New user, just got the machine going

I just got my home made router going. Have Linuxcnc running it. The electronics is an OLD hobbyCNC kit I put together. The router has ball screws on all axis. Travel is x-28", y-18", z-4.38"

I put power to it for the first time today. All axis move correctly in the test this axis portion of the stepconfig? window. However the z axis will not move continuous with the manual command on the axis screen. It jumps a few thousands and quits and I get the following error:

END OF MOVE IN HOME STATE 5.

Another problem is the z axis will not enable homed. I can set the x and y to home, but z will not.

I have the home switch at the top of the travel, and set the travel range both from 0 to -4.38 and then tried from -4.38 to 0
Both of these gives the same error.

desertmoose wrote:

I just got my home made router going. Have Linuxcnc running it. The electronics is an OLD hobbyCNC kit I put together. The router has ball screws on all axis. Travel is x-28", y-18", z-4.38"

I put power to it for the first time today. All axis move correctly in the test this axis portion of the stepconfig? window. However the z axis will not move continuous with the manual command on the axis screen. It jumps a few thousands and quits and I get the following error:

END OF MOVE IN HOME STATE 5.

Another problem is the z axis will not enable homed. I can set the x and y to home, but z will not.

I have the home switch at the top of the travel, and set the travel range both from 0 to -4.38 and then tried from -4.38 to 0
Both of these gives the same error.

It would be good if you could post the hal and ini files from the machine config folder

OK, I'll see if I can get them onto a thumb drive so I can bring them up to my internet connected computer.

Hope they come thru OK. Are these the files generated by the stepconf wizard?

I am brand new to Linux and LinuxCnc. I didn't even know the Hal and ini files existed until you guys asked for them. I looked at the files after I posted them and spotted the limit on Z was different from X and Y. I changed Z to -4.38, and 0.01, and the error went away! Having only the homing enabled on Z was while I was troubleshooting Z homing not working. Turns out my soldering skills on the dinky pins in the 8 pin DIN connector provided in the kit leave a lot to be desired. The only axis I successfully hooked up was X. Both Y and Z home and Limit all have opens. Thanks for the link to the homing info. I'll be checking it out after I get the wiring redone. Also, I noticed that the homing speed was REAL slow. I just used the wizard to set it up, and that's what it gave me. Any recommendations for a better setting on this? Thanks again for the help.