CNC diy

[don-tucker]

Hi All,I am new to this so please go easy on me,I would like to build a CNC router and am dead keen at the moment,I have downloaded Mach3 for a start but find I cannot reset because of E.Stop issues,I have nothing else plugged in to the PC,it's an old Sony running XP Prof.
Any ideas please
Don

[Hirudin]

I think you need to change the e-stop input from active off to active on (or maybe the other way around).

Sounds like you need to do a lot more research, check this out...
http://www.machsupport.com/videos/

Check out these videos too...
http://techtv.mit.edu/videos/142-machine-shop-1

[don-tucker]

Thanks for your reply,you are right I have a long way to go and am getting the bits and pieces together,i think it is a brilliant project and right up my street.I was a toolmaker by trade and since retiring have done a lot of woodwork.
Don

[mcphill]

You need to click the "OFFLINE" button (under the REF ALL HOME column where the readout is) if you are not hooked up to a machine. Then the Reset will work.

[don-tucker]

Thank you so much Mcphill that was the answer,can't wait to start building now.
Don

[ger21]

Originally Posted by mcphill You need to click the "OFFLINE" button (under the REF ALL HOME column where the readout is) if you are not hooked up to a machine. Then the Reset will work.

No, you don't. Under ports and pins, just toggle the active low setting on the E Stop pin. (Input pins page)

[mcphill]

Originally Posted by ger21 No, you don't. Under ports and pins, just toggle the active low setting on the E Stop pin. (Input pins page)

I really thing using the button already on the main screen, there for just that purpose, is the easier way to go - even though your way would work as well.

[ger21]

That's not what that button is there for, and the active low setting is the reason it won't come out of E-Stop. Using the Offline button may prevent other things from working. Not sure though.

[ger21]

OK, the manual says "Offline" is for machine setup and testing. It says that it disables all outputs. But whenever the E-Stop question comes up on the mach3 yahoo group, Art always says to change the active low setting.

[don-tucker]

Changed the active low,that works as well,I am learning all the time .Thanks. Boy am I going to use this forum when I get to the electrics and set up.
Don