EStop State & Machine On/Off State
01 Sep 2013 12:53 #38351
by bkjohnson
Replied by bkjohnson on topic EStop State & Machine On/Off State
Thanks for the quick replies.
I do currently have my EStop as a physical EStop. Kills everything. I'd like to leave this as it is.
What I'm hoping the Machine On/Off will do is allow me to just disable the drives and spindle. This would allow me to recover from an error or power down the drives for the night without losing my positioning. My understanding is that my Gecko drives will return to their position if they are only disabled, but lose position if powered off. I have an email out to Gecko to confirm.
Normally, I'd just get things hooked up and do some testing. But, we're currently completing a job for a client and can't take the machine out of commission. This job has been the main impetus for moving to LinuxCNC. I'm currently just setting up the new pc and playing with LinuxCNC. Once this first batch of parts are done, the machines getting the overhaul.
And yes, the Orac is small but it's pretty powerful for it's size. Whilst it may not kill me, I'd still like to keep all my fingers
Not to mention tooling costs.
So, as far as I can tell, the EStop button will be more like an indicator for my physical EStop switches. Machine On/Off disables all outputs and motion but leaves everything else functioning. Does the Machine Off state clear the homed indicator?
Thanks again.
Brett
I do currently have my EStop as a physical EStop. Kills everything. I'd like to leave this as it is.
What I'm hoping the Machine On/Off will do is allow me to just disable the drives and spindle. This would allow me to recover from an error or power down the drives for the night without losing my positioning. My understanding is that my Gecko drives will return to their position if they are only disabled, but lose position if powered off. I have an email out to Gecko to confirm.
Normally, I'd just get things hooked up and do some testing. But, we're currently completing a job for a client and can't take the machine out of commission. This job has been the main impetus for moving to LinuxCNC. I'm currently just setting up the new pc and playing with LinuxCNC. Once this first batch of parts are done, the machines getting the overhaul.
And yes, the Orac is small but it's pretty powerful for it's size. Whilst it may not kill me, I'd still like to keep all my fingers
Not to mention tooling costs.So, as far as I can tell, the EStop button will be more like an indicator for my physical EStop switches. Machine On/Off disables all outputs and motion but leaves everything else functioning. Does the Machine Off state clear the homed indicator?
Thanks again.
Brett
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01 Sep 2013 23:59 #38373
by bkjohnson
Looks like I can have the EStop and Motion enable any way I like. HAL is pretty cool. So much flexibility. Now that I found the index on the main documentation for the components, things should go a little easier The documentation is great.
That's exactly how I want to work. Given the temperamental nature of my current control software, I work and test on my laptop and transfer with usb stick. Can't risk a network connection. With the new pc, I ran a 24 hour latency test with multiple downloads an some graphics running to ensure stability. I feel so much safer being in Linux rather than Windows.
Thanks
Brett
Replied by bkjohnson on topic EStop State & Machine On/Off State
I find the estop_latch component a good way to coordinate the physical estop and the GUI estop.
Looks like I can have the EStop and Motion enable any way I like. HAL is pretty cool. So much flexibility. Now that I found the index on the main documentation for the components, things should go a little easier
The documentation is great.I program from my desktop that is linked to the machines via LAN. I have a sim for each one configured to match the machine. When I need to run the G code to check the run time I do it on the sim.
That's exactly how I want to work. Given the temperamental nature of my current control software, I work and test on my laptop and transfer with usb stick. Can't risk a network connection. With the new pc, I ran a 24 hour latency test with multiple downloads an some graphics running to ensure stability. I feel so much safer being in Linux rather than Windows.
Thanks
Brett
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