Safety door input behavior
Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2021 10:45 pm
Forgive me if this topic is already somewhere in this forum. Sometimes it's hard to find stuff because maybe I'm not wording it correctly as to what I want to find.
So let me start off explaining what I'm used to from a previous machine I had. I got into the cnc world about 3yrs ago or so with a Shapeoko CNC router. It's a grbl based control system and I quickly learned a lot about that machine and in no time I had an advanced setup on it. Wish I still had pictures. Anyhow, back to the actual subject. So the motion control board (controller) essentially had a "FEED HOLD" set of normally open pins you could connect a door switch or just a mushroom button (latching switch) to initiate a "FEED HOLD / DOOR OPEN". It's behavior would shut off any M3 command and raise the Z axis to machine Z0.
Now comes my question, is this something that is standard in CNC12 that I'm overlooking because I can't seem to find out if it is and how to make this happen. I strongly feel for safety reasons it's a must to have this as a standard even as a behavior of the "FEED HOLD" within CNC12. I'm probably an idiot as I'm still no where near on most of you guys and possibly girls level in here and I'm again probably overlooking this somewhere. I'm not new new to CNC but I still have so much to learn and want to learn.
I have a Onefinity CNC router now and this is a feature I'd really like (need) to have once I get my Acorn system installed on here soon. It's again a safety feature I feel is 100% needed specifically for those "OH SHIT" moments where maybe you didn't realize a clamp is in the way and you want to essentially pause the job, spindle stops and the Z axis raises to machine Z0, you make your adjustments, then hit cycle start to resume.
Thank you all for your input and I look forward to hearing your professional feedback.
So let me start off explaining what I'm used to from a previous machine I had. I got into the cnc world about 3yrs ago or so with a Shapeoko CNC router. It's a grbl based control system and I quickly learned a lot about that machine and in no time I had an advanced setup on it. Wish I still had pictures. Anyhow, back to the actual subject. So the motion control board (controller) essentially had a "FEED HOLD" set of normally open pins you could connect a door switch or just a mushroom button (latching switch) to initiate a "FEED HOLD / DOOR OPEN". It's behavior would shut off any M3 command and raise the Z axis to machine Z0.
Now comes my question, is this something that is standard in CNC12 that I'm overlooking because I can't seem to find out if it is and how to make this happen. I strongly feel for safety reasons it's a must to have this as a standard even as a behavior of the "FEED HOLD" within CNC12. I'm probably an idiot as I'm still no where near on most of you guys and possibly girls level in here and I'm again probably overlooking this somewhere. I'm not new new to CNC but I still have so much to learn and want to learn.
I have a Onefinity CNC router now and this is a feature I'd really like (need) to have once I get my Acorn system installed on here soon. It's again a safety feature I feel is 100% needed specifically for those "OH SHIT" moments where maybe you didn't realize a clamp is in the way and you want to essentially pause the job, spindle stops and the Z axis raises to machine Z0, you make your adjustments, then hit cycle start to resume.
Thank you all for your input and I look forward to hearing your professional feedback.