I´m retrofitting an old CNC-machine for wood with a bunch of spindles on a big vertical wheel of which each spindle has a different combination of cams and switches so that it can find the right spindle.
So, I wonder if its possible to do this in Mach3, for the programming its not a problem but can Mach3 time it reliable? (with the Ethernet smoothstepper)
I have tried before to stop a spindle when hitting an inductive switch but it was stopped sometimes directly and sometime it took a second or two from the switch was triggered until Mach3 turned it off so that did not work very well.
Has anyone managed this or do I need a PLC to make it work?
Would Mach4 work better than Mach3 for this?
Thanks.