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General Mach Discussion / Re: A Few General Questions
« on: January 01, 2016, 02:30:11 AM »
I think Mach3 and the G540 would be a good investment.
The motors are locked when not in motion - you can also use an Enable signal which can be configured within Mach3 to either ‘lock’ the motors or ‘free’ the motors when in an Estop condition.
It is conventional to have Mach3 up and ready before switching the CNC machine on and the CNC machine is usually switched off before Mach3 is closed.
You will need 1 input for your slaved axis limit / home switches and 1 input for the other limit / home switches. Also 1 input for your touch plate and 1 input for your Estop (the Estop could be combined with the other limit / home switches but it is conventional to have it on it’s own input).
The Z axis touch plate has user configurable script (Cypress Enable) which is usually written to move the tool to a safe height after calculation and setting the Z axis DRO to a figure which would make the tool touch the work surface if goto zero is invoked.
Hope this helps,
Tweakie.
The motors are locked when not in motion - you can also use an Enable signal which can be configured within Mach3 to either ‘lock’ the motors or ‘free’ the motors when in an Estop condition.
It is conventional to have Mach3 up and ready before switching the CNC machine on and the CNC machine is usually switched off before Mach3 is closed.
You will need 1 input for your slaved axis limit / home switches and 1 input for the other limit / home switches. Also 1 input for your touch plate and 1 input for your Estop (the Estop could be combined with the other limit / home switches but it is conventional to have it on it’s own input).
The Z axis touch plate has user configurable script (Cypress Enable) which is usually written to move the tool to a safe height after calculation and setting the Z axis DRO to a figure which would make the tool touch the work surface if goto zero is invoked.
Hope this helps,
Tweakie.