Z Location - Where is the tool tip?

[BrassBuilder]

Originally Posted by mikkojay The pcb has a single wire soldered to it, the end of which is attached to a parallel input pin. This pin is designated in the ports/pins config as the probe pin. -Mike

This would actually go on the breakout board on one of the input ports, right? If so, that sounds simple enough to make. I think I can figure out the VB stuff. I used to write a little for Microsoft Access databases.

Mike

[mikkojay]

Yep, you got it. The tool in the holder is grounded to the machine's electrical ground level 0vdc. The input pin/plate are hi, so when the tool touches the plate, mach3 sees the pin go lo 0vdc. It then knows to kick the vbscript out of the loop it is in and go on to the next step. Having a little script experience will definitely come in handy.
-Mike

[seanreit]

Originally Posted by mikkojay Yep, you got it. The tool in the holder is grounded to the machine's electrical ground level 0vdc. The input pin/plate are hi, so when the tool touches the plate, mach3 sees the pin go lo 0vdc. It then knows to kick the vbscript out of the loop it is in and go on to the next step. Having a little script experience will definitely come in handy. -Mike

Where are the instructions to make this device and hook it up to the Taig Controller box? I have searched all day for it and this thread was the closest I could find to describing it.

Thanks so much.