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24-10-2017 #1
Neale,
When I'm running our GCODE to produce one of our units it had four cuts in total. I would like it to go to a certain position WHEN a tool change it needed then I press auto tool zero it hits my wireless probe (Which will be in a fixed location) zero's its self out and then returns to the next cutting position.
Hope this makes sense to you! :D
Tim
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24-10-2017 #2
Anything to do with toolchanges happens, or at least starts and ends in the M6 macros.
I'm not entirely sure, but I think once you've used M6start to move to your toolchange position, you can then use your tool zero button, then once you're finished and click cycle start again, M6end takes care of moving back to the work area.Avoiding the rubbish customer service from AluminiumWarehouse since July '13.
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24-10-2017 #3
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24-10-2017 #4
Neale could you copy and paste what's inside your M06.M1S file please?
Regards,
Tim
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24-10-2017 #5
Can do - will take a little time as I'll get the current copy off my machine. Might as well post m6start, m6end, and my tool-height setting routine while I'm at it. These all work, at least on my setup.
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24-10-2017 #6
I have the auto tool zero function working.
Just struggling to set up the location, but that would all be fantastic.
Thankyou.
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24-10-2017 #7
So, this doesn't do exactly what you need, but it might help a bit.
toolchange macros.zip
I suspect that what you need is something like:
code "g53 g0 x[your tool change X] y[your tool change Y]"
somewhere near the top of your tool height set macro. Note the G53 - this is important as it means "use coordinates on this line as machine, not work, coordinates"
Can you post your tool height set macro?
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