Softlimits problem

[henrikm]

Hi guys,

I have finally gotten so far on my build that I need some help with Mach3

I run a Gecko 540 with only home switches. I'm trying to set up soft limits but can't quite figure it out.

Mach homes the machine correctly and the soft limit _min_ works perfectly, slows down and stops at the home switch. The problem is softmax where I can't get Mach to stop at all. I work in mm and have a envelope of 900mm on the X axis, 800mm on the Y and 160mm on the Z axis. I've tried allot of different settings, but this is the closest I have been so far.

Se attached pic of settings.

Any pointers?

[ger21]

Is 900 the maximum machine travel? If, so, then reduce the softlimit max, or at least increase the slow zone to 15-25mm.

If the travel is 900 and the soft max is 900, Mach3 won't slow down until it's within 1mm of the maximum travel, which isn't enough time to stop.

[henrikm]

Hey ger, exactly that got me thinking while trying to sleep last night.

The slow zone is working properly so I figured the slow zone setting is a active/not active (1/0), but then when the rest of the settings is given in mm I was pretty sure I had a inches/mm problem. And you pretty much confirmed it.

I have set the units to mm, but the DROs and settings show inches.

It's 7am here in Norway atm, so about time to get some work done

Thanks.