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"Go To Home" button work around

Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2021 10:25 am
by bor MC
Just wanted to share a tidbit that we discovered, and is a real time saver in the shop.

On the settings screen, in our program end dialog box we put a code that lifts the spindle to its highest point whenever a job finishes (G53 G0 Z7). That alone saves us time and puts the head in the best spot for changing bits, but by adding G0 X0 Y0 after it, it turns the M2 command into a make shift Go to Home button.

Now we simply park the machine in any position out of the way to load the table, then type M2 in the MDI when we want to go to home. Hope this helps someone else too.
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Re: "Go To Home" button work around

Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 7:59 pm
by missionarymike
Great idea.

Thank you for posting.

Re: "Go To Home" button work around

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 10:22 am
by donramsey
Put it on a macro to make it even easier. One click raises the z-axis to home then sends XY home.

Re: "Go To Home" button work around

Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2022 2:56 pm
by bor MC
To be fair, I listed this work around before MACROS buttons were available on the firmware. This is still my M2 code in the -SETTINGS > GENERAL > G-CODE > program-end, text box to move the Z up at the end of a g-code run.

I also incorporate G53 G0 Z4 (or whatever your z height max is) in all position MACROS files (i.e HOME, PARK, Touch Top, etc.) to keep the Z axis at max height at all times.