WinCNC limit switches

[mbagley]

I'm running a Shop Sabre with wincnc version 2.2 and it was bought years ago without limit switches to save money. I'm trying to add the limits back in and the manual is only vagely helpful. Has anyone dealt with wiring in their own limits and programing them into the wincnc.ini? I have a decent amount of limit and automation knowledge so i'm not starting from ground zero, but my boss also doesn't have the money to pony up for the help from wincnc. Also does anyone have a wincnc.ini that has the limits programmed in that I could take a look at?

[cabnet636]

i can email you an ini with the inputs xyz hi and lo, pm me with email.

i use inputs 1-8 for the limit switches

jim mcgrew

[cabnet636]

[mcgrew]
demomode=1

[Timer Card Settings]
timertype=7200

[Pulse Outputs]
steppulse=p5d5
maxstepv=50000

[Smoothing]
g09=s10

[Table Size for Viewer]
table=x0 y0 w48 h96 b1


[Axis Settings]
axischar=XYZ

[Velocity Groups]
vgroup=fxy
vgroup=xy
vgroup=z
vgroup=w

[X Axis]
axisspec=p0 s3 d2 r2442.608 o0 e1 a200
axisvel=r300 f300 s50 m200 h300 c5
axislo=p3 b0
axishi=p3 b1

[Y Axis]
axisspec=p0 s2 d1 r2442.608 o0 e1 a200
axisvel=300 f300 s50 m200 h300 c5
axishi=p2 b7
axislo=p2 b6


[Z Axis]
axisspec=p0 s1 d0 r8000 o1 e1 a200
axisvel=r100 f50 s5 m20 h100
axislo=p3 b2
axishi=p3 b3



[Arc Settings]
g2modal=1
arc_err=.01

[Soft Limits]
lolim=x-1 y-1
hilim=x51 y97 z0
lobound=z0
softlim=1

[Abort Cushions]
lim_cnt=10
esc_step=10
lim_step=10
[lim_mod=3

[Aux Outputs]
auxout=c1p4b0
auxout=c2p4b1
auxout=c3p4b2
auxout=c4p4b3
auxout=c5p4b4
auxout=c6p4b5
auxout=c7p4b6
auxout=c8p4b7

[Aux Outputs]
auxin=c1p0b0
auxin=c2p0b1
auxin=c3p0b2
auxin=c4p0b3
auxin=c5p0b4
auxin=c6p0b5
auxin=c7p0b6
auxin=c8p0b7

[old G28 Settings]
[g28move=z-.25 l10 m1 f20
[g28move=x.636 y.235 l20 m1 f100

[new g28 settings]
g28move=z-.25 r.40 t5 m1 f40
g28move=x.586 r.50 t5 m1 f100
g28move=y.154 r.50 t5 m1 f100

[File Types]
filetype=*.TAP;*.BMP;*.NC

[cabnet636]

yes i got your pm and mine are pins 1-8, i will take a pic tommorrow of the 37 pin breakout, recently i had deleted my y lo and had to test them it is pretty simple

jim

[cabnet636]

here is another from a machine with lo limit only



[X Axis]
axisspec=p0 s0 d0 r1273.156 o1 e1 a600
axisvel=r800 f800 s50 m400 h800 c10
axislo=p2b6

[Y Axis]
axisspec=p0 s1 d1 r1273.156 o1 e1 a600
axisvel=r800 f800 s50 m400 h800 c10
axislo=p3b0

[Z Axis]
axisspec=p0 s3 d3 r4981.862 o1 e1 a400
axisvel=r50 f50 s10 m30 h50
axishi=p3b3
altaxislo=p3b2

[mbagley]

Any reason your using p2b7 and p2b6 for an axis instead of staying in the p3b1-p3b7 series?

[cabnet636]

this machine is a 2000 model camaster 408 and had a dos controller when i bought it, i had it upgraded to wincnc in jan 08 and have since gone a little further with the motors and drives, i am building another box and have left the breakout board exposed untill i finish with the new one.

this is the config of pins that were installed and they work, never thought much about whether they were in the right place or not. all limit switches are grounded with pin # 21

hope this is helpful