On Sat, 2008-06-14 at 09:12 -0400, Greg Michalski wrote: ... snip > it can do to the machine (or you) if things go awry. I wonder - did your > program actually specify a new tool (ie m6 t02) or just an m6 with you > knowing what tool it needed next. My mill stops on the M6 T2 that was > generated by CamBam and waits (typically I'd been handcoding and doing > separate programs for each tool since I don't have an automated touch off > concept in place yet). I'm not sure what the manual says about the M6 > command but maybe somewhere in the code the toolchanger portion realizes the > tool is the same as that currently specifiec and lets the program run on, > though still pops up the window for the toolchange. ... snip
The g-code had a normal Tx M6 so the machine would have paused for the tool change if I had the appropriate .hal setup which routes the toolchange - toolchanged signals to some sort of conformation feature. I knew this might be a problem, so I just tried to be very careful to be ready with the e-stop button. Normally, I use the F1, but this time I was ready with the AXIS button, or so I thought. I have a proper hardware button on everything else, I just thought being careful would be okay. That may be how the Challenger blew up. -- Kirk Wallace (California, USA http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ Hardinge HNC/EMC CNC lathe, Bridgeport mill conversion, doing XY now, Zubal lathe conversion pending Craftsman AA 109 restoration Shizuoka ST-N/EMC CNC) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
