Installed the Z plus today. Several fasteners and a part was missing…
When I go to initialize the machine the Z runs up like its supposed to however it runs up and never “homes” the Z. Just runs up until it fails.
Every connector has been re-seated more than once.
I have checked the LED on all the proximity switches. All work
If I have settings open in Carbide motion and put a wrench in front of Z switch it sees it. (all work)
Led on the board lights when wrench is in front of switch.
If I initialize and put a wrench in front of the switch when it starts it recognizes that and runs rest of homing cycle without a problem.
I installed carbide motion on a second computer; same result
Running computers are Mac, both latest copy of Carbide Motion installed today.
It looks to me like the Z prox switch is positioned slightly too high, and the Z plate hits the mechanical limit before it has a chance to trigger the switch. I would guess that you don’t see the LED light up when the Z moves up until it grinds?
Are you able to reposition the switch slightly lower and retry?
Tried that right away. No dice… Even tried angling the switch in both directions. Thought about taking a file and making the slots longer but wanted to wait to hear what Carbide says first.
With the missing hardware & part I’m wondering of the Z was assembled correctly.