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General Mach Discussion / Re: other way to turn off torch
« on: November 28, 2013, 04:39:55 AM »
Hi Richard,
This is, in a way, similar to the issue we had with lasers, a couple of years back, and needing a fast method of switching them on / off.
The initial solution was to use an imaginary axis Direction pin (for example AxisB). The command B1 would turn the laser on and the command B0 would turn the laser off.
A more sophisticated approach (and following some nifty work by Brian Barker in restoring the command set) is the Mach3 M11P1 / M10P1 or the E1P0 / E1P1 command set (they both work in the same way).
If it is of any interest there are some more details of this here; http://hobbycncart.com/publ/cikkek/mach3_temaju_cikkek/switching_a_laser_under_mach_control/8-1-0-29
Tweakie.
This is, in a way, similar to the issue we had with lasers, a couple of years back, and needing a fast method of switching them on / off.
The initial solution was to use an imaginary axis Direction pin (for example AxisB). The command B1 would turn the laser on and the command B0 would turn the laser off.
A more sophisticated approach (and following some nifty work by Brian Barker in restoring the command set) is the Mach3 M11P1 / M10P1 or the E1P0 / E1P1 command set (they both work in the same way).
If it is of any interest there are some more details of this here; http://hobbycncart.com/publ/cikkek/mach3_temaju_cikkek/switching_a_laser_under_mach_control/8-1-0-29
Tweakie.
