I am having a problem with the softlimits settings interfering with motion either in G Code or Jog.

A six axis robot arm. The fore and back softlimits are not the same value on two of the axis.

Axis 2 (y) is forward 60, backward -50.
Axis 3 (z) is forward 30, backward -90

If I jog or G Code axis 2 forward, it will stop at 50 and never reach 60. There is no softlimit message. In diagnostics if I click "Why am I not moving?" the answer is "Not stopped, still trying to make last move"
If I jog or G Code backwards, the machine stops at -50 with a softlimit error message as expected.

Same for axis 3: I can only move backward to -30 and the machine stops moving with no message, or forward to 30 with an error message.

Do the forward and backward values need to be the same, i.e. 50 and -50?

The machine zero position is not centered between the limits.

The only workaround I have found is to disable the softlimits, which is not acceptable.

Yes I have looked through the online help under softlimit.

Hello Ed,

We can help you directly with the Soft Limits. You're still under maintenance so can you please contact us directly and e-mail us your latest CBK and LogFile.FIL files and we will take it from here once we review what you have.

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when you set up .....home position....travel limits....how far did you roll of limits?

Oaktree

The situation had to do with using a negative one value in the Gear setting in setup.exe.

I wanted the arm to move positive when going forward, so I needed to enter a negative one in gear to reverse the action when inputting axis values or modify the encoders to reverse the servo direction.

Negative values in Gear mess with Softlimits.