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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: osman100 on April 09, 2009, 10:30:04 AM

Title: serial port
Post by: osman100 on April 09, 2009, 10:30:04 AM
in mach 3 can i use serial port and connect it with plc and take the output to certain address and then control the machine from it and also if this possible can also i input some data from plc to mach 3
all the best
Title: Re: serial port
Post by: Hood on April 09, 2009, 10:44:30 AM
If your PLC has serial ModBUS then you can communicate with Mach for general I/O, time critical things such as axis control is a different matter.
Hood
Title: Re: serial port
Post by: osman100 on April 09, 2009, 10:49:42 AM
thanks but that's main axis control should be with parallel port can u tell me what's happen if i connect axis also through parallel port
Title: Re: serial port
Post by: osman100 on April 09, 2009, 10:50:20 AM
thanks but that's main axis control should be with parallel port can u tell me what's happen if i connect axis also through serial  port

Title: Re: serial port
Post by: Hood on April 09, 2009, 12:08:27 PM
As far as I know the serial port is not good enough for time critical things such as motion control, you could possibly manage with the high speed addons for the PLC for controlling motors but really that would start to get expensive and very complex. It is  way above my head.
Hood