X Carve Setup

X-Carve
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Do you have a multi-meter? You can use that to check continuity.

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I do not.

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Ok.

You can use grbl to test the probe. Do you know how to use the Arduino IDE serial monitor?

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I do notā€¦ Sorry.

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Iā€™m assuming you have the X-controller.

There should be a wire running from the X-controller ā€œProbeā€ terminal to the socket on the Z axis carriage. There should be a wire plugged into that socket and then clipped to the mill/bit in the router.

The touch plate should have a wire that connects to ā€œGNDā€ on the X-controller.

Go into Machine Inspector - Advanced and make sure that $10 is 115 ($10=115).

Do you have that setup?

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I have all wired correctly. How do I get to machine inspector? When I get to the Z Probe setup, it says no contact and will not let me click on Advanced Settings.

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I donā€™t use Easel, so I canā€™t answer that question.

Do a forum search for machine inspector.

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$10 does = 115

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Do you know what else I could do to check the Z Probe?

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There are other ways, but you donā€™t know how to use them. We could try something else if you want to learn something new.

One thing you could check is to open up the X-controller and make sure that all of the cables are firmly seated in their sockets. The strain relief clips will close prior to the cables being fully seated.

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I did that. Seems like all wires are fully seated.

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I just got going. Thank you for your help.

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Thank you to the Inventables community. I believe I had two issues going. First I took apart the X-Controller and I believe I reset the stop controller when I did that and then I had a loose probe wire the second time when I unseated and rewired the probe. So to make a long story short I think reset the estop button when I rewired the unit and then I found a probe wire loose.
Thanks to all - looking forward to working with this machine!

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Just FYI Larry, the Inventables Z probe socket for the carriage is two wires, both the PROBE and GND. The collet clip and touch plate both connect to a 2.1mm male connector (itā€™s a 2 conductor plug) and then plug into the socket. The socket is normally closed and when you connect, the conductivity of the collet/plate assembly dictates open or closed.

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Thanks, Justin.

Obviously I donā€™t have an X-controller and I was trying to describe the functional circuit.

Glad to know how itā€™s actually implemented.

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@JustinBusby

Just re-read this. If Iā€™m reading this correctly, if the collet/plate assemble is not plugged in then the probe input to the X-controller is in the tripped state (A5 low). Is this correct?

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Yes. My guess is Inventables chose this because in the probe sequence, it prompts you to connect the probe and they needed a trigger know that you did before proceeding.

Iā€™ll double check when I get home but thatā€™s what I remember when I first hooked mine up and was playing with the probe setup (the whole incorrect v1.0c was flashed on Xcontrollers from a year ago)

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I would comment on that, but my comment would be flagged. H*ll Iā€™d flag it.

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