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PoKeys / Help with E-stop switch is not properly configured

« on: September 25, 2015, 04:44:52 PM »

Hi
I keep getting the ‘E-stop condition!’  message when I enable the system. Reading the plugin setup document I understand this means that the E-stop switch is not properly configured. Now I have not yet added an E-Stop switch I have one but not yet wired up mainly because I do not know how to connect it. I can see the little red socket that is the dedicated  E-stop connector  but do not know where to buy a plug to fit (in the uk ) what type of input it is  nor how to wire it up there is no diagram in the  57CNC document. I see that there is also  two E-Stop pins on the pendant connector can I just connect the Estop button  between theses two ?  I see they are 3.3v not 5v so am reluctant to just try. I had decided to get a pendant just not yet. Is there a way to run without an E-Stop ? Can I disable anything could not find any data in the documentation but I may have missed it. Can anyone please offer some advice.

Alan

I have attached the log mach4 log file

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PoKeys / Two questions about 57CNC board with mach 4

« on: September 11, 2015, 10:53:08 AM »

Hi,

I am nearly at the point of trying out my cnc router just got to finish wiring up the 57CNC and connect to mach4. So dounloaded and installed mach4 v2 build 2686 and thought that I would add the plugin before I bought the licence. Add in configure plugins is looking for a .m4plugw file and all I can see from the pokeys  downloads  are .m4py files. Can I just rename them or have I missed something?

Question 2 is how do I connect and configure  the card to run two motors along my gantry x axis. Do I run the X output to two drivers or is there a way to configure another motor in tandem with the x (besides the standard Y and Z ) I am in the process of building a rotary table and want to use the A for that.

Thanks

Alan