Thank you all for your feedback. As I expected, I will add the sensor and give it a try.
I am following the 'VMV Hal related questions' thread on the forum and I have the virtual machine working. This virtual set-up is very close to what I want to achieve. I am hooking up the sensors now for the ATC and the relays for the motor and then I will try to make stuff move. I do not need spindle orientation since I have this in the VFD. I am confident that I will be back for further help but for now, I have work to do. Thanks again! JB On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 11:50 PM, Kirk Wallace <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/03/2016 06:23 PM, Jan Bos wrote: > ... > > Do I need to add a 'home' sensor or a 'pocket 1' sensor? > > > > I am not quite clear on how this is supposed to work, could anybody shine > > some light on how the Carousel component works with sensor inputs like > this? > ... > > For reference, I don't use the carousel component but this is how my > mill was set up: > http://www.wallacecompany.com/tmp/Carousel_Position.png > > The chain has a foot mounted at the home position to activate the home > switch. The pocket switch sensed when a pocket was in parked position. I > seem to recall that the g-code called for X number of pockets forward or > back, and did not keep track of pocket ID. > > (The Geneva has been replaced with direct drive and there is a position > encoder on the carousel.) > > -- > Kirk Wallace > http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ > http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------ > Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors > Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. > With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE. > Training and support from Colfax. > Order your platform today. http://sdm.link/xeonphi > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE. Training and support from Colfax. Order your platform today. http://sdm.link/xeonphi _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
