Operator Control Panel for CNC Mill

[m_c]

Thanks for those. I've saved a copy, and had a quick look.
I'll admit I've never dealt with macro's before, so I'll have to do a bit research on what would be possible without resorting to C. I can see pros and cons of both methods, so I'll just let the ideas rattle around my head until I've got some time to sit down and try them.

Once I get that far, I'll start a separate thread. That way this thread can get back to showing pictures of your shiny control panel.

[engnerdan]

Well I got the operator panel put together and operational at the end of last week during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend and just in time for a few runs of parts I needed to make. So here are the pictures of the last step to get it working.









Video of the HMI in action


Even with close to 200 total wire connections to make I didn't have any misplaced wires. I do have an unidentified problem with my Ethernet cable but I am fairly certain it is a broken wire as it makes connection and lights up the switch no communication is happening. The industrial ethernet cable I used in the main electrical cabinet was very fine gauge and hard to solder, it didn't want to tin. So I still need to dig into that and get it fixed. For now I ran a separate cable outside of the umbilical cord.

-Dan