Hey guys.

Curious to hear how you incorporate a plc into a mach3 setup. Would be wanting to have the plc look after all inputs and outputs (where possible) also tool changes. I get the plc programming side of things but how does the plc tell mach3 what is going on.
Do you use something like Ethernet connection between pc and mach3

Hello DeanoM,
        You would communicate with the PLC via modbus. You would pass information to and from the PLC with macros, the macro pump, brains or a combination of those. We have tutor videos in our help and learning section and you can find lots of examples here on the forum. I'm not a big fan of brains myself and try to stick to macros/macro pump. I would also read the Mach3 programmers reference manual. It can be found in the manuals section of the help and learning page.

Brett

Thanks. Off to do more reading