Homing an axis moves away from home switch!

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LinuxCNC should have some auto config option where you just let it run and it figures out where the home switchs are and everything.

To be able to do that for any of the huge variety of machines that LinuxCNC can control, it would require the software to be SENTIENT!!!
Nothing humanity can create can do that the way you think.
Try AI
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Off topic:
AI = absolutely not artificial intelligence, not in the slightest, just the name being misused.
Same with:
Calling a liquid "GAS"
Calling "football" a sport that does not use feet.
Etc, etc.

You could sure make all of this SO much easier by simply providing the basic information you have been asked for.

I give up!

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Is it okay to set it as just "Home X"?

Yes it is, granted you set the soft limits correctly in the wizard or in the ini file.

Why don't you document what you did ?

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It works now!


Is there some sort of step-by-step beginner's guide or something?
 

for I = 1 to 10
  read homing configutation docs
  have a play
endif

You might get after 8 iterations