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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: antennas4u on May 08, 2012, 08:28:29 PM

Title: "External E Stop Requested" Fault
Post by: antennas4u on May 08, 2012, 08:28:29 PM

Hi I'm a Newbie,
I have a fault in my home bulit CNC router. My machine drops out every couple of minutes on a "External E Stop Requested" fault. I run Mach3. Can anybody help me rectify this problem PLEASE ?

Regards
Terry

Title: Re: "External E Stop Requested" Fault
Post by: angel tech on May 08, 2012, 09:30:36 PM

try raising the debounce interval in general config to 2000 or 3000

Title: Re: "External E Stop Requested" Fault
Post by: antennas4u on May 08, 2012, 09:35:12 PM

Thanyou very much for your quick reply. I have my debounce set at 2000, if I lift it by another 1000 do you think that will make a difference?

Regards  Terry

Title: Re: "External E Stop Requested" Fault
Post by: angel tech on May 08, 2012, 09:36:35 PM

it might