Thank you, it works with axis, which will be fine with me. If others are 
looking for a solution to this problem, don't forget that you need the 
following line too:

linkpp iocontrol.0.tool-prepare iocontrol.0.tool-prepared


with the other 5 below.


Thanks again


Patrick


Jeff Epler wrote:
> For emc2.1 systems with manual tool change, I recommend using
> 'hal_manualtoolchange'.  This is demonstrated in the 'sim/axis'
> configuration.  When you issue a tool change g-code like 'M6 T1', the
> machine goes to a location defined in the INI, then a dialog appears on
> the screen with a button for you to press when the new tool is in place.
> Then the machine returns to the previous location and continues with the
> file.  The HAL lines for this are:
>     loadusr -W hal_manualtoolchange
>
>     # in case they were linked already
>     unlinkp iocontrol.0.tool-change
>     unlinkp iocontrol.0.tool-changed
>
>     linkpp hal_manualtoolchange.change iocontrol.0.tool-change 
>     linkpp hal_manualtoolchange.changed iocontrol.0.tool-changed
>     linkpp hal_manualtoolchange.number iocontrol.0.tool-prep-number
>
> You can specify the location to move to in the ini file:
>     [EMCIO]
>     TOOL_CHANGE_POSITION = 0 0 2
>
> If you prefer to use only tkemc, then the button you are looking for is
> the one marked "Resume", in the center just above the program listing.
>
> Jeff
>
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