On 03/08/2014 03:28 AM, Michael Chism wrote: > Hello Everyone, Does anyone have any ideas as how to get the tool > changer on a Tree VMC to work? Here a youtube video of the steps > involved. I am pretty sure its servo driven. > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIx76PzjnlY I am willing to pay > someone to setup the macro for me. I.E. make the hal file, .ini file, > etc. I have parts to make and not so much the time to sit and figure > out how to make it all work. If anyone is interested let me know, > Mike I am using 5i25 and 7i77 on the 2.6 pre release
My guess is that simple on/off signals are needed to get the carousel in and out. The carousel and spindle park position may be more complicated but also may have its own controller that takes an on/off signal or status byte. My mill tool changer has a separate wire for each change function so it's just a matter of turning the proper wire on in the proper order. The draw bar should also just be one or two wires for tool in and out. If you have done your mill conversion so far, the tool changer should just be more of the same, except for how you control the signal logic. I know a little C so I made a HAL component in C for my changers. Using ClassicLadder is popular too. I suspect you can use whatever programming method you already know about. Figuring out what currently controls the carousel, spindle park and draw bar should be a big step forward, especially if it is a separate controller. -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subversion Kills Productivity. Get off Subversion & Make the Move to Perforce. With Perforce, you get hassle-free workflows. Merge that actually works. Faster operations. Version large binaries. Built-in WAN optimization and the freedom to use Git, Perforce or both. Make the move to Perforce. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=122218951&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
