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Thread: Do 5.5"Z Desktops have upperZ prox?

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    Default Do 5.5"Z Desktops have upperZ prox?

    Just curious. Getting Z-upgrade kit (supposedly today ), but just had a PM asking about the additional X,Y,Z we had the factory install on our 2 Desktops.
    Do the new Desktops with 5.5"Z come from the factory with an upper Z proximity switch installed standard? X,24 and Y,18 prox's?
    Thanks in advance,
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    Default 5.5 " Z Prox Sw

    Scott

    Yes the Z has a upper Prox switch and the X & Y have a Prox Sw at -.5"
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    Thanks Bob, But nothing at X,24.5 or Y, 18.15 ?
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    Scott no prox sw. at the high end of X or Y , just file limit checking
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    What is file limit checking?
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    Kyle
    when you are running a file , if the movement is going to be outside table limits ( set when you do c3 ) SB3 stops movement and a window comes up for you to OK or cancel that's my understanding There is a setting in SB3 for this
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    Bob, If you rezero to anyplace else on the middle of the table, and then say-I press my #5 preset "Radio button" which is 24,18 would I hit my hard stop if I didn't have the extra Prox's? Just shut down for the night and thunder or I'd check myself. Oh, Z-upgrade kit came in at 5PM
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    Scott Yes if file limit is turned on in SB3 Settings , File limit checking ON and you did a C3 and the software is set for the machine you have
    That is my understanding how it works
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