Stop button activating #4 light but not stopping job

[CStevens]

Maybe someone can help me with a small issue. The way I understand the stop button is that its supposed to act like hitting the spacebar.
Mine is wired up to Input #4 on a PRK box. The other wire goes to G terminal. Its lights up the #4 light when the button is pushed but if I am running a program it will NOT stop the program. Hitting the spacebar will instantly "Pause" whatever I am doing but sometimes its not as convientant as the button is.

Any suggestions?

[jerry_stanek]

The e stop is for emergency stops not to pause.

[Gary Campbell]

+1 to what Jerry says. The estop is for emergency's, as in blood and 911. Pause is to stop machine. I suggest you get that thought out of your head and make the keyboard more "handy"

Look in the [VN] settings for switch number 4 or the estop settings, they may have changed

[CStevens]

Good to know. I'll just use the keyboard for that. Still leaves my issue of the button actually doesn't do anything other than light up number 4 Light. I had it working correctly on my old serial board but wired up as per diagrams on PRK box its just basically a light flashing switch. Just to clarify this is not a locking style switch like is on my Haas CNC's that locks you out once you press it.... just a simple red button that says stop

Thanks for the info guys. I'll just get used to the keyboard being my pause button

[Gary Campbell]

The RBK box requires a normally closed switch on input 4. Make sure your switch is in fact normally closed. In any case, set the state of input 4 ETOP to match that of the switch. If the switch is good, and parameters are set properly, it should trigger a machine stop event.