[yukonho]

Wow, this is not nearly as simple as everyone says it is, you must all be freakin geniuses. (genii??)
I have e-mailed Xylotex for help, but I am hoping someone can point me in the right direction.
I am running Mach2, on my 3 axis router. I have limit switches in series on one end of X and Y, and home switches wired individually on the other end of X and Y and on Z.
I cant find anywhere where it says where on the board these get hooked up to. I have read everything I can find, and nowhere does it say where these can go.
From what I understand, the board just routes these into the parallel connector, and then you configure in Mach2 what each signal means.
Help me if you can,
Thanks
co

[ger21]

There are 2 .pdf's on the Xylotex site that show possible limit switch connections. You might find it easier to use a secind parallel port and hook your switches to that.

Gerry

[yukonho]

Thanks. I found those PDF's last night after posting this. I understand how it works now. Still trying to figure out the e-stop though. Any advice there?
co

[anoel]

A limit based E-stop would be wired as another limit only with the big bump switch.

A proper e-Stop will cut the all power to the system by switching the AC power before the controller power supply.

[yukonho]

So I can just hook up an NC pushbutton in series with the limits. Makes sense to me. Any idea where I can get a schematic for a real E-stop?
co

[pack rat]

try looking trough the balsamen tread where he builds the second router.That is the tread with most views on it 22000 I think.There are two schematics there, first one is incorrect. That is how I remember it.

[yukonho]

Thanks everyone. I got it figured out. I am going to go with a limit based estop for now, with one home on each axis, wired individually, and a limit on the x and y and estop, wired in series.
co