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General Mach Discussion / Re: E-Stop not working

« on: March 13, 2022, 03:09:28 AM »

I didn't see an edit button, so I attempt to add on to my story.
I just went ahead and dropped another wire down from my pc to this break-out board adding the 12volts and continued trouble shooting. I found that I had assumed port 0 was the first and only port, mine is port 1. With port one and pin 10, I got ESTOP working. I then disconnected the 12volts and ESTOP no longer worked.

I want to believe the person I talked to at Automation Systems knows his product, so I think it's likely I have a counterfeit, and that someone made some unnecessary dependencies on the 12-24 volt VCC.

Hat off to Ger21! Many thanks!

gbrecke

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General Mach Discussion / Re: E-Stop not working

« on: March 12, 2022, 01:29:16 PM »

Here I am in march 2022 with the same issue, so I called Automation Technologies because it seems insane to require anything other than the 5volts and ground to allow the p10 estop function to work, but that's exactly the situation I have. I add to this thread knowing others might arrive here, and at the very least they should know that the 12-24 volt requirement is for functions like the use of the onboard relay or spindle control.

This is the thread that rises to the top on a google search when you search for 'estop doesn't work', so I'm not sure it's time to abandon it.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: New people welcome !! Come in here and introduce your self!

« on: February 19, 2016, 12:19:57 AM »

My name is George B, I live in Kent, WA south of Seattle.  I do have a background in Hardware, but I know next to nothing about CNC and machining in general. I have a hobby grade CNC mill lathe combo with a Camtronics controller with Geckos in it. I've never had a single problem with the steppers, the controller, the XP PC, and I have been using Mach2.

I've decided to make the move to Mach3, and I'm already a little frustrated. I can fire up Mach2, go to the Motor tuning page, and all is good. I got to mach3, where I have enabled the lpt1 port, and then to the motor tuning page, and I can't get a motor to move. So I guess this is an intro, and a plead for help.. I've watched a few intros, and thought I'd read the manual, but..... here I am... lost...