I think you need home switches to use soft limits. And I think it's inches, if your machine is setup for inches. (not metric)
The manual for Mach 2 says that the range for the soft limits is -999999 to + 999999 units. I wanted to make sure, is that in Inches or Step pulses or what?
I'm about to start serious production work with my new K2 machine and I want to make sure I dont run into anything...
Dennis
I think you need home switches to use soft limits. And I think it's inches, if your machine is setup for inches. (not metric)
Gerry
Mach3 2010 Screenset
http://home.comcast.net/~cncwoodworker/2010.html
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Dennis,
It's units, whatever that happen to be on your system, millimeters or inches. It tells the software not to move the machine past a certain point. For example, I have mine set to -1" on Z since I don't cut anything deeper than that.
JR
Thanks guys,
I feel much more confident now.
Dennis