Owner`s manual

MaxMotion for Machines Chapter 1-21
Whenever the job starts, the tool will move from the Home position
over to where the material is with the Start Offset value of the Z axis
until it gets to the first shape. At this point, the tool will travel down to
the material and then penetrate to the depth declared in the material
selected in the Materials menu. When it finishes the first shape and is
moving over the to the next shape, the Z axis will move up only by the
Lift value declared in the Materials menu. This lift value is set sepa-
rately as opposed to the start offset value. Typically, the start offset
value is higher in order to clear all the hurdles such a jigs and vises and
the material holding hardware. Typically, the lift values are lower to
save time in lifting and lowering the Z axis between the shapes of a job.
(2) MaxMotion is controlling a machine that has a limit switch in
the Z axis and the limit switch in the Z axis is declared to be
Present in the Section II of the Machine setup.
In this case, the user is responsible for setting only one value for the Z
axis tool lift. The Start Offset value for the Z axis in the section III of
the Machine Setup is the total available stroke of the Z axis. The tool is
brought over to the material to be worked on. The user will move the
tool down until it touches the top surface of the material. When the user
clicks the Surface key on the Control Pad, the Z axis will rise until it
engages the limit switch. It will then move back down by the offset
home value declared in the Section II for the Z limit switch. This value
will show up in the Start Offset value in the Z axis of the Section III of
the Machine Setup. However, the start offset value for the Z axis box
will be gray and the user will not be allowed to change the value. Next
Home the tool and the machine is ready to engrave.
Whenever the job starts, the tool will move from the Home position
over to where the material is with the Start Offset value of the Z axis
until it gets to the first shape. At this point, the tool will travel down to
the material and then penetrate to the depth declared in the material
selected in the Materials menu. When it finishes the first shape and is
moving over the to the next shape, the Z axis will move up only by the
Lift value declared in the Materials menu. This lift value is set sepa-
rately as opposed to the start offset value. Typically, the start offset
value is higher in order to clear all the hurdles such a jigs and vises and
the material holding hardware. Typically, the lift values are lower to
save time in lifting and lowering the Z axis between the shapes of a job.