IPGregory - MPNC Build Thread

[IPGregory]

Just a quick read, you likely wont be using a stock macro anyways - any customisation (likely) means you can use as many inputs as you have inputs available. Up to you to determine how much 'safety' and checks are implemented.

Current thinking is to go up to an Acorn6 on this one, so I/O will be better. I bought another Acorn with an Ether1616 board, but thinking about encoder inputs for scales and so on, plus more axis for 'stuff', I am reconsidering and will likely sell the Acorn later.

I'd like to keep it as stock as I can on the macro side as I haven't done anything with them up to now. But I also think knowing/checking the racks are where they're supposed to be as part of the change operation likely makes sense. Which means sensors.

Guess I answered my own question really and I should just assume I am going to have to get up to speed with making a custom macro. Or modifying a canned one to some extent anyway.

Thanks for the help.

[Chaz]

Ye, the macro writing isnt too complex. All depends on your level of understanding around basic coding (very basic) and then using the existing macros and reverse engineering / understanding how they work. That's all I do. Then between that, experimenting and this great forum, we get there ...