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  1. #1
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    4th Axis (Rotary) moves relative not absolute

    I just set up my 4th axis and it's moving fine in both directions. If I'm setting at 0º tell it to move A20, it will move to 20º. That's all fine and dandy but if I want it to move to 40º, if I input a code of A40, the rotary table will add, i.e. move it by 40º winding up at 60º.

    I must have some simple setting not set correctly.

    I don't want to have to remember where the table is and do the math. I simply want it to land at the degrees I tell it to.

  2. #2
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    Mine goes where I tell it. Are you in Incremental mode (G91)? Do you have any boxes checked under "rotational" in General Config?
    Gerry

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  3. #3
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    Sep 2005
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    Nevermind. I rebooted and it's working fine now. Hate when that happens...

    Thanks anyway.


    Oh, I do have the "Rotational Soft Limits" checked but nothing else.

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