doing. I read above to change it in the GRBL setting on the GRBL settings tab. The problem is that my controller does not have that tab. I installed it last week on a new system. Any help is appreciated
What control software are you using? If you haven't already done so try Openbuilds Control. docs:software:openbuilds-control [OpenBuilds Documentation] Alex.
Did you follow the instructions in this post? Is my build orientation correct ? Openbuilds Control does have a tab for grbl settings and you can easily change the direction of any axis. Alex.
Alex As I said in my first post, I tried to follow the instructions above, but my software does not have that tab. I might be looking right at it but I don't see it.
Connect first. You aren't connected to the controller yet in your screenshot. It can't read the settings off a controller its not connected to yet
