Need help / bitsetter & home

Greetings! I need a little help. I have a shapeoko 5 pro & I am trying to do my first project, but I am running into a problem. I have everything set up and I had already completed setup of the bitsetter when I put the machine together initially. I changed out the bit in it, and I assume that I would need to redo the bitsetter. So I went to try and do that, and here is what happened:

  1. Connect to the cutter… did that… Machine/spindle was in the back right corner.

  2. Select initialize machine… did that… Machine moves to front right corner near the bitsetter / illuminated “C” on front of machine

  3. I select “load new tool”

  4. Screen says “Tool Change Required - Please Insert Tool” and I then click the green “RESUME” button

  5. It then moves back to position to where it started, and then begins to move the spindle downward and makes contact with the table

  6. I hit the red “STOP” button

Also, my bit setter light is red… I thought it was supposed to show green when not pressed…

At this point I am totally lost. I have been looking for a way to reset the bitsetter, but cannot find it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

You have enabled the BitSetter, but did not configure its position.

Please re-run the Setup Wizard, being careful to both configure, and save, the BitSetter location:

https://carbide3d.com/hub/docs/shapeoko-setup/

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Thank you. I will try this tomorrow and provide feedback.

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