{"id":231,"date":"2015-12-30T08:34:51","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T06:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kurokesu.com\/main\/?p=231"},"modified":"2016-09-01T20:31:31","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T18:31:31","slug":"connecting-touch-probe-to-mach3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kurokesu.com\/main\/2015\/12\/30\/connecting-touch-probe-to-mach3\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecting touch probe to Mach3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-235 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kurokesu.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Untitled2-300x240.png\" alt=\"Untitled2\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kurokesu.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Untitled2-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kurokesu.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Untitled2-1024x819.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kurokesu.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Untitled2.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Connecting touch probe to Mach3 is more than simple task. Just connect supplied cable to computer LPT port or breakout board and configure input. I am not sure how about Mach3 original ones, but Tormach has terrible probing scripts, so at the bottom of this post I provide fixed ones.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Electrical wiring<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kurokesu.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2015-12-30-08.26.40.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-234\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kurokesu.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2015-12-30-08.26.40-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"2015-12-30 08.26.40\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kurokesu.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2015-12-30-08.26.40-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kurokesu.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2015-12-30-08.26.40-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Here is how connection to breakout board looks like. Direct connection to port, no external components needed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Software configuration<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kurokesu.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Untitled1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kurokesu.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Untitled1-300x240.png\" alt=\"Untitled1\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kurokesu.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Untitled1-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kurokesu.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Untitled1-1024x819.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kurokesu.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Untitled1.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>In this screenshot you can see configuration window from <b>Config \/ Ports and Pins<\/b>. Select Input Signals tab and configure Probe part. For example mine looks like in attached image.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Updated Scripts<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kurokesu.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Untitled5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-244\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kurokesu.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Untitled5-300x240.png\" alt=\"Untitled5\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kurokesu.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Untitled5-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kurokesu.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Untitled5-1024x819.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kurokesu.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Untitled5.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>In order to update button script press <b>Operator \/ Edit Button<\/b> Script and click necessary button. Then window with button script will open. Replace script content with provided ones and save. Just in case, don&#8217;t forget to backup original ones.<\/p>\n<p><b>Disclaimer: use on your own risk<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kurokesu.com\/uploads\/2015-12-mach3-scripts\/Center.m1s\">Center.m1s<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kurokesu.com\/uploads\/2015-12-mach3-scripts\/Heigt.m1s\">Heigt.m1s<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kurokesu.com\/uploads\/2015-12-mach3-scripts\/X+.m1s\">X+.m1s<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kurokesu.com\/uploads\/2015-12-mach3-scripts\/X-.m1s\">X-.m1s<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kurokesu.com\/uploads\/2015-12-mach3-scripts\/Y+.m1s\">Y+.m1s<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kurokesu.com\/uploads\/2015-12-mach3-scripts\/Y-.m1s\">Y-.m1s<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connecting touch probe to Mach3 is more than simple task. Just connect supplied cable to computer LPT port or breakout board and configure input. I am not sure how about Mach3 original ones, but Tormach has terrible probing scripts, so at the bottom of this post I provide fixed ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[157],"tags":[8,9,6,3],"class_list":["post-231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to","tag-mach3","tag-setup","tag-touch-probe","tag-tpa1"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.kurokesu.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2015-12-30-08.26.40.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6VSmB-3J","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kurokesu.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kurokesu.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kurokesu.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kurokesu.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kurokesu.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.kurokesu.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":969,"href":"https:\/\/www.kurokesu.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231\/revisions\/969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kurokesu.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kurokesu.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kurokesu.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kurokesu.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}