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? > > No, relative position includes an offset to your workpiece coordinate system. EMC2 by default brings back the LAST used workpiece offsets when you start it. In Axis, you use "touch off" to set up the new workpiece coordinate system each time you load a different workpiece on the machine.
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