I am in the process of machining a casting, I am uploading each tool path one at a time. Since it is a casting, I have machined away the origin of my part. This wouldn’t be an issue if I wasn’t in and out of my home shop so often. I want to turn off the machine while I am away while maintaining the position so I do not have to probe or find some way of determining a new origin for the part. If worse comes to worse, Ill 3d print a fixture and use the bit zero.
Origin is maintained between powering off and back on (w/in the limits of machine motion and homing switch sensing distance/sensitivity).
Worth checking w/ the Rapid Position to XY as a sanity check, but should be okay.
Worth noting the origin is stored in Motion so if you change PC you will end up with a different origin. This nearly caught me out last week when swapping between two laptops with Motion on.
Thank you so much, I did not know that it would be so simple lol. I checked the xy and yes it worked great.
Noted, thank you for the response, I turned off the machine and turned it back on, rapid to my previous xy and it worked like a charm. Thanks
When you send the configuration you are mainly configuring Carbide Motion. So if you change computers you usually need to send the configuration. I used to have an SO3 XXL and XL. If I used the XXL last the hook up to the XL still thought I was using the XXL. If the Shapeoko is the same you do not have to send the config but as you pointed out the last X Y and Z zero is from the previous instance of Carbide Motion.
I cannot recall the exact name but the fast actions setting a common X Y and Z may help. I use a long L bracket to position material and you could either write down the coordinates for your expected X Y and Z or try the fast actions to set the same position on both computers. Sorry if I mistitled the fast actions.
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