I have some pyvcp buttons on my lathe to change tools, however the ladder logic handles the turret so no manual tool change is used. On the BP knee mill I have a macro that I just enter the number of the tool and then try and press the tiny little ok button on the manual tool change window on my touch screen.
JT On 10/14/2013 10:57 AM, andy pugh wrote: > Currently my mill is set up with immediate tool change. As in, I > manually change a tool and then type M6TNG43 in the MDI window. I > intend to change this soon, probably this evening. > What I would quite like to do is have a GladeVCP window for > tool-changing, to save my typing in to the MDI window. But on this > inteface I don't want to have to "OK" the manual toolchange dialog > box. > > However, I obviously would want the machine to pause and the manual > toolchange dialog to pop up if this was an M6 inside a G-code program. > > I am thinking in terms of some HAL logic to cut manual_toolchange out > of the loop if program-is-running is true. Before I waste time setting > this up, does anyone know if this will work? I guess it is important > that program-is-running stays true through a toolchange... > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60135031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
