Z height about octoprint-bettergrblsupport

[thothloki]

Did you go into the plugin settings and check the box to enable Z?
there is a checkbox with "Show Z Axis on Grbl Control tab"

[synman]

Let me track down a screenshot...

[synman]

I'm guessing what you really want is Z axis jogging control...

[Ofoten3dogcnc]

Hi :-)  Yes I did, and it shows the Z height, butthere is no buttons to control the Z height, it just shows the current hight :-( /Jonna På lørdag 25. mai 2019, 01:26:44 CEST skrev thothloki <[email protected]> følgende: Did you go into the plugin settings and check the box to enable Z? there is a checkbox with "Show Z Axis on Grbl Control tab" — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or mute the thread.

[synman]

I'll add some z buttons in a future release

[Ofoten3dogcnc]

Ok, so there is no way to control the Z axis in this plugin now? How can I then set it to "home"? Is there any other way to do it? :-) /Jonna På lørdag 25. mai 2019, 08:02:43 CEST skrev Shell M. Shrader <[email protected]> følgende: I'll add some z buttons in a future release — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or mute the thread.

[synman]

You can just plug in a z travel command in the terminal window as a work-around. Home button currently just goes to x and y 0. I'll add Z to it as it is no biggy.

Actual homing (exercising your actual end stops if you have them -- the targeting button) is machine specific. It should home based on your Grbl settings.

[Ofoten3dogcnc]

Hi again :-) Any progres on adding the Z height buttons? Thats the only thing missing, in an AWSOME plugin :D

[synman]

not yet but I'm (slowly) gearing up for diving back in. My machine has been collecting dust for a couple months... with it getting cold out I'm sure I'll have some cycles.

[synman]

As I don't have a CNC machine / variable Z axis, I want to make sure I've got the homing portion of this correct.

If I set Z0 as part of a home move, will it drive the Z axis into the surface? I need to understand a little better how Z relates to homing.

I assume Z0 is calibrated / set based on the spindle being immediately above the surface to cut.

I may delay taking action on the homing aspects of this issue, but this shouldn't prevent me from getting Z travel buttons added for V1.7.0.

[Ofoten3dogcnc]

Hi again :-) Dont think there is a need to home the Z axis, at least what I feel Im missing is a way to control the axis up and down if that is possible to make? When the axis is placed where i want it, I then can home in the Gcode :-) /Jonna På onsdag 6. november 2019, 17:33:35 CET skrev Shell M. Shrader <[email protected]> følgende: As I don't have a CNC machine / variable Z axis, I want to make sure I've got the homing portion of this correct. If I set Z0 as part of a home move, will it drive the Z axis into the surface? I need to understand a little better how Z relates to homing. I assume Z0 is calibrated / set based on the spindle being immediately above the surface to cut. I may delay taking action on the homing aspects of this issue, but this shouldn't prevent me from getting Z travel buttons added for V1.7.0. — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.

[synman]

I may have this wrapped up tonight (just Z jogging). As soon as I do, I will process a pull request for v1.7.0 and release everything tagged with the 1.7.0 milestone.

[Ofoten3dogcnc]

Thanks, that would be realy awsome :D /Jonna På fredag 8. november 2019, 00:47:23 CET skrev Shell M. Shrader <[email protected]> følgende: I may have this wrapped up tonight (just Z jogging). As soon as I do, I will process a pull request for v1.7.0 and release everything tagged with the 1.7.0 milestone. — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.

[synman]

How's this look?

[Ofoten3dogcnc]

Perfect :-) På fredag 8. november 2019, 01:50:29 CET skrev Shell M. Shrader <[email protected]> følgende: How's this look? — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.

[synman]

ok, one last question.... what GRBL command do you use today for Z jogging? There are probably 5 different ways I can pull this off.... figure it best to go with the one that works for the requester :)

[synman]

I'm just going to go with:

G1 Z{distance} F4000

I use a feed rate of 4000 for all the X and Y moves so I assume this speed will work fine for Z too