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Z probe versus endstop

Posted by Claghorn 
Z probe versus endstop
May 07, 2021 08:13PM
I've currently got ordinary microswitches I use for the Z endstop and also a Z probe I can hook up when I want to level the bed. When I home Z, the smoothie seems to hit the Z switch, move a millimeter or so beyond it, and then move down and up a couple of times to "home in". When I use the other Z probe switch and G30, the Z movement stops the instant it ticks the switch, then reports the movement and goes back to original level.

I'm in the process of add a piezo Orion to the system, how the devil do I get the smoothieware Z homing to stop as soon as it ticks the nozzle, rather than cramming the bed a millimeter or so higher and bending the carriage or pushing the bed down or something?
Re: Z probe versus endstop
May 08, 2021 01:43PM
I've been doing some more reading, and I think I understand better what to do now. I need to configure G28 to NOT home Z (just X and Y), then use something like G30 Z0 to "home" Z with the orion configured as a zprobe (I can do this in the startup code).
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