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I have switched fro Mach3 to UCCNC. The process has been relatively painless and I find UCCNC easier to use than MACH3.

But I am having trouble with the tool zero macro. My Mac3 macro worked fine,. But, in its original form, M31 did not seem to zero Z work coordinates, and it is much more complicated with its tool offsets and so on than I need for my simple 6040.

So after much research I came up with this macro:

exe.code(G31 Z-10 F100")
while(exec.IsMoving()){};

exec.Setvar(0,228); //Set Z DRO to zero
AS3.Validatefield(228);

But, this did not set the Z axis DRO, which seems to be field 228 , to zero It sets it to 1mm above zero.

I then deleted the last two lines so the probe stops on contact , and I then manually zero the Z DRO

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While this works, it is a bit clumsy.

Can anyone suggest why the above macro sets Z to 1mm above the work surface, and what the macro should be to properly set the tool Z to zero?

Thanks Ger.

Reading only Pidgin C++ and writing even less of the C# dialect, in my hours of attempted self teaching i missed the Setfield instruction

Now I can cut my PCBs with less pain, I shall now retire to the relative comfort of PicBasic and Pic micro controllers.

You can write macros in Visual Basic too if Basic programming language is more comfortable for you.
You just have to put the #VB to the very first line of the macro and then the software will use the Visual Basic compiler instead of C#.

Funny I'm in the same position Bluebell (Mach on a 6040 and now onto UCCNC on an Interact). Could you please post your new working Micro so I can see where to insert these new lines, or maybe this is the intire mircro? Many thanks