Owner`s manual

MaxMotion for Machines Chapter 10-169
Move speed is also set here. Move speed is the speed at which the tool
is traversing up in the air (not in the material) to get to the next
destination.
Z Feed Up is the speed at which Z axis (the cutter tool) goes back up.
The jog speed is the speed at which the machine will jog when you
move it from control pad.
The in/min. Max Initial is the starting speed that can be achieved by the
combination of the stepper motors and matching amplifiers without
applying any acceleration.
Cutter Info
Depth, Lift, and Dwell parameters can be set here. Depth is the
deepness of routing or engraving from the reference surface. Lift is the
amount the cutter tool lifts between shapes from the reference surface.
Dwell:
The above is true when you have a motor in the Z axis. There are many
machines MaxMotion controls that have air pressure for the Z axis as
opposed to a motorized Z-axis. In this case, the cutter depth and the lift
values will be ignored. Also, the Z feed and the Z feed up values will
also be ignored. The Dwell value under cutter shall be set up to allow
the air pressure to build up sufficiently and move the cutter down on
the material before moving the tool in X and Y directions.
Multiple Pass:
The multiple pass capability is offered to reach a desired depth in more
than one pass. Observe that there is an additional box in the Materials
menu. The box is labeled Maximum Depth per pass. The box is situated
under the Depth box. A maximum desirable depth can be called out in
the Depth box. There is no change in that feature. However, you have
two choices in the Max Depth Per Pass box. If you declare 0 (zero) as
the value in this box, the software will try to drive the table and the Z
axis to achieve the total depth in a single pass. If a value less than the
total desired depth value is declared in the Max Depth per Pass box, the
software will try the depth per pass for each of the passes until it