Detailed Description   
2.3 Monitoring of static limits 
  Axis Monitoring, Protection Zones (A3) 
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Effectivity 
•  Immediately after the successful referencing of the machine axis. 
•  In all operating modes. 
Constraints 
•  The software limit switches refer to the machine coordinate system. 
•  The software limit switches must be inside the range of the hardware limit switches. 
•  The machine axis can be moved to the position of the active software limit switch. 
•  PRESET 
After use of the function PRESET, the software limit switch monitoring is no longer active. 
The machine must first be re-referenced. 
•  Endlessly rotating rotary axes 
No software limit switch monitoring takes place for endlessly rotating rotary axes: 
MD30310 $MA_ROT_IS_MODULO == 1 (Modulo conversion for rotary axis and spindle)  
Effect 
Automatic operating modes (AUTOMATIC, MDI) 
1.  Without transformation, without overlaid movement, unchanged software limit switch: 
A part program block with a programmed traversing motion that would lead to 
overrunning of the software limit switch is not started. 
2.  With transformation: 
Different reactions occur depending on the transformation type. 
– Behavior as under 1. 
or 
– The part program block with a programmed traversing motion that would lead to 
overrunning of the software limit switch is started. The affected machine axis stops at the 
active software limit switch. The other machine axes participating in the traversing motion 
are braked. The programmed contour is left during this process. 
3.  With overlaid motion 
The part program block with a programmed traversing motion that would lead to 
overrunning of the software limit switch is started. Machine axes that are traveling with 
overlaid motion or have traveled with overlaid motion stop at the active software limit 
switch in question. The other machine axes participating in the traversing motion are 
braked. The programmed contour is left during this process.