Aligning Slave Axis Gantry - HiCON Mach4

To align the gantry, anthe master and slave axes need to home, then the slave needs to move by the offset movevalue canyou enter. There are two configurations that will work. Both the master and slave need to have the Home Switch box selected for both configurations.

• If you have homing switches on both the master and slave axis, then select the Independent Master-Slave Home box on both the master and slave motors. This tells the HiCON that each motor will home to its own switch.

The slave misalignment value on the master motor is ignored, but it is best to set it to 0 for clarity.	The slave misalignment value on the slave should be configuredset to the value you need to square the gantry. The units is the same as the motors use - either inches or mm. Both positive and negatives are valid.

• If you only have one home switch, on the master axis, then deselect the Independent Master-Slave Home box on both the master and slave motors. This tells the HiCON that both axes will use the same home switch.
• Map the home switch for the slave axisaxis. onceIn homingConfigure has| beencontrol completed.
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  Forinputs find the input for the master axis,axis' thehome, Independentand Master-Slave Home check box in the HiCON plugin needs to be selected:
  

  For the slave axis, the distance to move once homed to create the offset/alignment is set in the slave misalignment box:
  

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The slave misalignment value on the master axis.motor is ignored, but it is best to set it to 0 for clarity.	The slave misalignment value on the slave should be set to the value you need to square the gantry. The units is the same as the motors use - either inches or mm. Both positive and negatives are valid.

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• There is an issue in some versions where the slave misalignment amount gets rounded once the Mach software has been closed. Be sure to test carefully and after making your adjustment,adjustment. exitExit the mach software and restart and check the value to see if it has changed/rounded. If it does, there is an update for this. Please contact MachMotion for assistance.

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the home switch during the homing operation and is in units, such as 10 IPM.