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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: atanq on May 23, 2008, 03:39:33 PM

Title: quick plasma question
Post by: atanq on May 23, 2008, 03:39:33 PM

Hi,

I have mach3 on xp, which method is best to drive an external relay to switch the plasma on/off?  Is it in ports & pins> output signals> digial trig?

Thanks,

aaron.

Title: Re: quick plasma question
Post by: Hood on May 23, 2008, 03:58:02 PM

Probably best to use the spindle relay output, that way you can start with M3 and stop with M5
Hood

Title: Re: quick plasma question
Post by: atanq on May 23, 2008, 05:07:56 PM

Thanks for the reply, Hood,

I'll give that a try - it seems to work quite happily in the MDI.  Will I be able to select this option for instance when importing a file from LazyCAM into Mach3?

Thanks,

Aaron.

Title: Re: quick plasma question
Post by: Hood on May 23, 2008, 05:52:07 PM

Dont use LazyCAM but I am sure it will call M3 for spindle Start and M5 for stop when you generate the code.
Hood