**RESOLVED** Mach 3 errors

[wallyhart]

Scott,

I now have the limits wired properly and mostly working. The X & Z axis jogs onto the switch and jogs off. However, the Y axis, jogs onto the switch and doesn't jog off. That axis I have to hit the RESET button for it to jog!! Shouldn't they all act in the same manner? I do have that "Y" axis reversed in the Homing/Limits.

I'm having problems in the Soft Limit setup in the Homing/Limit tab. I've tried multiple setups and I continue to get an error "SoftLimits Max < Min". I'm working in inches and my table is 72' x 120". However, for setup purposes I want to use a small table setup now(18"x24") and change it when I'm up and running. I'm homing towards -x, -y and +z. For the X axis, soft max I have 24.00, soft min=0, Slow zone=2.00, Home off=0, Home Neg=x, Auto Zero=check, Speed=20. For the "Y" the same, except I reversed the first box and I have 18.00 and 0. The 'Z", I have 0 (Max) and 4" (Min). I tried max at 0 and min w/ the other value and the same happens. I closed the Mach and restarted it. The machine doesn't home automatically and I haven't found a button to push to start the homing process. The only machine movement that I'm doing is slow jogging at this point. Is that why the SoftLimit error is occuring?

Wally

[diycncscott]

Wally,

If you home to positive, you (most likely) should have a 0 in your max travel and negative something in your
min travel. If you put a 0 in max and 4 in min, you'll get a "SoftLimits Max < Min" message -Obviously 0 (Max) < 4 (Min)

You can find more information on Mach soft limits at http://www.machsupport.com

or read the mach manual:http://www.machsupport.com/docs/Mach3Mi ... Config.pdf

To do auto homing, see the manual for using M92 or see this post to set up your "ref all" button.
http://www.ajaxcnc.com/ajaxbb/viewtopic ... f+all#p808