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Wiring E stop

Post by Beechdrvr »

Quick question,
Reviewing my Clearpath to Acorn schematic and shows the E stop wired to ENB1. Understood.
My question is, do I need to run the other axis Enable lines through the E stop as well?
I have a feeling that once you kill one motor, Acorn shuts the whole thing down, correct?
Thanks
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Re: Wiring E stop

Post by cnckeith »

Estop means Full Halt to everything. All motors and spindles stop.
wiring per drawing S14885 which is for multiple Clearpath Servo motors.
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Re: Wiring E stop

Post by Gary Campbell »

Other options are:
1) run one side of the enable circuit thru a relay so that it can be toggled on/off if needed
2) if using the 8 relay board, set OP1 as "OKFaultOut" and one relay will toggle power to contactors, the other the ClearPath enable circuit
3) if desired, use an estop that has 2 circuits, use one for the enable cicuit

All relays should "dump" on an estop or reset, so they do not have to be run thru the estop circuit
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Re: Wiring E stop

Post by Beechdrvr »

Thanks Keith,
Didn't see the multiple motors diagram earlier.
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