I’ve positioned my XYZ using jog to -860, -1, -5. I would now like to create a macro to remember this. However, typing this command into MDI causes CM to reset itself, i.e. I have to reinitalize the machine. What’s wrong with my command?
/G90Z-5G90X-860Y-1
With this command I expect the head to move almost to the top, then move to the NW corner.
It seems CM doesn’t allow me to send two G90 commands in a row, if I do them seperately it works
Are these machine co-ordinates? If so, you’ll need G53 as well. You should probably specify your units as well, just-in-case.
This kind of things works better as a Quick Action. You can put things on multiple lines, and it’s easy to invoke from the ‘Run’ screen.
If these are indeed machine co-ordinates, then the Quick Action GCode would be:
G90 G21
G53 G00 Z-5
G53 G00 X-860 Y-1
Thanks for that. This brings me to my main point - is there any way in CM to say - please go to absolute location X and Y (and Z)? I can type numbers in at the Set Zero window, but cannot figure out what that’s good for. It does not ever move the carriage, or change the current (not machine) Position to those numbers. It seems the only way to go to an absolute location is through MDI.
As noted above, using the G53 (machine coordinates) system should work for that.
You can see those dimensions in Carbide Motion by clicking on “Position” to toggle to “Machine Position” (and back).
On the Set Zero page, you are just setting your workspace co-ordinates. Basically, when you set this, you are saying that you are that far from your zero. I use it all the time to set my Z Zero - I have a spacer of a known thickness, and when I can feel the bit touching it, I set that thickness as the Z value.
To actually set the numbers, type them in and hit enter while you are still in the edit field. The UI itself is somewhat broken, you can type in numbers and nothing happens when you move away from the field or even if you switch away from that screen.
I don’t know of any way to just go to a specific machine co-ordinate, without using a Quick Action or MDI. You could just edit a quick action to the right location then run it.
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