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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: AndyMS on April 14, 2015, 10:00:09 AM
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I'm still working toward getting my setup to be user-friendly, and I was wondering how everyone has their various accessories setup to be controlled when starting/ending a job. I will eventually have a dust collector, spindle cooling pump, vacuum system, misting system, and probably another thing or two that I haven't even considered yet. I won't be using all of these things all of the time, so I can't combine them into a single switch. I was curious if anyone uses Mach to control anything besides a misting system? I had been worrying about forgetting to plug in the spindle cooling pump, but I soon found out that the spindle won't even rev up without the pump being on. That was a relief.
It's a slight inconvenience to run around switching things on and off. It would just be nice to stand in one spot and be able to control everything
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I have a separate Plc to handle all buttons selectors and additional outputs. So Shop vac operates from toggle action push buttons on two sides. Selector inputs go to plc so if I don't like the way something works I change code not wires.