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Using Mach4 (registered) and would like to use the laser feature of UCCNC and changing controllers to a UC400 ETH and my limits are all wired in series and I use the built in Homing feature of Mach4. Can I do the same with UCCNC?

Yes, you can have all limit and home switches wired in serial and you can home that in UCCNC without problem.

cncdrive wrote:Yes, you can have all limit and home switches wired in serial and you can home that in UCCNC without problem.

Ok the way that Mach3/4 Homing works there is only one switch at each axis, its a NC micro. In that Homing sequence those are considered Home switches and then when its all done they become Limits. You have to set pull back distance so when its done the Home switches are still closed. Can the UCCNC do the same?

wmgeorge wrote:In that Homing sequence those are considered Home switches and then when its all done they become Limits. You have to set pull back distance so when its done the Home switches are still closed. Can the UCCNC do the same?

Yes, it can do that too.

You can have any limit/home switches commoned with eachother in any combinations.

Well thanks to the folks in Florida screw up now I will not get my order until next week the 20th .

So if I use that Mach4 macro or software Mach4 to UCCNC listed on this website it will Import all those settings for me, perhaps making it easier?

You can't automatically import the settings from Mach4. I mean UCCNC has a settings import feature only for Mach3.
To move the settings from Mach4 you have to note down the settings from Mach4 and set the settings in UCCNC manually.
The macroing language of Mach3 and Mach4 and UCCNC are totally different.
MAch3 using Visual basic and MAch4 is using Lua and UCCNC is using C# and Visual basic (selectable option).
Also all 3 softwares are different, having their own working logic and their own functions, so porting a function from MAch3 or 4 to UCCNC is not as simple as a copy and paste, but ofcourse what works in Mach3 and 4 could be also coded and made to work in UCCNC, but it requires some programming knowledge and also some knowledge of both softwares.

I was just hoping but I've done this before, thanks for the help.

But how do you use the UC400ETH to do a pull back using Mach4?? It Homes fine but does not pull back from the tripped location and therefore its in a tripped Limit condition now? Warp9 had it in the setup for that control board.