Seb While you will need to tell EMC and hence your operator that you have had a stop, I hope you are going to have hardwired logic to actually stop the spindle and axes. It is not safe to rely on software for this.
Best wishes John Prentice ----- Original Message ----- From: "Seb James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "EMC Users List" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 10:37 AM Subject: [Emc-users] Should I use Classic Ladder? > Hello, > > I'm close to running our Peddinghaus FDB600 CNC drill with EMC2. Digital > logic and servo output are all working via a Mesa 5i20 and a custom I/O > circuit board. Before I start connecting things up, I want to get the > emergency stop logic in place. > > I plan to use a custom hal component rather than trying to build a > classic ladder scheme.... unless anyone here has a good reason for using > the classic ladder component? The only possible one I can think of is > that you might get more information about what signal has caused your > machine to stop. > > Anything else? > > regards, > > Seb James > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users