Strange Gantry Squaring/Homing
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17 Feb 2026 19:49 #343111
by Clark222
Strange Gantry Squaring/Homing was created by Clark222
Hi - I've gotten Linuxcnc to work well on several machines but each time the machine wasn't constructed with enough precision to make it reliably work the way I wanted. On this machine I finally built it the way I should have. I used the files from my old machine and adapted them to this machine If something is commented out it is because I haven't got to that yet. The machine moves great and the X and Z axis move and home really good. The Y axis moves good but I can't get it to home properly. If things are set up so that each axis has a pnp sensor on side will respond to the sensor but the other side will turn off the led acknowledging it should home but it keeps moving towards the sensor. If I tie both sides to a single side it works as expected. This is fine but it prevents squaring. I've included my files so maybe somebody could see where I've gone wrong.
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17 Feb 2026 20:58 - 17 Feb 2026 20:59 #343115
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Replied by PCW on topic Strange Gantry Squaring/Homing
Both joints of a gantry need negative home sequence numbers,
but your ini file has a negative and a positive:
[JOINT_1]
HOME_SEQUENCE = -3
[JOINT_2]
HOME_SEQUENCE = 3
but your ini file has a negative and a positive:
[JOINT_1]
HOME_SEQUENCE = -3
[JOINT_2]
HOME_SEQUENCE = 3
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17 Feb 2026 21:44 #343116
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Replied by Clark222 on topic Strange Gantry Squaring/Homing
Thank you for getting back to me. That had already been changed in the original file but I forgot to change it in what I posted online. It still has the same problem. Currently it is on joint 2. The constant homing issue has left the gantry a little out of square. It seems like whichever side is closer at the start has the problem
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