The invention relates to a textile machine with at least one first service unit
capable of traveling along a guide rail alongside a plurality of processing stations
of the textile machine, and with a control system for the control of the travel
movement of the service unit. The control system can determine data on travel path
delimitations, predetermined return points and/or obstacles available, and the
control system controls the travel movement as a function of the data of the travel
path delimitations, the predetermined return points and/or the obstacles.