[Elmer Etgen]

Help! I am trying to get my bridgeport up and running. I am using homing routine in the macro.fil to home the Z axis. Estop button will not work while it is homing, it will not work untill the homing is done. The Estop works fine the rest of the time, I think but have some doubts about other issues. This is a first time build for me.
Any help or suggestions will be most welcome.

[Karl_T]

Estop should be hard wired to stop or kill power to any devices that move, not part of your control. This is very important for your safety. The Estop circuit should only notify the control that an Estop has occurred.

I'm not sure exactly which macro you're using. it should be modified to abort if an Estop has occurred.

Karl

[Karl_T]

Here's how I handle Estop. You won't follow all of it.
Input #59 is for notifing the control of Estop
I have a picture on the control,red estop for stopped and green button for good.
ESTOP runs estop.fil
\141 is flag for reseting.
in estop.fil turn off all the outputs calling to start a device so they
don't re-start when you reset the control







INPUTIO.FIL
'*************ESTOP****************************MUS T BE FIRST LINE OF INPUTIO*********************************
IF #59=0 THEN MESSAGE Estopped, need reset :PICTURE E-STOP.BMP;3700;7700:ESTOP:GOTO :INPUTIOEND 'run Estop.fil on Estop and don't run any of inputio
IF #59=1 THEN IF \141=0 THEN RESUME: MESSAGE Estop Reset:PICTURE RESET.BMP;3700;7700:\141=1:COMMAND SH '\141 flag for Estop reset message and RESUME,

<all of your inputio file here>


:INPUTIOEND




ESTOP.FIL
SUSPEND MACROS 'suggested precaution in manual

'[[STOPSPINDLE]] copy of macro below, MACROS not allowed in ESTOP.FIL
#34=0 'make sure CCW is off
#35=0 'make sure CW is off
SPINSTOP
LIGHT 4;OFF
SLEEP 1.0
IF #66=1 THEN #44=0:\122=0:LIGHT 10;ON 'if brake is in ON position, turn off brake release or brake on, flag for brake
\121=0 'flag for spindle off


#45=0:#46=0 'turn off coolant