Bit Setter Probing Cyle Fail

CNC Machines Shapeoko
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I have been using the touch probe and bit setter for some time now. During a recent project I turned on the CNC and began to initialize it. When the software asks to load a bit to start the bit setting configuration it fails the just as the bit starts to travel down the z axis to the bit setter.

I am able to uncheck the bit setter option in settings and the initializing works no problem and i am able to start a project. However the probing cycle is now failing when using the bit setter.

Any ideas?

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Test the BitSetter by powering up and pressing the button does it light up red?

Connect to the machine and go to the Settings pane — you should be able to clear the checkbox for the BitSetter then — are any inputs active there? Is the Z-axis configured properly?

If you continue to have difficulties please contact us at support@carbide3d.com and we’ll do our best to work through this with you.

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Is your touch probe being grounded? If it is it will cause the bit setter to malfnction.

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Check your connections for the BitSetter and Probe. Are you using the little splitter PCB?

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Are you using any other GRBL software program (like LightBurn) that might send a code to reset some of your basic GRBL $$ settings? I"ve noticed that I have to set back a couple of the settings to get the BitSetter to properly probe. If you are using something else to drive your Shapeoko, then that could be one of the problems.

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Oddly enough, when i went to get the info you guys asked for, the bit setter probing worked. Guess a power cycle down and unplugging it straightened everything out. Working now.

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Everything I am using is from Carbide 3D. Using Carbide Motion with HDZ, Bit Setter, and Touch Probe. Everything was working fine, then during an initializing cycle the bit setter cycling stopped working.

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next time it happens, go to the settings menu in carbide motion

that has a live view of which sensors are activating, and the probe shouldn’ t be active

(I had this happen when my probe wire happened to hit the probe … and the probe as a result was always active and interfered with the bitsetter)

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I figured out why probing cycle was failing with bit setter. If you have a touch probe installed as well and the clip touches the probe it will fail on bit setter cycle.

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That’ll do it alright. Glad to hear you figured it out and it was an easy “fix”.

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