My axis limit switches are hooked directly into the estop loop. I have soft limits setup. The only time I have ever run into the over-travel limits was when I was jogging before homing (not paying attention... ) (and yes - I have to back off the limit manually)
sam On 2/12/2013 9:07 AM, andy pugh wrote: > On 12 February 2013 14:53, Pete Matos <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thanks for the info...can you explain that last part 7i77 GPIO? > The 7i77 has 32 inputs and 16 outputs for general-purpose IO. (on TB7 > and TB8 I think). > >> Did I hear you correctly when you said you wired your limits and >> homes in series and in with the estop circuit? > No, as you say that would cause problems with backing off of a limit switch. > > In actual fact the machine I am describing doesn't yet have limit > switches, it is a bit of a slow-burning project. They are likely to be > added fairly soon, though. > However, my intention is to keep them entirely software-controlled. I > would be interested to hear opinions on the advisability of this. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
