Are you pulling the part files from the server too? Seems you could "send" both the part file and the tool table... just thinking out loud.
JT On 12/25/2015 4:42 PM, Sarah Armstrong wrote: > JT > the problem is not in the database per se , but in keeping the database in > sync > i have it just about working , with a distributed server , linked into my > camworks tooldatabase > on a windows server across 7 machines . > > a little bit more testing , and see , the problem is it would need some > changes to linuxcnc > for serious users then fine , but probably not individuals .. thats my > trauma to work out if i can > to make it more transparent to the user . so just a heads up > > > On 25 December 2015 at 22:10, John Thornton <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This would be a trivial task for any UI, overwrite the tool table from a >> database and reload the tool table. >> >> I might be interested in this part... >> >> JT >> >> On 12/25/2015 3:07 PM, Neil Whelchel wrote: >>> Another >>> very important thing is that there should be some sort of a toolset >>> database. The flat tool file is a thing of the past. There needs to be a >>> way of associating part programs with specific sets of tools. Often, >> when I >>> setup a new part, I empty the tool changer and reload it with tools for >>> that job. Later, when I switch back to run more of the previous part, I >>> have to copy the previous tool file back. While this is easy, it can not >> be >>> done with any existing UI, and this is typical of the problems that the >>> existing UIs have. >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-developers mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
