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General Mach Discussion / Re: I need help with e-stop

« on: May 29, 2020, 07:22:09 AM »

Connection to wire 127 is doing the job. I found it by using a VOM and checked it with e-stop engaged and not engaged. Now if I use the machines e-stop it also triggers the mach 3 e-stop. I still have to reset both the the machines e-stop and the mach 3 e-stop to restart but it is much safer than the way it was before.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: I need help with e-stop

« on: May 26, 2020, 08:44:03 AM »

Machining with the machine is much safer now. Thanks all for your input. I hope my post will help someone that may run across the same problem I had.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: I need help with e-stop

« on: May 23, 2020, 08:17:03 AM »

Thanks all for trying to help. I finally figured out a way to do what I was trying to do. It took  running a wire from #127 on the machine to the BOB e-stop to control the Mach e-stop. with the machines e-stop button. It was a very easy fix once I figured it out. No relays needed and #127 was easy to attach wire going to BOB board. It was a 10 minute fix once I figured it out.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: I need help with e-stop

« on: May 22, 2020, 05:38:35 PM »

I really probably need someone that has worked with these machines and did a reto on one to break it down to 1st grade level for me.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: I need help with e-stop

« on: May 22, 2020, 05:36:01 PM »

I am used to always using the machines e-stop so if I can figure out how to stop the stepper motors when I use the machines e-stop as that is what I want.. I almost never use the e-stop on mach3. I want to just use the milling machine  e-stop.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: I need help with e-stop

« on: May 17, 2020, 10:10:17 AM »

Thanks all for all the help you have provided.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: I need help with e-stop

« on: May 16, 2020, 05:13:13 PM »

I will add full diagram tomorrow. Here is a picture of the machine I am working on.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: I need help with e-stop

« on: May 16, 2020, 06:16:02 AM »

The machine works off of 220 3 phase ac but I am pretty sure the e-stop is 24volts DC. I will try to get more information as I really need to figure out how to get the e-stop on the mach 3 to work when the e-stop on the machine is pushed as it is dangerous the way I have it now, The only thing the mach 3 operates is the steppers that control X,Y, and Z so if it is running a program and the machine e-stop is hit it stops the spindle where it is at the time but the X,Y and Z continue to run it makes for broken tools. The machine is very powerful and dangerous in that state. Thanks again MN300 for trying to help. I can send a more detail diagram of the machine but some of it has been changed as when I installed the Mach 3 I did away with the tape reader and some of the boards that control the X,Y,and Z steppers. There is plenty of room in the cabinet to add things. Thanks again and I wish I was more versed in electrical wiring to tell you more. I will see what extra I can come up with to add to this thread. I use the machine but it is dangerous in this state. 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: I need help with e-stop

« on: May 15, 2020, 07:23:30 AM »

Thanks MN300 I am pretty sure I will need a relay. I need to check it out but I think the voltage is 24 volts from the E-stop on the machine. I am using a cheap breakout board and the pin used on it is pin 10. I am sorry I can't explain any better but electrical work is not one of my strong suits, On the relay I would like to figure out how to get it to either turn both machine and breakout board e-stops on or off at the same time. I really need a diagram if someone can post one. Thanks all for the help you are trying to give me. I am pretty sure that the breakout board will be of a different voltage than the breakout board. When I posted this I thought I might connect with someone that has retrofitted a Bridgeport boss 6. The mach 3 is only running my motion of X,Y,Z

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General Mach Discussion / Re: I need help with e-stop

« on: May 14, 2020, 04:41:21 PM »

What I am trying to do is make the breakout board's E-stop mach3 by using the The E-stop in the diagram. Mach 3 is what is running my steppers motion and the machine's e-stop doesn't trigger the E-stop in Mach3 I just want the e-stop on the machine to trigger an e-stop in mach3. That would then in turn stop everything.