Hey guys my name is Nick this is my first post here. I've built a CNC plasma table and the only thing holding me back is the ARC OK signal in mach 3.
I have a thermal dynamics cut-master 42 and I have modified it to output the torch switch and the on board ARC OK signal. I did not want to spend the money for a THC control.
The problem Im having is that the input on the breakout board im using is looking for a switch. The ARC OK signal coming from my machine is not a relay like switch, the signal is actually changing voltage from -.7v to +5v instead. How do I use a signal like that for an input?
The only thing I can think of to use is like a transistor or solid state relay and use that signal to control it and trick the break out board to think its a switch. But im not electrically savvy I know there's some way to do it without all that.
This is the breakout board im using I am trying to use one of the limit switch inputs as the ARC OK signal imput