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So I setup a simple probe which works great IF I have the Z direction reversed.
I can live with that BUT it will not work with "SAFE Z" or "Park" since they expect Z in the normal direction.
So I set the Z to normal and modified the M31 macro and changed all the "Z" commands to "-Z"...
Well, it made NO difference and I did check the "pre-compile macros".
Is there something else I need to do to get it to recognize the changes?
OR
Can I change the "Safe Z" & "Park" macros and which macros are those (I would rather not take this approach)

Suggestions?
Thanks!
Walt

well... I found out why my changes were not being used...
The probe screen is associated with a plugin, not the m31 macro...
Since I just need a simple probe, I will see about defining a button to call the macro...
Sort of sucks since the probe plugin goes in the wrong direction...

DO you have a -number in the Z probe distance - remember a Z move is always a negative move

So I setup a simple probe which works great IF I have the Z direction reversed.

Are you saying you have Z+ going down? If so, I don't think UCCNC was ever intended to work like that.

the Z setup works fine; safe Z & park BUT the probe screen plugin does not work; it probes in the wrong direction...
Like I said, the probe plugin will work BUT only if I reverse the Z...
In any case, my adjusted macro works now except I don't know how to fill in the field for the z position so I have to enter the value manually.
After figure out how to do it from the macro, it should work fine...

You didn't really answer my question.
I would think you have some settings set wrong. You shouldn't have to be the only one with this issue.

Simple probe probes in the direction that you enter in P1. Normally, you should enter a negative value for Z probing, because negative Z sould go down.

ok, let me clarify;

When I use the probe screen, the plugin probes in the wrong direction...
When I use the probe button (on the main screen) it uses the M31 macro (only if the probe plugin is not active) and currently this probes in the wrong direction...
I used the current macro and have modified the z direction and it now works for me... I cannot modify the probe plugin so I cannot use the probe screen...

As for how I have configured my settings; everything else works fine, so there is no issue with my settings...

walt_cnc wrote:ok, let me clarify;

When I use the probe screen, the plugin probes in the wrong direction...
When I use the probe button (on the main screen) it uses the M31 macro (only if the probe plugin is not active) and currently this probes in the wrong direction...
I used the current macro and have modified the z direction and it now works for me... I cannot modify the probe plugin so I cannot use the probe screen...

As for how I have configured my settings; everything else works fine, so there is no issue with my settings...

You have a issue IF you had to modify the M31 and the probe functions arent working. Post up a screen of what settings you are using to do the Z probe .

it should look like the image below

walt_cnc wrote:ok, let me clarify;

When I use the probe screen, the plugin probes in the wrong direction...
When I use the probe button (on the main screen) it uses the M31 macro (only if the probe plugin is not active) and currently this probes in the wrong direction...
I used the current macro and have modified the z direction and it now works for me... I cannot modify the probe plugin so I cannot use the probe screen...

As for how I have configured my settings; everything else works fine, so there is no issue with my settings...

The probe screen and the M31 (probe button on the lower screen) are fully independent, so you don't have to disable the plugin to run the M31.

If you have bad parameters on the probe screen that's another story, but has nothing to do with the M31.