Michael Grundvig <m...@...> writes: > > Note: I posted this on CNCzone.com last night, but I think I'll get a better response here. Sorry for the cross-post. > > I feel like a fool but I don't get the trick with tool-changing. I use CamBam to create the gcode for a series of > operations that require a couple of different endmills. I assign them different tool IDs as part of the > process. When I run the gcode, EMC2 prompts me to change the bits mid- operation at the right time as > expected. It gives me the little "change the tool" dialog with a continue button. Pressing the continue > button causes things to continue as expected. > > The problem is that I don't have control over the machine at that point to actually change the endmill. I need > to raise the z-axis to get the endmill into the collect and then I need to touch off the z-axis. Any help or > walk through of this process would be great as it's currently driving me crazy. > > I've tried pausing the operation with the dialog up but I still don't get manual control. I've also tried > stopping the operation but I can't figure out how to get it to resume at the line where it left off properly. I > know this is probably something super simple and I'm being a fool but it's > got me stumped. >
Hello Michael, Which version of EMC2 are you running? I EMC2 ver 2.3 and later versions, you can stop (not pause) and go to the manual operation tab, then jog around to touch-off (re-zero) for G54 or G55 or whichever offset system you are using, then click on the line you want to resume and hit *resume machine at line* and away you go! Tom ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
