I've been working on the initial setup of my new woodworking CNC. I have my motors tuned, my soft limits set, and all my axes moving in the correct direction. I am able to REF ALL and zero out all the axes in machine coordinates.
The problem comes with the slow zones and the axes moving away from the home switches, as shown in the "Homing, Limits, and Offsets" video. When I REF ALL, the machine goes to the home switches at full speed and stops abruptly at the home switches. It does not slow down on approach or move off the switches. I have my slow zone set at 1". The only time I am able to get a slow movement is when I am jogging the Z at both extremes of my soft limits. Any suggestions?
Also, the presenter in the video (sorry, never caught his name) said to go to the diagnostics page and toggle the home switches. Mine do not toggle on and off like he shows, so I'm not sure what that means and if that's and indication of anything.
Are slow zones suppose to always work when your soft limits are active, whether you are toggling, REF ALL, running a program, etc? I understood it to be a safety measure that is active all the time when the soft limits are active, but maybe I misunderstand.
I have included a couple screen shots that may help.
Thanks,
Andy