# Soft limits warning identify which direction **URL:** \ **Category:** 💡 Suggestion\ **Created:** [September 23, 2023, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/soft-limits-warning-identify-which-direction/9880 "2023-09-23T23:46:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hamanjam](https://forum.sienci.com/user_avatar/forum.sienci.com/hamanjam/32/7842_2.png) [@hamanjam](https://forum.sienci.com/u/hamanjam)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/soft-limits-warning-identify-which-direction/9880/1 "2023-09-23T23:46:27Z")
Would it be possible to identify what/why a particular action would trigger soft limits? Trying to start a job sometimes, I get the warning and it takes me a few tries to figure out what limit is being triggered and how to fix it. I had a job stop in the middle stating that a hard limit was triggered (it wasn’t actually) but when I tried to start the job at a specific line number, it would halt stating the soft limits would be triggered and I have no clue which one so I had to start all over with the bit just spinning in the air on a pocket until it caught up with where it last left off. ---
**Author:** ![\_Michael](https://forum.sienci.com/user_avatar/forum.sienci.com/_michael/32/2962_2.png) [@\_Michael](https://forum.sienci.com/u/_Michael)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 12:06am UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/soft-limits-warning-identify-which-direction/9880/2 "2023-09-24T00:06:26Z")
I would check the values for $130 - $132 in the firmware. They set the length that the respective axis is allowed to move from the home position before a soft limit will be triggered. Also you want to enable $20 - $22, Soft Limits, Hard Limits, Homing Cycle. Then as long as you home on start it should work. ---
**Author:** ![hamanjam](https://forum.sienci.com/user_avatar/forum.sienci.com/hamanjam/32/7842_2.png) [@hamanjam](https://forum.sienci.com/u/hamanjam)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 3:16am UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/soft-limits-warning-identify-which-direction/9880/3 "2023-09-24T03:16:01Z")
Everything is set correctly. The job will stop occasionally saying I reached a hard limit (I am thinking a problem with with a sensor). I re-home and set up to start the job from a certain line and it immediately errors out saying the action would trigger the soft limit. Sometimes I could raise/lower the Z or jog one way or the other and it would start but I’d just like to know which soft limit would be triggered. I can to into diag and see the hard limit switches but not the soft limits. I figured if a limit could be triggered, the error should include which one so we know where to look ---
**Author:** ![\_Michael](https://forum.sienci.com/user_avatar/forum.sienci.com/_michael/32/2962_2.png) [@\_Michael](https://forum.sienci.com/u/_Michael)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 3:29am UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/soft-limits-warning-identify-which-direction/9880/4 "2023-09-24T03:29:23Z")
> [@hamanjam](#): > > I am thinking a problem with with a sensor Sounds reasonable. > [@hamanjam](#): > > but I’d just like to know which soft limit would be triggered I don’t know how to get that info, I’m afraid. Would be nice because then you could swap sensors to test. ---
**Author:** ![CrookedWoodTex](https://forum.sienci.com/user_avatar/forum.sienci.com/crookedwoodtex/32/10446_2.png) [@CrookedWoodTex](https://forum.sienci.com/u/CrookedWoodTex)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 9:31am UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/soft-limits-warning-identify-which-direction/9880/5 "2023-09-24T09:31:18Z")
> [@hamanjam](#): > > I get the warning and it takes me a few tries to figure out what limit is being triggered and how to fix it. You never said what version of gSender that you are using. ---
**Author:** ![hamanjam](https://forum.sienci.com/user_avatar/forum.sienci.com/hamanjam/32/7842_2.png) [@hamanjam](https://forum.sienci.com/u/hamanjam)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/soft-limits-warning-identify-which-direction/9880/6 "2023-09-24T12:53:35Z")
Currently I’m using 1.2.2. I was thinking this would be more of a suggestion for a feature update in a new version ---
**Author:** ![KGN](https://forum.sienci.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/c77e96/32.png) [@KGN](https://forum.sienci.com/u/KGN)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2026, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/soft-limits-warning-identify-which-direction/9880/7 "2026-09-01T18:43:24Z")
On top of the warning built into gSender, we’re hoping some of the new visualizer features in 1.7.0-Edge-x (show machine bed and trim grid to machine bed) will help resolve this. If these options are on, it becomes incredibly obvious where a toolpath is breaking a limit. We will be working on adding further visual indications when a toolpath goes outside bounds to make it even more clear for users. For example, it’s clear when a toolpath goes outside the bounds as setup with machine dimensions vs workspace position. ![Screenshot 2026-09-01 at 2.41.08 PM](https://forum.sienci.com/uploads/default/original/2X/b/bf858995dd43beb9f7085323d18cacd741ddaf9b.jpeg) ![Screenshot 2026-09-01 at 2.41.21 PM](https://forum.sienci.com/uploads/default/original/2X/0/03464f4a4dafd932d7fdd66f866edbe4c5e94683.jpeg)