Homing and origen

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David Wood
Posts: 7
Joined: Mon Oct 04, 2021
Location: San Antonio Texas
Country: United States
Laser Machine Make or Type: World Laser
Laser Power: 60-80
Laser Bed Size: 24 x 36
Home Position: TL
Control Software: RDWORKS
RDWorks Version: v8.01.54
Ruida Controller: RDC6445
Windows Version: 10

New controller, 6445, in old machine. Loaded up rescue file and did some adjustments. XY homes then moves to the center of the table. did not do this at first, Z just sits there, no home. What settings are off? Thanks
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Dave Vigness
Posts: 526
Joined: Sun Dec 15, 2019
Location: Kansas City - Rural
Country: USA
Nickname: Dave
Laser Machine Make or Type: Chine Red and Black
Laser Power: EF RF2 80W
Laser Bed Size: 20 x 26
Home Position: TR
Control Software: RDWORKS
RDWorks Version: 8.01.54
Ruida Controller: RDC6445
Windows Version: 7
Accessories: Power Switch for air assist / exhaust blower, Ma meter with switch for external digital, dual digital temp gauge, LED lights under gantry and and and.

Pics and a list here. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing

Sounds like it's moving to the origin instead of home. That's a menu choice. Is Z home enabled? It's off by default.
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David Wood
Posts: 7
Joined: Mon Oct 04, 2021
Location: San Antonio Texas
Country: United States
Laser Machine Make or Type: World Laser
Laser Power: 60-80
Laser Bed Size: 24 x 36
Home Position: TL
Control Software: RDWORKS
RDWorks Version: v8.01.54
Ruida Controller: RDC6445
Windows Version: 10

Is there a way to clear origin? All X Y and z homing enabled
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David Wood
Posts: 7
Joined: Mon Oct 04, 2021
Location: San Antonio Texas
Country: United States
Laser Machine Make or Type: World Laser
Laser Power: 60-80
Laser Bed Size: 24 x 36
Home Position: TL
Control Software: RDWORKS
RDWorks Version: v8.01.54
Ruida Controller: RDC6445
Windows Version: 10

Ok, homing correctly now. Moved XY manually to home, pushed origin. XY good, z still not.
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David Wood
Posts: 7
Joined: Mon Oct 04, 2021
Location: San Antonio Texas
Country: United States
Laser Machine Make or Type: World Laser
Laser Power: 60-80
Laser Bed Size: 24 x 36
Home Position: TL
Control Software: RDWORKS
RDWorks Version: v8.01.54
Ruida Controller: RDC6445
Windows Version: 10

Got it. Menu>user setting>reset para. Z axis now homes.
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Dave Vigness
Posts: 526
Joined: Sun Dec 15, 2019
Location: Kansas City - Rural
Country: USA
Nickname: Dave
Laser Machine Make or Type: Chine Red and Black
Laser Power: EF RF2 80W
Laser Bed Size: 20 x 26
Home Position: TR
Control Software: RDWORKS
RDWorks Version: 8.01.54
Ruida Controller: RDC6445
Windows Version: 7
Accessories: Power Switch for air assist / exhaust blower, Ma meter with switch for external digital, dual digital temp gauge, LED lights under gantry and and and.

Pics and a list here. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing

Z enable depends on your version of RDWorks I believe.

In .54, it's under the user tab on the right, under the Other radio button in Return Parameters.

FYI, there are two flavors of the 6445, the S and the G. S is single laser tube support, the G is two tubes. Takes different firmware. My latest firmware I have for the 6445G is .22.
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Marian Scheja
Posts: 12
Joined: Sat Oct 02, 2021
Location: Nordrhein-Westfahlen, Cologne
Country: Germany
Nickname: Marian
Laser Machine Make or Type: BRM-Laser
Laser Power: 100W
Laser Bed Size: 125x90mm
Home Position: TR
Control Software: RDWORKS
RDWorks Version: v8.01.54
Ruida Controller: RDC6445
Windows Version: 10 64bit
Accessories: BRM-Laser with RDC6445GT5(EC), Rotary, ...

@Dave
Is there a place where firmware updates get published?
I did not found anything on www.rd-acs.com regarding firmware for controller or HMI.
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Dave Vigness
Posts: 526
Joined: Sun Dec 15, 2019
Location: Kansas City - Rural
Country: USA
Nickname: Dave
Laser Machine Make or Type: Chine Red and Black
Laser Power: EF RF2 80W
Laser Bed Size: 20 x 26
Home Position: TR
Control Software: RDWORKS
RDWorks Version: 8.01.54
Ruida Controller: RDC6445
Windows Version: 7
Accessories: Power Switch for air assist / exhaust blower, Ma meter with switch for external digital, dual digital temp gauge, LED lights under gantry and and and.

Pics and a list here. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing

Not that I know of. If you bought the machine from a regular supplier, they will have the updates as they are allowed to tweak them for their machine with their company logo. The last one I got was directly from Ruida as I was working on some other problems and doing a little beta testing. I haven't contacted them recently, and Cloudray is pleading ignorance at firmware upgrades.

I have the .22 in a folder at the top of my Google Mod Page if that helps. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing
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Marian Scheja
Posts: 12
Joined: Sat Oct 02, 2021
Location: Nordrhein-Westfahlen, Cologne
Country: Germany
Nickname: Marian
Laser Machine Make or Type: BRM-Laser
Laser Power: 100W
Laser Bed Size: 125x90mm
Home Position: TR
Control Software: RDWORKS
RDWorks Version: v8.01.54
Ruida Controller: RDC6445
Windows Version: 10 64bit
Accessories: BRM-Laser with RDC6445GT5(EC), Rotary, ...

Thanks for the link.
My Controller is on firmware 26.01.13. I think because of the new touchscreen HMI there is a higher version number in the 2x range.

As i bought my RDC6445GT5 from Cloudray i hope they will respond to my mail with all the issues.
I asked them to forward my mail to RD and offered them to help with GUI-translation as well as testing etc...

I will start a new thread regarding this Controller.
Could be helpful to others.
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