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General Mach Discussion / Mach3 and a tube bender
« on: February 08, 2009, 05:02:48 PM »
Hey yall! I am currently in the process of using Mach3 to control a tube bender I made last year. Details of my build can be found here:
http://cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68163
I am using a 360 PPR rotary encoder to track die position. I am aware that Mach3 isn't well equipped to interface encoders. My bender never moves past 100 degrees and takes 15+ seconds to go from 0 to 100 degrees.
I finally have my rotary encoder hooked up to a breakout board from CNC4PC. I have configured the pins in Mach3. How can I display readings from the encoder? I have hooked up the encoder, but I don't know how to verify if it is working through Mach.
I am using a Vickers valve to extend or retract a hydraulic cylinder. Mach3 will energize and de-energize pins 2 or 3. Pins 2 and 3 then go to a relay board from CNC4PC. These relays energize either coil A or B on the valve. I have assigned spindle CW and CCW to control the relay board.
My ultimate goal is to enter a value between 1 and 100 degrees. I would like Mach to energize Pin 2, compare the user input value with the rotary encoder reading, the de-energize Pin 2 when the user input value and the rotary value are equal.
The first step is to interface the encoder with Mach3. Can I set up a DRO to read degrees from a rotary encoder?
More info about my rotary encoder can be found on page 8 of my thread at cnczone.com
http://cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68163&page=8
http://cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68163
I am using a 360 PPR rotary encoder to track die position. I am aware that Mach3 isn't well equipped to interface encoders. My bender never moves past 100 degrees and takes 15+ seconds to go from 0 to 100 degrees.
I finally have my rotary encoder hooked up to a breakout board from CNC4PC. I have configured the pins in Mach3. How can I display readings from the encoder? I have hooked up the encoder, but I don't know how to verify if it is working through Mach.
I am using a Vickers valve to extend or retract a hydraulic cylinder. Mach3 will energize and de-energize pins 2 or 3. Pins 2 and 3 then go to a relay board from CNC4PC. These relays energize either coil A or B on the valve. I have assigned spindle CW and CCW to control the relay board.
My ultimate goal is to enter a value between 1 and 100 degrees. I would like Mach to energize Pin 2, compare the user input value with the rotary encoder reading, the de-energize Pin 2 when the user input value and the rotary value are equal.
The first step is to interface the encoder with Mach3. Can I set up a DRO to read degrees from a rotary encoder?
More info about my rotary encoder can be found on page 8 of my thread at cnczone.com
http://cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68163&page=8