Will not jog in any direction- it is on Fast too

[keith]

The machine will perform rapid positioning but not jog in any direction. I made sure it was set on Fast. I got it to move one time but it moves diagonally back right when you press any of + or - x y or z. I rebooted everything several times now with the same results. It worked fine last week.

Thanks for any help, Keith

[Radiation (Josh)]

Go to motion, and in settings under the machine tab make sure you’ve set the travel limits.

[keith]

What should they be set to? I am using a newer build Carbide Motion. My computer crashed and I had to download the newer version. I had been using a carbide motion that was 3 years old. I had to re-teach myself last week this newer version.

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

Please see:

Setting Grbl Configuration in CM 517 and later

Carbide Motion 517 uses a new system for setting Travel Dimensions which is potentially confusing: [image] Pressing the Load Defaults button takes one to a window which allows one to select first machine size: [image] and then Z-axis type: [image] after which selection the Travel Dimensions for the selections made are entered into the dialog and will be preserved if one clicks “Ok” (and of course that change discarded if one selects “Cancel”). In addition there is a “Send Configuration…

[keith]

Thanks for the help. I will try this. I restarted and updated by PC (which is an older PC). It is taking forever to update.

[keith]

It started working correctly after I resent the machine Dimensions even though it had them in there.

[HaroldO (Harold Osmer)]

Computers are great when they work.