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General Mach Discussion / Homing after stop

« on: June 13, 2012, 10:18:52 AM »

I currently have a small mill with a light curtain tied into a pokeys 56u.  The light curtain when triggered
activates the STOP. Is there a way to automatically home the machine, and rewind the program after
the light curtain is cleared?

Thanks in advance!

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General Mach Discussion / Auto Open Program

« on: May 24, 2012, 10:25:30 AM »

When opening Mach 3 is there anyway for it to automatically
open a specified program? This is a project for work, and the
less the user has to do, the better.

Thanks in advance

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General Mach Discussion / How to wait for an input

« on: May 15, 2012, 02:27:45 PM »

Hi all,

I am very new to mach, and still getting used to it.  The project I am working with is a small
mill, using a Pokeys 56u for start, stop.  I would like to add in an m17 command at the end of the program
to pause the cycle before reaching an m30 command.  The purpose being a finished part will be unloaded from
the mill, and placed into finished parts bin. As the part goes into the bin it will pass a sensor or
limit switch.  Once the switch has been made the program can continue to the m30, and rewind waiting
for the user to press start again. 

Any help in how I would go about programming that would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance!