Configuration Of Directions, Homing And Software Limits - CS-Lab CSMIO IP-S User Manual

10.8 Configuration of directions, homing and software limits.

When axes are scaled and their speed is config-
ured, it is important to set directions correctly.
Useful function is possibility to indicate software
limits - the machine working range.
Select in the menu „ConfigHoming/Limits" posi-
tion. In the window, we have configuration pa-
rameters for each axis:
Column name
Reversed Switching this field, you change direction of an axis motion.
Soft Max Maximum range of motion in positive direction
Soft Min Maximum range of motion in negative direction
Slow Zone In the CSMIO/IP-S, this field is not used. In LPT, it is used to define a section
for braking near to the end of working range. CSMIO/IP-S controller auto-
matically calculates the braking distance including acceleration defined for
the axis. The best way is to enter 0 in this box.
Home Off.
Starting v1.07 version software - in this field we can define a distance of
going off from HOME sensor after homing. If we enter e.g. 5mm, then the
controller will home the axis on a HOME sensor and after that, it will go off
with 5mm and reset axis position. You can also enter a negative value - in
some cases it us very useful.
Home Neg As a standard an axis homing goes into negative direction. However, we
usually home the Z-axis upwards and the down motion is a negative direc-
tion. Therefore, we have to do Z-axis homing in a positive direction. Home
Neg is to select homing direction.
Auto Zero This area is not used on the CSMIO/IP-S controller. After homing – the axis
is always zeroed.
Speed % Homing speed. It is shown as a percent of maximum speed defined in „Mo-
tor Tuning". For the first tests we recommend 10%.
Attention! – you can enable and disable software limits. If they are enable, the program cannot con-
trol an overrun of working area. The only protections are hardware LIMIT switches.
When software limits option is active („Soft
Limit" on a Mach3 main screen), the
CSMIO/IP-S controller does not let for any
move if axes of a machine are not homed.
Current status of the function is shown by the
green light around „Soft Limit" button.
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