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Title: Monitor Start/Stop of Mach3 Software using external computer
Post by: Triblix on February 13, 2012, 05:40:02 AM

Good afternoon,

My project is to create a base station (PC) using SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition). A GUI (Graphical User Interface) on the base station must be able to communicate with a Reconfigurable Machining Centre (RMC). The RMC uses Mach3 software to perform machining. In other words, I want to click a button on a computer that is far away from the Mach3 system and be able to start the process on the Mach3 software and monitor its progress.

I am using Indusoft Web Studio to create the GUI on the base station and I will probably use the Modbus TCP/IP protocol, since it is desired to control the system from anywhere within our orginization.

Any ideas on how I can achieve this? Preferably without having to drive a pin high/low in the Mach3 program (G-Codes).

Thank you for your assistance.

Regards,
Tremaine

Title: Re: Monitor Start/Stop of Mach3 Software using external computer
Post by: poppabear on February 23, 2012, 08:14:17 PM

I answered this for you under the General section you posted it in.

scott

Title: Re: Monitor Start/Stop of Mach3 Software using external computer
Post by: Triblix on March 08, 2012, 07:13:00 AM

Thank you very much.