Thanks Hood, Tweak,
Both issues I was seeing have gone away with V.062. The safe Z settings are respected in machine coordinates. The soft limits work now and the behavior is different. Now when I enable servos I can't move any axis until I turn soft limits off which makes sense because the machine has no idea where it's at. This is also good since it serves as a reminder to reference the machine. After I reference the machine I can enable soft limits and they are respected! Thanks so much Hood! BTW, downgrade was easy as per advice from Tweak. Thanks!
Mike