Z axis travel/ Program exceeds machine maximum on axis Z

I'm back at this finally and trying to figure out new issues. When you hit + on the Z what direction should it travel? I'm assuming up.

When in the initial linuxcnc screen after I home all the joints I can only move the Z axis down which means it won't rise off the table. I also get the error "Program exceeds machine maximum on axis Z" when I try to execute the initial logo program. What am I doing wrong?

Any help is appreciated.

I think I've figured it out through watching this video.

It's a great beginner guide to pncconf. I'll try to reset my configuration tonight.

Spoke too soon, I've got it so that I can travel up but still can't run the simulation with the stated error. Attached are the HAL and INI files.CNC is 48" X and Y with a 5" ZAny help is appreciated. For some reason it's not letting me attach the .ini file so I've renamed it to txt.

Any thoughts on the Hal and Ini files? Sorry, this may not be on your radar after my initial response.

Bearfood wrote:

Any thoughts on the Hal and Ini files? Sorry, this may not be on your radar after my initial response.

[TRAJ]
COORDINATES = XYYZZ

It looks like you are missing joint 4 from the ini

Beside incomplete .ini file JOINT3 and JOINT4, if retracted Z-Axis is home zero, try this entrys in AXIS_Z , JOINT_3 and JOINT_4

MIN_LIMIT = -5
MAX_LIMIT = 0.001

Tried that and linuxvnc errors out stating a problem with axis z max limit.

Not sure what you mean by incomplete joints 3 &4

To the other note the machine has 1x, 2y and 2z joints. I don't think I'm missing one but let me know if you feel that's incorrect.

Bearfood wrote:

Tried that and linuxvnc errors out stating a problem with axis z max limit.

Not sure what you mean by incomplete joints 3 &4

To the other note the machine has 1x, 2y and 2z joints. I don't think I'm missing one but let me know if you feel that's incorrect.

In the ini file that you posted it looks like the Z joint looks incomplete plus if you have 2 motors on Z you need a joint for each one

I tried setting my z home to be 3 inches above the table. When I run the program it still gives me the error and if I proceed it plunges right down and stops at 0. I'm sure I'm doing something simple and stupid.

The ini and Hal files are straight out of pncconf so I'm not sure how q joint or joints would be incomplete given there were no errors. I've modified again through pncconf but still don't see any issues.