Surfacing - Soft alarm

Machines (Elite Series)
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Good afternoon to all Elite users. I hope your day is going a little better than mine. As the heading states, I’m having a little trouble with my Foreman. I’ve set up the waste board on my QCW, cut holes for Bench Dogs and Threaded Inserts and am now trying to surface the waste board. I’ve completed a toolpath in Carveco and loaded the same into the Masso controller.

Every time I press Cycle Start. The X and Y axis move to the far right corner, The spindle runs up for a few seconds and then spins down and a “Soft alarm on Z axis motion at line No: 15” appears.

Can anyone offer any advice as to why this keeps occurring? I’d be most grateful for any advice to correct the problem.

Many Thanks.

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Check your zero position, and your soft limits under the respective motors of f1.
Even though it’s said to be 48"×48" my max travel is like 47.89"x47.9"

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Evening Chris.

Many thanks for your email in reply to my query. I finally managed to find a You Tube video which explained the process and with your advice have just completed an air carve of the spoil board surfacing.

Just need to fit my surfacing bit, zero the Z axis and press start.

Thanks again for your help.

All the very best.

Karl

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