Need some help PLEASE

[cncuserg90]

First I need to explain my setup so you understand what I am needing. I work at a shop that uses a four axis CNC. The way we use this machine is unique to any other CNC I have personally come across. We use two router heads separately from one another. We do a lot of tenons and mortice's. We work in the G19 plain and the G17 plain. We use both routers in both plains. I have gotten EMC2 installed and running at the moment. My problem is when I use the A router in the G19 plain, both A and Z will begin to move at the arc points. It is pretty wild to watch both routers trying to accomplish an arc. I have currently got around this by making a new custom GUI with the A and Z pins and limits reversed. So A works as Z and vise versa. It works as a work around, but I would like to have EMC recognize the routers as A and Z and have them work properly. Can some one please help with this as I am no software programmer, and that is what I think is going to be needed.

[acondit]

Originally Posted by cncuserg90 First I need to explain my setup so you understand what I am needing. I work at a shop that uses a four axis CNC. The way we use this machine is unique to any other CNC I have personally come across. We use two router heads separately from one another. We do a lot of tenons and mortice's. We work in the G19 plain and the G17 plain. We use both routers in both plains. I have gotten EMC2 installed and running at the moment. My problem is when I use the A router in the G19 plain, both A and Z will begin to move at the arc points. It is pretty wild to watch both routers trying to accomplish an arc. I have currently got around this by making a new custom GUI with the A and Z pins and limits reversed. So A works as Z and vise versa. It works as a work around, but I would like to have EMC recognize the routers as A and Z and have them work properly. Can some one please help with this as I am no software programmer, and that is what I think is going to be needed.

Your problem seems very similar to the one Jason (Strider5623) posted here. Since the two of you have a very similar problem, maybe you can pool resources to solve it.

Alan

[cncuserg90]

Originally Posted by acondit Your problem seems very similar to the one Jason (Strider5623) posted here. Since the two of you have a very similar problem, maybe you can pool resources to solve it. Alan

Hey acondit,

We are one in the same. I started up a separate account for the shop to use. I will be leaving the company in a couple of month's and thought I should set up an account that the other cnc operator can use. Sorry for any confusion.

On a side note, I have not yet figured out the two port setup, but have finished my custom breakout board and it works great.