Pressbrake CNC Control Setup Questions

andypugh wrote:How would you like it to work? You get to decide

I'll need a machine on/off button. I'm used to the axis gui. Do I need the estop button?
I have a physical estop button right at the controls.

Which encoder do you have? One with distance coding or single index in mid-travel?
Is it an index pulse, or high for half the scale and low for the other half?

I attached encoder pdf in previous post.
The encoder counts down (negative) as the ram moves down.
I believe it has single index in mid travel.

Would it be usual to lower "R" then adjust X1, X2, Z1 and Z2? I can see we need more table columns.

My pressbrake does not have the Z axis, only a single X and R

flamecutter wrote:

andypugh wrote:How would you like it to work? You get to decide

I'll need a machine on/off button. I'm used to the axis gui. Do I need the estop button?
I have a physical estop button right at the controls.

It's up to you. How about drawing a mockup of what you think that the UI should look like?

Which encoder do you have? One with distance coding or single index in mid-travel?
Is it an index pulse, or high for half the scale and low for the other half?

I attached encoder pdf in previous post.[/quote]

Yes, the PDF describes two different styles of index.

The encoder counts down (negative) as the ram moves down.

Do you want it to? It's simple to change the scale factor of the hm2 encoder.

I believe it has single index in mid travel.

Slightly tricky, possibly. How can the system tell which way to go to find the index? (if it's a half-on / half-off track then it is easy)

Would it be usual to lower "R" then adjust X1, X2, Z1 and Z2? I can see we need more table columns.

My pressbrake does not have the Z axis, only a single X and R

Is R just up/down, or variable?

I am watching this with interest as I have the friends that is building one.

Clive S wrote: I am watching this with interest as I have the friends that is building one.

No pictures = never happened !

tommylight wrote:

Clive S wrote: I am watching this with interest as I have the friends that is building one.

No pictures = never happened !

Tom are you doubting me. :ohmy:
This is an old pic.

photos.app.goo.gl/SPRQ9TTxBL8thX6e8

Yes i am, and i have seen that pic before (i think).
So i still insist it never happened!