Cycle Start Button not working <resolved>

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Cycle Start Button not working <resolved>

Post by Toaster »

I recently added physical start, stop and tool check buttons to my machine:

viewtopic.php?f=60&t=5754&p=49456#p49456

I realized the other day that the cycle start button on my wireless pendant doesn't work along with the one in the virtual control panel.

When I go into the wizard and remove the Cycle start as an input the pendant and the VCP cycle start buttons work again.

This seems like a bug unless I'm missing something...

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Re: Cycle Start Button not working

Post by Sword »

Eric,

Try updating to the latest version, 4.64. Your on 4.5.

Are you using the inputs labled for CycleStart2, FeedHold2 etc. or have you edited the PLC as was previously done before the latter versions? When I added in my external CycleStart button the old way, if I had the input for it set as NO (like it actually is), it would behave as you say, but if set to NC it would then work right.

Edit...Looks like you are using CycleStart2 etc.
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Re: Cycle Start Button not working

Post by Toaster »

Ok, I set my CycleStart2 switch to NC and things are working now...

It's weird because my Cycle Start is actually NO, and my tool check and stop are NC, but I have to have the exact opposite settings in the Acorn Wizard for things to work right. So I guess I found a workaround, but it's confusing.
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Re: Cycle Start Button not working

Post by cnckeith »

when you add secondary cycle start or feed hold buttons using cyclestart2 and feedhold2 the physical buttons will use the same logic as the virtual cycle start and feed hold so they need to be the same type (NC or NO etc) (or you can edit the PLC program to do whatever you want)
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Re: Cycle Start Button not working <resolved>

Post by Sword »

When we initially had to use this method, it had to be the opposite for it to work, so just wondered if you might have a custom PLC that has carried over whatever caused it back then ...viewtopic.php?f=61&t=1455

Figured/found it out here back when I first set mine up....viewtopic.php?p=21825#p21825
And again here...viewtopic.php?p=23925#p23925

Later versions with the new inputs fixed it for me.
Scott
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