Re: I have a question about the function of E-Stop.
Originally Posted by
rcheli
Since I am a programmer (Not CNC) by trade I am not familiar with how things usually/should work other than from what I have read here and on the LinuxCNC forum.
Thanks for all of the help.
John
The E-Stop should always function as per the NEC/CEC etc, and cut all motive power, as Jim has said you should be able to implement the Pause or temporary stop if you just want to halt a program etc, I would have thought that there would be a precedent in Linux that someone has come up with already.
The function I found the most useful is the feedrate overide control, this turns all axis feedrate down in increments from 100% to 0% this together with a distance to go display you can see exactly if a 'Crash' is likely to occur !.
Al.
CNC, Mechatronics Integration and Custom Machine Design
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