Thanks Andy;
The thing I am stumbling over is What to connect the touch switch pin to
in the .hal file. After that I have no idea ask but I think you may have
answered some of it.
Thanks again.
Don
On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 3:51 PM, andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8 September 2011 19:19, Don Stanley <dstanley1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I need to implement Manual Tool Change Length Probing on an
> > EMC2 2.4.5 mill to avoid breaking the G-code into many parts.
> > I have several versions of the G-code subroutines.
>
> I don't think that there are any settings which will do it automatically.
>
> I think you should be able to replace all M6 T3 with O<toolchange> [3]
> though.
>
> I think that the O<toolchange> would then have to call M6 in the
> normal way, and do a G43, then G0 to some tolerance above the setting
> plate, do a G38 probe, then do a bit if maths with the values in #5063
> and #5403, and use the value in a G10 L1, or maybe a fixed/known
> relationship between the toolsetter and the machine coordinates and
> then a bit of clever in the O<sub> to pick the right Z offset for the
> current coordinate system (which I think is #[5214 + 9 * 5220] ) and a
> G10 L10.
>
> If you don't have a tool setter, but can measure the tool-length
> (maybe even just height-above-table measured with a caliper with a
> suitable choice of toolchange position) then the G10 could pull a
> measurement out of a textbox in a GladeVCP panel.
>
> I probably am not answering the question you asked am I?
>
> --
> atp
> "Torque wrenches are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise
> men"
>
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