X-Carve Firmware Settings

Firmware Settings

The X-Carve 1000mm uses GRBL based firmware. You can find and change firmware settings using Easel's Machine Inspector.

To check the Stock Firmware Settings click on your machine here: 
 

• X-Carve (November 2021 Upgrade)
• X-Carve (pre-November 2021)*

*if you have the pre-November 2021 X-Carve machine with the 2021 upgrades kit then you need the November 2021 Upgraded Firmware settings. 

Jump ahead:

• How to find Firmware Settings 
• How to change individual Firmware Settings 
• Firmware Details

How to find Firmware Settings 

Turn on your machine, connect to Easel and open any project. In your project, go to Machine > General Settings > Machine Inspector. If your machine is powered on and connected you will see your Firmware settings listed under Console. 

 

How to change individual Firmware Settings 

Open the Machine Inspector (Machine > General Settings > Machine Inspector). In the Console, type your new settings into the box one at a time, then press enter. Do this for each incorrect setting. Example:

$1=255

Enter

Then, once you have corrected all the settings you can send the command:

$$

This will display your Firmware settings there in the command line, you can ensure that all of your changes are saved. If you want to see the settings at the bottom, there is a small refresh on the right side of the settings box, or close out of the Machine Inspector and re-enter it. 

 

Stock Firmware Settings 

X-Carve (November 2021 Upgrade)

Firmware for X-Carve with the z-axis direct drive and 9mm belts

Settings and Values	Description
$0=10	Step pulse, microseconds
$1=255	Step idle delay, milliseconds
$2=0	Step port invert, mask
$3=7	Direction port invert, mask
$4=0	Step enable invert, boolean
$5=0	Limit pins invert, boolean
$6=0	Probe pin invert, boolean
$10=115	Status report, mask
$11=0.020	Junction deviation, mm
$12=0.002	Arc tolerance, mm
$13=0	Report inches, boolean
$20=0	Soft limits, boolean
$21=0	Hard limits, boolean
$22=1	Homing cycle, boolean
$23=3	Homing dir invert, mask
$24=25.000	Homing feed, mm/min
$25=750.000	Homing seek, mm/min
$26=250	Homing debounce, milliseconds
$27=1.000	Homing pull-off, mm
$30=1	Max spindle speed, RPM
$31=0	Min spindle speed, RPM
$32=0	Laser mode, boolean
$100=26.66	X steps/mm
$101=26.66	Y steps/mm
$102=49.909	Z steps/mm
$110=8000.000	X Max rate, mm/min
$111=8000.000	Y Max rate, mm/min
$112=500.000	Z Max rate, mm/min
$120=500.000	X Acceleration, mm/sec^2
$121=500.000	Y Acceleration, mm/sec^2
$122=50.000	Z Acceleration, mm/sec^2
$130=750.000	X Max travel, mm
$131=750.000	Y Max travel, mm
$132=152.4	Z Max travel, mm

 

X-Carve (pre-November 2021)

Firmware for X-Carve with ACME leadscrew and 6mm belts

Settings and Values	Description
$0=10	Step pulse, microseconds
$1=255	Step idle delay, milliseconds
$2=0	Step port invert, mask
$3=3	Direction port invert, mask
$4=0	Step enable invert, boolean
$5=0	Limit pins invert, boolean
$6=0	Probe pin invert, boolean
$10=115	Status report, mask
$11=0.020	Junction deviation, mm
$12=0.002	Arc tolerance, mm
$13=0	Report inches, boolean
$20=0	Soft limits, boolean
$21=0	Hard limits, boolean
$22=1	Homing cycle, boolean
$23=3	Homing dir invert, mask
$24=25.000	Homing feed, mm/min
$25=750.000	Homing seek, mm/min
$26=250	Homing debounce, milliseconds
$27=1.000	Homing pull-off, mm
$30=1	Max spindle speed, RPM
$31=0	Min spindle speed, RPM
$32=0	Laser mode, boolean
$100=40	X steps/mm
$101=40	Y steps/mm
$102=188.976	Z steps/mm
$110=8000.000	X Max rate, mm/min
$111=8000.000	Y Max rate, mm/min
$112=500.000	Z Max rate, mm/min
$120=500.000	X Acceleration, mm/sec^2
$121=500.000	Y Acceleration, mm/sec^2
$122=50.000	Z Acceleration, mm/sec^2
$130=750.000	X Max travel, mm
$131=750.000	Y Max travel, mm
$132=100	Z Max travel, mm

Firmware Details

The X-Carve 1000mm is completely open-source. If you would like to learn more about specific firmware values and what they do, see this page: https://github.com/inventables/grbl 

The official grbl wiki can be found here: https://github.com/grbl/grbl