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General Mach Discussion / Any way to know when job is finished?
« on: February 03, 2007, 06:41:49 PM »
I'd like to setup our cnc so that it can be left unattended to complete the jobs after work hours, but I need to be able to shut it off once it's finished executing gcode.
My problem is I have no means of getting feedback from Mach3 to know when it finished executing gcode. If I could read some kind of trigger, even such as creation of a file, I'd be able to program relays to shut off the power to drives, spindle, and dust collector, and then turn off the computer.
That would be an ideal situation.
Is there any way for Mach 3 to produce some kind of output or detectable trigger once it completes gcode execution?
My problem is I have no means of getting feedback from Mach3 to know when it finished executing gcode. If I could read some kind of trigger, even such as creation of a file, I'd be able to program relays to shut off the power to drives, spindle, and dust collector, and then turn off the computer.
That would be an ideal situation.
Is there any way for Mach 3 to produce some kind of output or detectable trigger once it completes gcode execution?