I know the feeling, Kirk. Yes there are tool change pins in iocontrol and in halui. The iocontrol pins would be equivalent to the ones that I used under tkio in the BDI to setup a lathe tool turret. Those pins exist in most any configuration.
If you modify an ini to bring up halui. Add the line. [HALUI = halui] Now go back and start up emc2 using that config and look over the available pins and you'll see a bunch. I use halshow to look around in HAL but you could use the halcmd stuff as well. Connecting a tool changer is not a trivial task. You first need to define all of the actions required for a change. What does tool prepare do. Lay out each step in the sequence. What does tool change do in addition to prep. If this is the HNC lathe, you could ask matt for my tkio file and see the sequence there under tool change. Rayh On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:00:40 -0700, "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <[email protected]> said: >Suppose I want to add signals to the m5i20 for a tool changer or a part >chute to the standard configuration. What is involved in making these >changes. Do I need to buy and learn yet another programming environment. >I think this 'Anything' thing is a great idea, but my forehead kind of >slopes (you may have seen me as an extra on the Geico 'Party' >commercial), and I am trying to figure out if 'Anything' new will fit >into my smallish brain. Thanks. > >Kirk Wallace > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express >Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take >control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. >http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ >_______________________________________________ >Emc-users mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
