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Third party software and hardware support forums. => Galil => Topic started by: mjanne65 on September 01, 2010, 11:32:57 PM

Title: Physical override pots with Galil
Post by: mjanne65 on September 01, 2010, 11:32:57 PM

I would like to keep most of the physical controls from my Dynapath control (cycle start, feed hold, E-stop, feed rate override, spindle speed override).  I think I can handle the first three, but I'm not sure about the override pots.  Would I wire the wiper to an analog in on the Galil and write a brain for Mach, or is there a better way?  I though about just doing the spindle speed override with a Galil program, but I don't think this would work for feed rate.

Mike

Title: Re: Physical override pots with Galil
Post by: smurph on September 02, 2010, 01:23:40 AM

Yes, analog to the Galil, value to the user DRO range specified in the config dialog general tab, and then do a brain to move that user DRO value to the appropriate Mach DRO.

That way, when you turn the knob, the Mach screen also updates.

Steve

Title: Re: Physical override pots with Galil
Post by: mjanne65 on September 10, 2010, 09:55:32 AM

Thanks for the help, that was easy enough.  Just one detail for the record, with the 5-8 axis 2000 series boards the analog ins are only available on the A-D cable.  I had been using the E-H axes because of some earlier troubleshooting.

Mike