OK, thanks. I guess they don't exist. I guess what I'll do is to add a circuit that requires the e-stop button to be pressed before a fault condition can be cleared. Then I have no choice but to twist the e-stop before resuming.
Thanks, Neil On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Jim Fleig - CNC Services <j...@cncservices.ws> wrote: > Hi Neil, > > I believe Eric is correct. After 30 years in industry (the last 20 > specifically with CNC) I have never seen what you are describing. As Eric > mentioned, a relay that must be activated by a reset switch would do the > job. Reset switches for this purpose I have seen and included in some of > the retrofits that I have done. > > Have a good day, > > Jim > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eric Keller" <keller...@gmail.com> > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 2:01 PM > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Emergency Stop switch > > > My guess is that a switch with an actuator in it would be so expensive > that nobody has ever bothered to market one. I think your best bet is > to have a self-powering relay that can only be turned on by a > momentary switch. > Eric > > On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 1:53 PM, Neil Baylis <neil.bay...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Thanks Jim, >> >> I understand how to set up such a failsafe circuit. But in addition, I >> want the actual e-stop switch to activate and latch, so that >> regardless of whether the computer generates a fault condition, or I >> do it myself, I still have to manually release the switch before >> resuming operation. >> >> >> Neil >> >> On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Jim Fleig - CNC Services >> <j...@cncservices.ws> wrote: >>> Hi Neil, >>> >>> Setup a failsafe circuit with the connection passing through the E-stop >>> contacts energizing a relay. If anything in the series circuit becomes >>> open >>> (E-stop button, relay contacts in E-stop circuit, overtravel limit switch >>> contacts, etc.) the functions dependant upon that circuit being closed >>> stop >>> functioning. >>> >>> Someone may have a schematic example to share. If not, email me and I >>> will >>> send you an example. >>> >>> Have a good day, >>> >>> Jim >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Neil Baylis" <neil.bay...@gmail.com> >>> To: <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> >>> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 1:19 PM >>> Subject: [Emc-users] Emergency Stop switch >>> >>> >>>> I'm looking to source an e-stop switch. I have some already with the >>>> big red mushroom button that latches when you press it, and must be >>>> turned to release. This is good. But what I want is a switch that can >>>> also be operated by a signal from the computer. So if the computer >>>> detects an e-stop condition, the mushroom button would pop down, just >>>> as if I had pressed it by hand. I would drive it from a digital out, >>>> obviously. >>>> >>>> Does such a thing exist, and can anyone point me at a source? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Neil Baylis >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval >>>> Try the new software tools for yourself. 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