On Tuesday 02 March 2021 03:59:49 andy pugh wrote:

> On Mon, 1 Mar 2021 at 04:24, Feral Engineer 
<theferalengin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > z axis utilize a mechanical limit switch to latch home position, but
> > then each axis has a pnp proximity sensor that triggers the actual
> > home position
>
> Are both the switch and the PNP on at the same time?
> Is the PNP "long" enough to serve as a limit switch all by itself?
>
> If it is, then you can use AND logic, either in the HAL or, as
> suggested by R Jollivert, in the physical wiring.
>
> If the PNP pulse is too short to serve as a home switch then you could
> try using HOME_INDEX_NO_ENCODER_RESET

> http://linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/config/ini-config.html#_joint__lt_
>num_gt_section Though that only exists in Master.

Did I spot a spelling error already? last line above the [FILTER] section 
reads:
HELP_FILE = tklinucnc.txt - Path to help file.
Shouldn't that be tklinuxcnc.txt? :)

25 pages to print, but worthwhile, lots of new info in that, thank you 
very much, Andy.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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