How to work arc good into code?

[panozeng]

Ok, I'm not finding it on here. I now have a plasma that puts out an arc good signal, and was wondering how to integrate that into the Gcode. I understand how to connect the signal in and define it in Mach - just not how to make the machine pause motion until it is there. I'm using Sheetcam, btw.

Second question - is there an easy way to do corner slowdown either in Mach or sheetcam so it is automatic?


Thank you,
Jason

[Fiero Addiction]

If you use the THC300 post file for Sheetcam and click the THC button in Mach it should just work. It will ignore the torch up/down signals if they are not there (no THC), but it will wait for the arc good signal before moving.

I can't answer your second question, but that's something I'm interested in too. You can loop corners in sheetcam, but I don't know about slowing.