[MSG:‘$H’|‘$X’ to unlock]
[MSG:Caution: Unlocked]
ok
Those are OH’s or Zeros?
the slash through the round character makes it a zero. 
You can select and copy each line from the forum and paste it into the Console entry bar (then press enter). I’ve been told it won’t do multiple lines.
thank you John
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If there is no slash in the zero, no worry. There is no letter “O” in Gcode.
Thanks for all the help guys, I appreciate it, But I’ve decided that I would rather have a machine that wasn’t so finicky and unreliable to use along with my Atezr L2, so this Omtech B10 is going to be returned.
PS. The Omtech technical assistance dept. doesn’t work on the weekends. Quite the business model.
Does anyone know what this could mean?
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[MSG:‘$H’|‘$X’ to unlock]
[MSG:Caution: Unlocked]
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<Idle|MPos:0.000,0.000,0.000|WPos:0.000,0.000,0.000|FS:0,0|Pn:XY|WCO:0.000,0.000,0.000|ROLLER:Off>
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Starting stream
error:42
On or near line 6:
ALARM:3
Reset while in motion. Grbl cannot guarantee position. Lost steps are likely. Re-homing is highly recommended.
On or near line 6:
Job halted
Stream completed in 0:00
Grbl 1.1h [‘$’ for help]
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[MSG:‘$H’|‘$X’ to unlock]
[MSG:Caution: Unlocked]
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error:42
ALARM:8
Homing fail. Cycle failed to clear limit switch when pulling off. Try increasing pull-off setting or check wiring.
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Grbl 1.1h [‘$’ for help]
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[MSG:‘$H’|‘$X’ to unlock]
[MSG:Caution: Unlocked]
o
Is your machine homing correctly?
The Pn:XY there indicates that both homing switches are actively being triggered. That’s not what you would expect after a successful home.
Try running this in Console. Return the output and please describe what happens:
$H
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[MSG:‘$H’|‘$X’ to unlock]
[MSG:Caution: Unlocked]
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<Idle|MPos:0.000,0.000,0.000|WPos:0.000,0.000,0.000|FS:0,0|WCO:0.000,0.000,0.000|FlCk:On>
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The machine did nothing, it is about in the center of the work area.
Sorry, didn’t see the question up above…No, the machine has never homed correctly since assembly.
Try disconnecting the homing switches entirely. Then rerun the commands from my previous post. Be prepared to turn off the machine so it doesn’t crash.
Does the laser head now move?
Hello Brain, I have a project going on my primary laser but can chat here on this PC. I hooked the secondary laser to a laptop and ran those commands after I unhooked Y-axis and X-axis and there was no movement by the laser.
I did get a different console message though…roller error (?)
[MSG:‘$H’|‘$X’ to unlock]
[MSG:Caution: Unlocked]
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<Idle|MPos:0.000,0.000,0.000|WPos:0.000,0.000,0.000|FS:0,0|WCO:0.000,0.000,0.000|ROLLER:Off>
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Not sure but that might just be a message indicating that the rotary is not in use.
So I want to make sure I understand the current state:
- You’ve disconnected the homing switches
- You issued
$Hand you get no motion from the steppers - You have never seen motion from the stepper motors
Is this all correct?
The odd thing is you should be getting an error message about homing failure but that’s not showing in yor Console output.
Can you check your power supply and make sure it’s supplying the correct voltage?
Yesterday, at one point the X-axis moved about 6" to the left, the Y-axis has never moved. My power supply says it’s 24V output but it only measures on AC is that right, the other odd thing is the output is measured as 52.0 volts.
What’s also odd is that my Atezr measures at 52.0v too and it works fine. I can’t swap them to try because one is center - and the other is center+
More strange codes:
On or near line 6:
ALARM:3
Reset while in motion. Grbl cannot guarantee position. Lost steps are likely. Re-homing is highly recommended.
On or near line 6:
Job halted
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.
It should be DC at nominal 24V. 52V reading on AC is odd. Trying to make sense of how that would work but not clear to me.
It would be ideal if you could somehow validate good power supply and/or find an alternative temporary supply you could test.
Do the stepper motors on both machines have the same connector? Curious if you could confirm function of the steppers across machines.
Stepper motors tend to be fairly robust so don’t think they’re likely to be bad but would be good to narrow down the issues.
I sure appreciate all the time you’ve spent on this trying to help me.
I don’t want to thrash on this machine too much and ruin the return privilege.
The battery was dead in my multimeter but it did measure a AA at 1.5 volts, but
the meter hadn’t been used in a long time, it may be suspect (except for the dual measurements (?)
Meanwhile, I will look through my stuff and see if I can find another power supply.
Let’s sleep on it and Thanks again!
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