Setting the machine origin

[Joerg_Wagner]

Hello to everybody, I just signed up and would have the following question:

I’m using a small CNC 3018 Pro with hard limit switches. After the homing cycle Lightburn displays a machine position of X: -292,00, Y: -160,00. The negative values prevent me from using the “Move to position” command, since it only allows positive values. Any idea where I can change the machine position to 0/0 after the homing cycle?

Thx for your support,
Joerg

[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

Your machine uses negative coordinate space, we need to offset the origin. LightBurn wants positive workspace numbers. Have a read through these two posts for details. https://github.com/LightBurnSoftware/Documentation/blob/master/CommonGrblSetups.md#negative-coordinate-machines

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Configuring a 3018 CNC for use with LightBurn

3018’s are pre-configured for use as CNC machines, not lasers, so their settings and speeds will likely need to be changed to give you acceptable results with LightBurn. To see the existing settings, you can type $$ into the console in LightBurn and press enter, or go to Edit > Machine Settings. Both are showing the same values, but the Machine Settings view in LightBurn is a little easier to use. The settings you’ll most likely need to change: $32 (laser mode) - Set this to 1 (or true / enab…

[Joerg_Wagner]

Hi Rick,

Thx a lot for your help, I will work through both the posts and hopefully can resolve my issues.

Thx again,
Joerg

[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

Please continue to post if you hit a snag. Here to help.

[Joerg_Wagner]

Hi Rick, I just tried your recommendations and I successfully could resolve my machine origin issues. Thx again.