On Friday 10 April 2020 00:17:11 Leonardo Marsaglia wrote: > Hello Gene, > > Did you mean motion.enabled pin?
yes, sorry about that. its actually the "motion.motion-enabled" pin I am using. From that hal file: # turn on spindle power softly by starting both timers net spndl-power <= motion.motion-enabled => pwr-delay-hard.in pwr-delay-soft.in > That's the one that outputs the > machine on/off state. But there's the motion.enable pin (turned on by > default) that can be turned off and in that state you can't turn on > the machine using the GUI unless you turn motion.enable pin ON again. > > I never used it, and I don't have on hand the configurations of the > other machines so that's why I was a little confused about it's use. > > What's strange for me mostly is why this pin is in the MOTION module, > and the ones used for the ESTOP chain are in the IOCONTROL module. > A detail I'd not noted yet, thanks. > El vie., 10 abr. 2020 a las 1:08, Gene Heskett > (<ghesk...@shentel.net>) > > escribió: > > On Thursday 09 April 2020 22:42:19 Leonardo Marsaglia wrote: > > > Hello to all, > > > > > > I keep polishing some aspects of my configuration, to be more > > > precise I've made a component to handle all the alarm inputs the > > > lathe could trigger (lube, motors overheating, turret misclamping, > > > etc.) and based on the severity of the event the component either > > > triggers for feed inhibit, machine off or emergency stop. > > > > > > In the proces of doing this I re-discovered (or discovered may be) > > > the motion.enable pin. I tried to find some info about how to use > > > this on google and through the documentation but I couldn't find > > > much. > > > > > > What I would like to know if this pin has any special purpose. > > > Because in all the discussions and topics I've found about how to > > > set up the e-stop of the machine this pin is not mentioned. > > > > > > I plan to use the motion.enable pin as a machine turn off > > > mechanism in case some alarm trigger but the condition is not > > > quite severe to call for an e-stop. > > > > > > Any recommendations will be appreciated. > > > > > > Thank you as always! > > > > I have been using motion.enable as an output pin to soft start the > > spindles psu as its input filter is enough microfarads to trip a 25 > > amp circuit breaker if switched cold, for several years using two > > timers to fire a pair of 40 amp crydoms to enable it, first thru a > > 50 ohm 200 watt R that is shorted 3 secs later by the 2nd timer > > going true. But the only input is the F2 key that toggles it. But as > > a shutdown its also toggled off by a following error anyplace. I've > > no clue how thats coupled but it just works. And I can run on a 20 > > amp circuit breaker with no false trips, staying within the NEC for > > a 10 gage circuit. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Emc-users mailing list > > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > -- > > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law > > respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis > > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
