Longer 36W won't home when rotary is attached

[AdamO (Adam Orange)]

I don’t usually use the rotary. I bought it for my 10 watt longer so I am using it on my 36 W. This laser has limit switches and I’m not use if that’s the problem. The home button doesn’t work correctly when not using the rotary. I think it hits the limit switch when it homes. Can anyone give me some sense of what this means. It was working a little bit yesterday but everything was squashed so a circle was an oval. Thanks

[LGT V1.2.3]

[VER:1.1.2023050803:]

[OPT:VPH,63,256]

Target buffer size found

[MSG:FW:LGT V1.2.3|MB:LS_ESP32]

[MSG:No Wifi]

ok

Homing

$33=750

ALARM:9

Homing fail. Could not find limit switch within search distance. Defined as 1.5 * max_travel on search and 5 * pulloff on locate phases.

ok

Grbl 1.1 [‘$’ for help]

Your Grbl may not support Variable Power mode (M4)

If your laser does not turn off between cuts,

switch to the GRBL-M3 device

FW:LGT V1.2.3|MB:LS_ESP32

ok

[MSG:‘$H’|‘$X’ to unlock]

[MSG:Caution: Unlocked]

ok

Grbl 1.1 [‘$’ for help]

FW:LGT V1.2.3|MB:LS_ESP32

ok

ALARM:1

Hard limit triggered. Machine position is likely lost due to sudden and immediate halt. Re-homing is highly recommended.

<Alarm|MPos:-495.000,-495.000,0.000|WPos:-495.000,-495.000,0.000|FS:0,0|Pn:PX|WCO:0.000,0.000,0.000>

ok

<Alarm|MPos:-495.000,-495.000,0.000|WPos:-495.000,-495.000,0.000|FS:0,0|Pn:PX|Ov:100,100,100>

ok

Starting stream

error:9

G-code locked out during alarm or jog state.

On or near line 0:

error:9

G-code locked out during alarm or jog state.

On or near line 0:

error:9

G-code locked out during alarm or jog state.

On or near line 0:

error:9

G-code locked out during alarm or jog state.

On or near line 0:

error:9

G-code locked out during alarm or jog state.

On or near line 0:

error:9

G-code locked out during alarm or jog state.

On or near line 0:

error:9

G-code locked out during alarm or jog state.

On or near line 0:

Stream completed in 0:00

error:9

G-code locked out during alarm or jog state.

error:9

G-code locked out during alarm or jog state.

error:9

G-code locked out during alarm or jog state.

error:9

G-code locked out during alarm or jog state.

error:9

G-code locked out during alarm or jog state.

<Alarm|MPos:-495.000,-495.000,0.000|WPos:-495.000,-495.000,0.000|FS:0,0|Pn:P>

ok

<Alarm|MPos:-495.000,-495.000,0.000|WPos:-495.000,-495.000,0.000|FS:0,0|Pn:P>

ok

Starting stream

error:9

G-code locked out during alarm or jog state.

On or near line 0:

error:9

G-code locked out during alarm or jog state.

On or near line 0:

error:9

G-code locked out during alarm or jog state.

On or near line 0:

Stream completed in 0:00

error:9

G-code locked out during alarm or jog state.

error:9

G-code locked out during alarm or jog state.

error:9

G-code locked out during alarm or jog state.

error:9

G-code locked out during alarm or jog state.

error:9

G-code locked out during alarm or jog state.

error:9

G-code locked out during alarm or jog state.

error:9

G-code locked out during alarm or jog state.

error:9

G-code locked out during alarm or jog state.

error:9

G-code locked out during alarm or jog state.

[JimNM (James)]

On my Ortur Lasermaster, I have to trigger the Y limit switch manually with my finger when the rotary device is in use.

[JohnJohn (John Johnson)]

@AdamO

It was working a little bit yesterday but everything was squashed so a circle was an oval. Thanks

This usually means that the Rotary mode is on. Please verify by clicking Laser Tools, then click Rotary Setup, then turn off Enable Rotary and carefully click OK because it’s easy to close the window and overlook the change.

@AdamO

The home button doesn’t work correctly when not using the rotary. I think it hits the limit switch when it homes.

The Rotary Tool doesn’t have a limit switch. This firmware is more advanced than the regular GRBL and can be customized. It may be overlooking the Limit switch if it’s still in Rotary mode. After confirming Rotary mode is off retest homing. If it behaves as if the switch isn’t present it may be plugged in incorrectly or there may be a broken wire.

@AdamO

ALARM:1

Hard limit triggered. Machine position is likely lost due to sudden and immediate halt. Re-homing is highly recommended.

<Alarm|MPos:-495.000,-495.000,0.000|WPos:-495.000,-495.000,0.000|FS:0,0|Pn:PX|WCO:0.000,0.000,0.000>

Here the PX means the Limit Switch for the X-Axis is active. Is the head of the engraver activating that switch?

[AdamO (Adam Orange)]

I got out my 10W with for the rotary and it works fine. I can’t do anything with my 36w. It seems to be backwards now and I’ll make a new post for it. Thank you for the previous help.