Re: [Emc-users] HAL and INI file settings for Tool length Probing.
Thanks Sam I have just installed a version of that and am now investigating how to be more efficient (lazy) with an automatic Tool changer. Don On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 2:17 PM, sam sokolik wrote: > When I first started playing with emc - I was making circuit boards. I > was using a rotozip type head (small collet) and for me the easiest > solution was to split the program up for each tool. Then I found the > gcode.ulp that Chris R and Jeff E wrote. > http://git.unpy.net/view/eagle.git > > it is quite slick - you need a switch that the tool can touch. > > It works like this > You setup your first tool. (set it for your material) This could > technically be done with the probe switch also - if you know the > distance between the switch and your part. > Then when you run the Gcode - it first touches off the first tool to the > probe switch. This is your 'reference' length. > Now when the program pauses for the next tool - you replace it. > The first thing it does is probe the new tool length and offset it > compared to your 'reference' tool. > sets the correct offset and continues on with the program. > > It made making circuit boards with multitude mills and drills pretty > painless. > > sam > > > On 9/9/2011 1:01 PM, John Prentice wrote: > > Greetings > >> There is the Tormach TTS scheme that might be adaptable to a tool > >> changer. Maybe > >> magnetic rings could hold the holder while transferring it to the > spindle. > >> > > First I declare an interest as I do work for Tormach. > > > > The current design of TTS geometry allows for a tool changer. > > > > There is a power drawbar and changer sold for the PCNCs. How easy it > would > > be to fit top something else I cannot say. > > > > http://www.tormach.com/document_library/Datasheets/DS32279_ATC.pdf > > > > John Prentice > > > > > > > -- > > Why Cloud-Based Security and Archiving Make Sense > > Osterman Research conducted this study that outlines how and why cloud > > computing security and archiving is rapidly being adopted across the IT > > space for its ease of implementation, lower cost, and increased > > reliability. Learn more. > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51425301/ > > ___ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > > > -- > Why Cloud-Based Security and Archiving Make Sense > Osterman Research conducted this study that outlines how and why cloud > computing security and archiving is rapidly being adopted across the IT > space for its ease of implementation, lower cost, and increased > reliability. Learn more. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51425301/ > ___ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Why Cloud-Based Security and Archiving Make Sense Osterman Research conducted this study that outlines how and why cloud computing security and archiving is rapidly being adopted across the IT space for its ease of implementation, lower cost, and increased reliability. Learn more. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51425301/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] HAL and INI file settings for Tool length Probing.
Thanks to All; This will keep me busy for a while. Don On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > Don Stanley wrote: > > Hi Jon; > > Presently I am using the hollow R8 collets waiting for someone to > > develop a tool changer for the R8 machines before buying a pot full of > > the R8 end mill holders. My work has been mostly one of a kind so far > > but will soon switch to batch jobs and I will be forced to the end mill > > holders > > with or without a Tool Changer. > > > > Do you know of any R8 tool changers that cost less than a mill? > > Or maybe a good design that could be duplicated? > > > I'm sure, if I wanted to, I could make a tool changer that would work > with R-8. But, it wouldn't > be really simple. You'd probably > need some kind of standard ring to grip the holders with, and I'm not > clear on how those could > be easily attached to all the different holders. What I'm envisioning > would end up looking a bit > like a miniaturized Cat V-flange holder. You also need spindle orient > unless you take the > key out of the spindle. > Jon Taking the key out of the spindle was very easy when I hit the wrong button on the CNC system Pendant I was using before EMC2. > > There is the Tormach TTS scheme that might be adaptable to a tool > changer. Maybe > magnetic rings could hold the holder while transferring it to the spindle. > > Anyway, I found that without a changer, it makes MUCH more sense to > change the work, > and do all procedures on ALL workpieces before changing the tool. That > may not work > as well for complex parts that require a lot of machining steps on each > piece, but it works > for the parts I do. > > Jon > > > -- > Why Cloud-Based Security and Archiving Make Sense > Osterman Research conducted this study that outlines how and why cloud > computing security and archiving is rapidly being adopted across the IT > space for its ease of implementation, lower cost, and increased > reliability. Learn more. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51425301/ > ___ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Why Cloud-Based Security and Archiving Make Sense Osterman Research conducted this study that outlines how and why cloud computing security and archiving is rapidly being adopted across the IT space for its ease of implementation, lower cost, and increased reliability. Learn more. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51425301/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] HAL and INI file settings for Tool length Probing.
When I first started playing with emc - I was making circuit boards. I was using a rotozip type head (small collet) and for me the easiest solution was to split the program up for each tool. Then I found the gcode.ulp that Chris R and Jeff E wrote. http://git.unpy.net/view/eagle.git it is quite slick - you need a switch that the tool can touch. It works like this You setup your first tool. (set it for your material) This could technically be done with the probe switch also - if you know the distance between the switch and your part. Then when you run the Gcode - it first touches off the first tool to the probe switch. This is your 'reference' length. Now when the program pauses for the next tool - you replace it. The first thing it does is probe the new tool length and offset it compared to your 'reference' tool. sets the correct offset and continues on with the program. It made making circuit boards with multitude mills and drills pretty painless. sam On 9/9/2011 1:01 PM, John Prentice wrote: > Greetings >> There is the Tormach TTS scheme that might be adaptable to a tool >> changer. Maybe >> magnetic rings could hold the holder while transferring it to the spindle. >> > First I declare an interest as I do work for Tormach. > > The current design of TTS geometry allows for a tool changer. > > There is a power drawbar and changer sold for the PCNCs. How easy it would > be to fit top something else I cannot say. > > http://www.tormach.com/document_library/Datasheets/DS32279_ATC.pdf > > John Prentice > > > -- > Why Cloud-Based Security and Archiving Make Sense > Osterman Research conducted this study that outlines how and why cloud > computing security and archiving is rapidly being adopted across the IT > space for its ease of implementation, lower cost, and increased > reliability. Learn more. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51425301/ > ___ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > -- Why Cloud-Based Security and Archiving Make Sense Osterman Research conducted this study that outlines how and why cloud computing security and archiving is rapidly being adopted across the IT space for its ease of implementation, lower cost, and increased reliability. Learn more. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51425301/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] HAL and INI file settings for Tool length Probing.
Greetings > > There is the Tormach TTS scheme that might be adaptable to a tool > changer. Maybe > magnetic rings could hold the holder while transferring it to the spindle. > First I declare an interest as I do work for Tormach. The current design of TTS geometry allows for a tool changer. There is a power drawbar and changer sold for the PCNCs. How easy it would be to fit top something else I cannot say. http://www.tormach.com/document_library/Datasheets/DS32279_ATC.pdf John Prentice -- Why Cloud-Based Security and Archiving Make Sense Osterman Research conducted this study that outlines how and why cloud computing security and archiving is rapidly being adopted across the IT space for its ease of implementation, lower cost, and increased reliability. Learn more. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51425301/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] HAL and INI file settings for Tool length Probing.
Don Stanley wrote: > Hi Jon; > Presently I am using the hollow R8 collets waiting for someone to > develop a tool changer for the R8 machines before buying a pot full of > the R8 end mill holders. My work has been mostly one of a kind so far > but will soon switch to batch jobs and I will be forced to the end mill > holders > with or without a Tool Changer. > > Do you know of any R8 tool changers that cost less than a mill? > Or maybe a good design that could be duplicated? > I'm sure, if I wanted to, I could make a tool changer that would work with R-8. But, it wouldn't be really simple. You'd probably need some kind of standard ring to grip the holders with, and I'm not clear on how those could be easily attached to all the different holders. What I'm envisioning would end up looking a bit like a miniaturized Cat V-flange holder. You also need spindle orient unless you take the key out of the spindle. There is the Tormach TTS scheme that might be adaptable to a tool changer. Maybe magnetic rings could hold the holder while transferring it to the spindle. Anyway, I found that without a changer, it makes MUCH more sense to change the work, and do all procedures on ALL workpieces before changing the tool. That may not work as well for complex parts that require a lot of machining steps on each piece, but it works for the parts I do. Jon -- Why Cloud-Based Security and Archiving Make Sense Osterman Research conducted this study that outlines how and why cloud computing security and archiving is rapidly being adopted across the IT space for its ease of implementation, lower cost, and increased reliability. Learn more. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51425301/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] HAL and INI file settings for Tool length Probing.
On 9 September 2011 12:13, John Thornton wrote: > If it is a BP knee mill you can get a Quick Switch 200 spindle and set > each tool offset before you run. There is also this system: http://www.royalprod.com/product.cfm?catID=11 -- atp "Torque wrenches are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men" -- Why Cloud-Based Security and Archiving Make Sense Osterman Research conducted this study that outlines how and why cloud computing security and archiving is rapidly being adopted across the IT space for its ease of implementation, lower cost, and increased reliability. Learn more. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51425301/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] HAL and INI file settings for Tool length Probing.
If it is a BP knee mill you can get a Quick Switch 200 spindle and set each tool offset before you run. You still have to swap by hand but it is repeatable and quick. My BP Series 1 with Anilam conversion is set up this way. John On 9/9/2011 12:31 AM, Don Stanley wrote: > Hi Jon; > Presently I am using the hollow R8 collets waiting for someone to > develop a tool changer for the R8 machines before buying a pot full of > the R8 end mill holders. My work has been mostly one of a kind so far > but will soon switch to batch jobs and I will be forced to the end mill > holders > with or without a Tool Changer. > > Do you know of any R8 tool changers that cost less than a mill? > Or maybe a good design that could be duplicated? > > Thanks > Don > > On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 10:23 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > >> andy pugh wrote: >>> 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. >>> >> If the OP has a way to repeatably install tools, such as end mill >> holders instead of collets, >> then he can measure the tools in several ways and put the length offsets >> in the tool table. >> Then, the tool length can be set from the tool table when the tool is >> put in the spindle. >> See http://pico-systems.com/preset.html for one method of doing this. >> You can also measure >> the length of the tool on the machine and calculate the offset to put in >> the tool table. >> >> Jon >> >> >> -- >> Why Cloud-Based Security and Archiving Make Sense >> Osterman Research conducted this study that outlines how and why cloud >> computing security and archiving is rapidly being adopted across the IT >> space for its ease of implementation, lower cost, and increased >> reliability. Learn more. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51425301/ >> ___ >> Emc-users mailing list >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> > -- > Why Cloud-Based Security and Archiving Make Sense > Osterman Research conducted this study that outlines how and why cloud > computing security and archiving is rapidly being adopted across the IT > space for its ease of implementation, lower cost, and increased > reliability. Learn more. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51425301/ > ___ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Why Cloud-Based Security and Archiving Make Sense Osterman Research conducted this study that outlines how and why cloud computing security and archiving is rapidly being adopted across the IT space for its ease of implementation, lower cost, and increased reliability. Learn more. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51425301/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] HAL and INI file settings for Tool length Probing.
On 9 September 2011 08:29, Kirk Wallace wrote: > Have you seen the Tormach holders?: > http://www.tormach.com/Product_TTS2.html They made a prototype drawbar for TTS, but I don't know if it made it to production: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kxw9d6kI7A > There should be a couple of people on this list that have made stud > puller type draw bars, but I have lost the links. ... Found one -- Andy > has a video here: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxrzJ_KfcQ0 A bit more information here: http://www.cnczone.com/forums/vertical_mill_lathe_project_log/109301-harrison_universal_miller_conversion.html This spreadsheet should help with working out the spring stack length and which sizes to use. http://www.bodgesoc.org/DIN2093DiscSprings.xls If you read off the required load on the left, then project across to the line representing a particular spring, then down to the X axis you can read off the available further deflection to flat of a 100mm stack of those springs. x2 means a doubled-up stack, ie two pointing up, then 2 pointing down, then 2 pointing up rather than a simple up-down-up-down stack. -- atp "Torque wrenches are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men" -- Why Cloud-Based Security and Archiving Make Sense Osterman Research conducted this study that outlines how and why cloud computing security and archiving is rapidly being adopted across the IT space for its ease of implementation, lower cost, and increased reliability. Learn more. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51425301/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] HAL and INI file settings for Tool length Probing.
On Fri, 2011-09-09 at 01:31 -0400, Don Stanley wrote: > Hi Jon; > Presently I am using the hollow R8 collets waiting for someone to > develop a tool changer for the R8 machines before buying a pot full of > the R8 end mill holders. My work has been mostly one of a kind so far > but will soon switch to batch jobs and I will be forced to the end mill > holders > with or without a Tool Changer. > > Do you know of any R8 tool changers that cost less than a mill? > Or maybe a good design that could be duplicated? Have you seen the Tormach holders?: http://www.tormach.com/Product_TTS2.html May be useable with a rack type changer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etfmFJKksgQ http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?RackToolChanger http://www.cnccookbook.com/CCMillDrawbar.html There should be a couple of people on this list that have made stud puller type draw bars, but I have lost the links. ... Found one -- Andy has a video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxrzJ_KfcQ0 If you were going to invest in a lot of tool holders, I would consider grinding the R8 spindle taper to use CAT30 or one of the other 30 tapers. http://www.tools-n-gizmos.com/specs/Tapers.html -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html California, USA -- Why Cloud-Based Security and Archiving Make Sense Osterman Research conducted this study that outlines how and why cloud computing security and archiving is rapidly being adopted across the IT space for its ease of implementation, lower cost, and increased reliability. Learn more. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51425301/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] HAL and INI file settings for Tool length Probing.
Hi Jon; Presently I am using the hollow R8 collets waiting for someone to develop a tool changer for the R8 machines before buying a pot full of the R8 end mill holders. My work has been mostly one of a kind so far but will soon switch to batch jobs and I will be forced to the end mill holders with or without a Tool Changer. Do you know of any R8 tool changers that cost less than a mill? Or maybe a good design that could be duplicated? Thanks Don On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 10:23 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > andy pugh wrote: > > > > 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. > > > If the OP has a way to repeatably install tools, such as end mill > holders instead of collets, > then he can measure the tools in several ways and put the length offsets > in the tool table. > Then, the tool length can be set from the tool table when the tool is > put in the spindle. > See http://pico-systems.com/preset.html for one method of doing this. > You can also measure > the length of the tool on the machine and calculate the offset to put in > the tool table. > > Jon > > > -- > Why Cloud-Based Security and Archiving Make Sense > Osterman Research conducted this study that outlines how and why cloud > computing security and archiving is rapidly being adopted across the IT > space for its ease of implementation, lower cost, and increased > reliability. Learn more. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51425301/ > ___ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Why Cloud-Based Security and Archiving Make Sense Osterman Research conducted this study that outlines how and why cloud computing security and archiving is rapidly being adopted across the IT space for its ease of implementation, lower cost, and increased reliability. Learn more. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51425301/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] HAL and INI file settings for Tool length Probing.
andy pugh wrote: > > 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. > If the OP has a way to repeatably install tools, such as end mill holders instead of collets, then he can measure the tools in several ways and put the length offsets in the tool table. Then, the tool length can be set from the tool table when the tool is put in the spindle. See http://pico-systems.com/preset.html for one method of doing this. You can also measure the length of the tool on the machine and calculate the offset to put in the tool table. Jon -- Why Cloud-Based Security and Archiving Make Sense Osterman Research conducted this study that outlines how and why cloud computing security and archiving is rapidly being adopted across the IT space for its ease of implementation, lower cost, and increased reliability. Learn more. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51425301/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] HAL and INI file settings for Tool length Probing.
Thanks Fox and Andy; That's what I needed. It's embarrassing the times I looked over the last line of the page of motion.xxx information to try to make sense of the motion.position group on the next page. I guess that proves "if one doesn't know what they are looking for, they won't know when they find it". Thanks again Don 2011/9/8 Fox Mulder > Am 08.09.2011 22:22, schrieb Don Stanley: > > 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. > > The intenal signal is "motion.probe-input" which you should connect to > the probe switch. > > a few months ago i wrote a little skript (tool-length-set.ngc) which > measures all tool lengths and writes the offset to the reference tool > into the tool table. > The reference tool is the first one in the script and has no tool number > (T0). The comments are mostly german but i think the script is not very > complex to understand. :) > > Ciao, > Rainer > > > > -- > Doing More with Less: The Next Generation Virtual Desktop > What are the key obstacles that have prevented many mid-market businesses > from deploying virtual desktops? How do next-generation virtual desktops > provide companies an easier-to-deploy, easier-to-manage and more affordable > virtual desktop model.http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51426474/ > ___ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > -- Doing More with Less: The Next Generation Virtual Desktop What are the key obstacles that have prevented many mid-market businesses from deploying virtual desktops? How do next-generation virtual desktops provide companies an easier-to-deploy, easier-to-manage and more affordable virtual desktop model.http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51426474/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] HAL and INI file settings for Tool length Probing.
Am 08.09.2011 22:22, schrieb Don Stanley: > 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. The intenal signal is "motion.probe-input" which you should connect to the probe switch. a few months ago i wrote a little skript (tool-length-set.ngc) which measures all tool lengths and writes the offset to the reference tool into the tool table. The reference tool is the first one in the script and has no tool number (T0). The comments are mostly german but i think the script is not very complex to understand. :) Ciao, Rainer (Automatisches ausmessen der verschiedenen Tool Längen und eintragen in die tool.tbl) (PROBEOPEN probe.txt) (Subroutine, welche das aktuelle Tool ausmisst) O100 sub O101 repeat [#<_count>] (messe naechstes tool) G0 Z30 T[#<_tool_nr>] M6 (insert used tool number) G30 (fahre auf vordefinierte position, gesetzt mit g30.1) G38.2 Z-20 F70 (messe solange bis schalter gedrueckt) G38.4 Z20 F10 (messe solange bis schalter geoeffnet) # = [#5063-#<_ref>] (debug, Laengenunterschied Tool #<_tool_nr> zur Referenz = #) G10 L1 P[#<_tool_nr>] Z[#] (tool offset speichern) #<_tool_nr> = [#<_tool_nr> + 1] (tool nummer erhoehen) O101 endrepeat O100 endsub (messe referenz tool nummer 1) T0 M6 (kein Tool auswaehlen) G30 (fahre auf vordefinierte position, gesetzt mit g30.1) G49 (tool offset deaktivieren) G91 (relative distanz verfahren) G38.2 Z-20 F70 (messe solange bis schalter gedrueckt) G38.4 Z20 F10 (messe solange bis schalter geoeffnet) #<_ref>=#5063 (save reference tool length) #<_count> = 5 (5 tools ausmessen) #<_tool_nr> = 10 (erste toolnummer, welche sequenziell erhoeht wird) O100 call G0 Z5 (relative 5mm ueber dem geoeffneten schalter) G90 (absolute koordinaten) (PROBECLOSE) (debug, Tool Offset ist immer noch aktiv!) M2 (programm ende) -- Doing More with Less: The Next Generation Virtual Desktop What are the key obstacles that have prevented many mid-market businesses from deploying virtual desktops? How do next-generation virtual desktops provide companies an easier-to-deploy, easier-to-manage and more affordable virtual desktop model.http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51426474/___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] HAL and INI file settings for Tool length Probing.
On 8 September 2011 21:22, Don Stanley wrote: > Thanks Andy; > The thing I am stumbling over is What to connect the touch switch pin to > in the .hal file. Try motion.probe-input -- atp "Torque wrenches are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men" -- Doing More with Less: The Next Generation Virtual Desktop What are the key obstacles that have prevented many mid-market businesses from deploying virtual desktops? How do next-generation virtual desktops provide companies an easier-to-deploy, easier-to-manage and more affordable virtual desktop model.http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51426474/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] HAL and INI file settings for Tool length Probing.
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 wrote: > On 8 September 2011 19:19, Don Stanley 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 [3] > though. > > I think that the O 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 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" > > > -- > Doing More with Less: The Next Generation Virtual Desktop > What are the key obstacles that have prevented many mid-market businesses > from deploying virtual desktops? How do next-generation virtual desktops > provide companies an easier-to-deploy, easier-to-manage and more affordable > virtual desktop model.http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51426474/ > ___ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Doing More with Less: The Next Generation Virtual Desktop What are the key obstacles that have prevented many mid-market businesses from deploying virtual desktops? How do next-generation virtual desktops provide companies an easier-to-deploy, easier-to-manage and more affordable virtual desktop model.http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51426474/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] HAL and INI file settings for Tool length Probing.
On 8 September 2011 19:19, Don Stanley 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 [3] though. I think that the O 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 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" -- Doing More with Less: The Next Generation Virtual Desktop What are the key obstacles that have prevented many mid-market businesses from deploying virtual desktops? How do next-generation virtual desktops provide companies an easier-to-deploy, easier-to-manage and more affordable virtual desktop model.http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51426474/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] HAL and INI file settings for Tool length Probing.
Hi All: 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. Admittedly I haven't read all the Manuals, again today, but am unable to find what is needed in .hal and what is needed in the .ini file in addition to TOOL-CHANGE-AT-G30=1. Any Help is greatly appreciated. Thanks don -- Doing More with Less: The Next Generation Virtual Desktop What are the key obstacles that have prevented many mid-market businesses from deploying virtual desktops? How do next-generation virtual desktops provide companies an easier-to-deploy, easier-to-manage and more affordable virtual desktop model.http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51426474/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
