also I am currently running 2.7  I think it is the stretch iso but am not
100 percent on that.  will have to check somehow?

 and wondering if I should change to 2.8 so that I don't have to upgrade in
the future for any 5 axis stuff.

On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 1:34 PM andrew beck <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hey Andy
>
> I am very interested in other options.  from what I have seen there is
> very little support for classic ladder around.  could you expand on the
> carousel component please.  I will also do a google search for it.
>
> I have almost got to the point to just getting a small click PLC and
> sending it a toolchange signal input.  Then a toolchange signal completion
> output.  But it would be good to be able to get the toolchanger to fail
> gracefully and then manually trigger it if needed.  With all the cnc mills
> that get retrofitted I am surprised that there is not more info around.
> But I am probably looking in the wrong place.
>
> regards
>
> Andrew
>
> On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 12:58 PM Andy Pugh <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> > On 28 Sep 2019, at 01:35, andrew beck <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> > my VMC doesn't require axis moment when toolchanging.  It is a random
>> > position toolchanger that is a side mount thing with 24 tools and a air
>> > cylinder that drops down and switches the tools.
>>
>> Ladder might well be the right solution here. But you could look at using
>> the carousel component in unidirectional mode driving a siggen component to
>> step the changer.
>>
>>
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