This has been a valuable learning experience, thanks to all who contributed to this post.
Job well done regarding the lathe Cartierusm, VERY nice !
I have one question for
RT Chad and/or Brett. Thanks RT for contributing your M6 btw.
You initiate the PLC sequence by basically setting/resetting the physical output (Y1) with an output of Mach4.
Is there a particular reason for choosing a physical Y (output) at the PLC ?
I realize that that would work, but I typically send the output of one device to the input of the other.
If physical, I'd use an X input.
Being this is over ModBus, would using an internal flag, C bit to initiate the sequence work as well ?
This would free up all of the physical points, Y and X on the Click for other uses.
Just curious. Thanks,
Russ