Hi Jim:
The screens shoudl look pretty much the same, if not, use view/load layout and load the 1024.set file.
Softlimits are set by entering the machine coordinates at which you want your table to stop or trip an error.
Once set, you turn them on after you ref. Until you ref they dont mean anything. Once on (the LED is lit), then
any attempt to jog past softlimits will stop, and any Gcode that moves past them will trip an estop.
The G54 offsets are default when you start up, pressing any zero buttons will change them to zero the position ..ect..
to change G55, 56.etc.. you need to open the work offsets tabel and enter them, OR switch to that offset with G55..ect.. and then press the zero buttons at the appropriate spot on the tabel, the G55 woudl then be updated.
Thanks for the comments, the new few months will show an even better Mach package.. we're working on some exciting stuff for the future... ( in the top secret development dept. :-) ).
Thanks,
Art
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----- Original Message -----
From: "James Holbrook" <james_hol@...>
To: <mach1mach2cnc@...>
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 8:17 PM
Subject: [mach1mach2cnc] Soft Limits setup
Hi Art.
My Mach3 quest continues. I have it running my Sherline really well but in reading the Mach3Mill documentation, I noticed that the screens don't look like the docs say.
The section on Soft limits is pretty sketchy. Could you elaborate on how to set them up or point me in a direction that explains it? I also have a question about using the touch button to set the work offsets. On the docs there is a screen that has touch buttons but in the latest Mach there are no Touch buttons on the work offsets. Which buttons do you push to set the work offsets?
Great job on this package and it just keeps getting better.
Jim
