Yep that's similar to what I do. All enables are tied to machine on Hal signal
On Fri, Oct 16, 2020, 7:51 AM Alan Condit <condit.a...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello All, > > I periodically try to start Linuxcnc without turning on my CNC controller. > When I do I get the error message that indicates it is not finding the > 7i76. However, when I turn on the controller before Linuxcnc is > initialized my steppers growl until Linuxcnc is initialized. > > So, I have been thinking about putting a power relay in the controller > that would not turn on the power to the stepper power transformer until > after Linuxcnc initialized using some signal like “machine-is-on”. So I > would turn on power to the controller box before starting Linuxcnc but that > would only turn on the 24v field power. The 5v power to the 7i76 comes from > the 5i25 board. > > The lathe spindle power is currently controlled by a relay activated by > machine-is-on, but I would probably change that to spindle-enable. > > Does this idea make any sense? > > Alan > > _______________________________________________ > 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
