my guess would be that you some sort of offset (g54 or g92 or ....) so 
read up :)

http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?CoordinateSystems

sam

On 5/11/2011 11:27 AM, Andy Howell wrote:
> I'm setting up an X2 mill for the first time, starting with getting the Z 
> axis limit /
> home switch working correctly. I am using the limit switch as both home and 
> limit.
>
> It seems to be working correctly. However, after homing, Axis shows the 
> 'Relative
> position' as 1.000. and the 'Machine position', as 0.000. Shouldn't they both 
> be zero?
>
> Z axis config in my-mill.ini:
>
> [AXIS_2]
> TYPE = LINEAR
> HOME = 0.0
> MAX_VELOCITY = 1.0
> MAX_ACCELERATION = 30.0
> STEPGEN_MAXACCEL = 37.5
> SCALE = -20000.0
> FERROR = 0.05
> MIN_FERROR = 0.01
> # Min will be -10.x later. Set to -1.525 to make testing faster.
> MIN_LIMIT = -1.525
> MAX_LIMIT = 0.10
> HOME_OFFSET = 0.50000
> HOME_SEARCH_VEL = 0.050000
> HOME_LATCH_VEL = 0.025000
> HOME_IGNORE_LIMITS = YES
>
> Z axis settings in my-mill.hal:
>
> setp stepgen.2.position-scale [AXIS_2]SCALE
> setp stepgen.2.steplen 1
> setp stepgen.2.stepspace 0
> setp stepgen.2.dirhold 5548
> setp stepgen.2.dirsetup 5548
> setp stepgen.2.maxaccel [AXIS_2]STEPGEN_MAXACCEL
> net zpos-cmd axis.2.motor-pos-cmd =>  stepgen.2.position-cmd
> net zpos-fb stepgen.2.position-fb =>  axis.2.motor-pos-fb
> net zstep<= stepgen.2.step
> net zdir<= stepgen.2.dir
> net zenable axis.2.amp-enable-out =>  stepgen.2.enable
> net max-home-z =>  axis.2.home-sw-in
> net max-home-z =>  axis.2.pos-lim-sw-in
>
> Thanks,
>
>       Andy
>
>
>
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