using only ONE limit switch for limit and home?

[Jochen]

Malte,

good to hear that you have solved the problem.

It is intended behavior that an axis can be started when a limit switch is active. Otherwise you would have to disable the limit switch first, before you can move the axis out of the active area of the limit switch. In this context each limit switch behaves a bit differently:

Fwd limit switch:

If this switch is active, the axis can only be moved in the reverse direction. 

Rev limit switch:

If this switch is active, the axis can only be moved in the forward direction.

Home switch:

As this switch is typically located somewhere inbetween the fwd and the rev limit switch, the axis can be moved in both directions.

Jochen 

[mfs]

Hi,

is there a way to change the settings so that the motor is only allowed to move in the opposite direction when the switch is activates? Since the system should automatically start and stop the motor there is a risk that the motion whould continued in the same direction when the switch is active. If it is not possible to avoid, than I have to use two switches.

Thanks

Malte 

[seVEMes]

Malte,

There is no inherant setting that would allow a home switch to do what you are looking for. You could try to do careful logic in your program so that you only send commands for the opposite direction when the switch is activated but that is the only work around that I am aware of.