I'm putting encoders onto my steppers, does mach3 stop and alarm if the motor's dont reach the positions Mach has sent them to ? is there a check position routine in Mach3 ?
I'm putting encoders onto my steppers, does mach3 stop and alarm if the motor's dont reach the positions Mach has sent them to ? is there a check position routine in Mach3 ?
Mach3 has no built in functions to do this, but you could write a macro or possibly a brain to do it.I'm putting encoders onto my steppers, does mach3 stop and alarm if the motor's dont reach the positions Mach has sent them to ?
I believe the Verify function checks position by homing the machine and seeing if the machine has lost position since the previous homing routine.is there a check position routine in Mach3 ?
Gerry
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Ah ok then, so best to buy that encoder interface board then as I've no idea how to writing code for Mach.... Cheers thats answered my question....
If you know PLC programming then have a look at brains and modbus interfacing. it's similar to ladder logic and it will sound, halt, tool change etc. whenever you want. You may simply play with your machines configuration.