I’ve been using Avid EX Controller w/ClearPath servos for almost a year and it has been working extremely well for me. Thus far, there is only one concern I am experiencing and it has to do with work zero’ing with the Avid touch plate.
When I Zero a job, the operation executes normally, but the work zero doesn’t “register” in CNC12. CNC12 will retain the previous work zero.
I am using the G54 offset in CNC12 and in my gcode (keeping things simple). To resolve this, I run the zero operation one more time (sometimes twice) and the system will finally zero as it should.
This is a rare occurrence and it’s not really a big deal, however it does force me to verify the work zero on every new job.
Just looking for any possible cause for this….I hope it’s just operator error but I need some ideas/feedback to help me pinpoint what it could be.
For what it’s worth, something similar has happened to me once or twice in the past.
For me, I think it was related to the zeroing process and I think I accidentally interrupted the process.
I would set the plate, move the bit over the plate and start the zeroing process. It would descend and touch off and find Z, then move sideways to set X and then move away and set Y as normal. As usual it would raise the Z axis and start tracking to X zero and Y zero.
When it was tracking to X zero/Y zero it seems like I either bumped the magnet against the touch plate or maybe bumped the tool height setter and it seemed to throw it off.
These days I make sure to keep the magnet out of the way and stay away from the machine while it’s zeroing to make sure I don’t accidentally disturb something.
I upgraded to the EX Controller/Servos back in March and since then I’ve had this happen exactly once. I think I pulled the magnet off the collet while it was moving to the new XY 0 after finishing the zeroing process. Now I leave it all alone until it’s totally done and verify on the screen that I’m at XY 0.
Thanks for your feedback guys. Garth, Michael- Your experiences do indicate that I am likely not letting the zero process run to it’s full extent as I am sometimes anxious and/or impatient, haha. And with Eric’s comment that my issue is an oddball further indicates this is an isolated issue…and I am just going to conclude I need to incorporate a bit of patience into the process.
Many thanks for taking the time to read my post and give your feedback!!!
