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General Mach Discussion / Plasma Table with no thc
« on: September 28, 2009, 11:46:04 PM »
Well this is my senario...I recently bought a 4x4 Pro-Cut plasma table .And i bought it off a a guy that was the second owner that never used it ,and he bought it of a family that was selling there fathers stuff after he passed away.So i have no history of this machine being used or modified .So anyways i took it home got all motors working through mach 3 .So this is a 2 axis system with a manual torch height adjustment . The controller is a Sound Logic pc-2 route breakoutboard with gecko drivers.
Here is the PROBLEM how do i get mach to control the torch as far as turn on when it sould be cutting and off when it sould not be cutting.The bob has many outputs that are 12v .So far i got my plasma hooked up internally with 2 wires and i will just use that 12 v signal of the bob to energize a 12v relay to turn the plasma on.
So what output can i uses in mach 3 to control the torch, i know i can use an output to control a coolant pump but there is only really an input section for thc on on Mach3
Thanks
Here is the PROBLEM how do i get mach to control the torch as far as turn on when it sould be cutting and off when it sould not be cutting.The bob has many outputs that are 12v .So far i got my plasma hooked up internally with 2 wires and i will just use that 12 v signal of the bob to energize a 12v relay to turn the plasma on.
So what output can i uses in mach 3 to control the torch, i know i can use an output to control a coolant pump but there is only really an input section for thc on on Mach3
Thanks