Proximity sensor

Controllers Smoothie
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hi,

I’m thinking of getting this board but want to get some clarity before any purchase is made.
Currently i have the ramps 1.4 with a proximity sensor that acts as an endstop for Z and also as a probing switch for autobed leveling.

In the documentation section is stated that the probe can’t be used as an endstop for Z, why is this?
Can the setup for zprobe achieved in the marlin firmware be done in the smoothieware firmware?

Thank you

Imported from wikidot

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This just means there are separate modules in Smoothie to handle endstps and zprobes.

If you have a probe on your head, you can use it for probing, and for homing ( for example using G30 ), it’s no problem. Litterally thousands of users do what you want with Smoothie, you shouldn’t worry.

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Hi,

Thank you for the repsonse.

But if it’s so how do you setup?
Simply enable the probe to do homing and zprobe?
This kind of configuration isn’t mentioned in the documentation or I missed it.

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Simply enable the probe, and use G30 for homing your Z, it’s all explained in the zprobe documentation.