Hi all, After reading (and (for the most part) understanding) the integrator's manual, I have come up with the following plan for constructing and controlling a custom toolchanger. The changer will use three steppers, one to spin a carousel of sorts and two to operate a scara-type arm to place tools from the changer somewhere that they can be taken up by the spindle.
1. obtain and set up a second pc running EMC2 2. connect the mill's pc and the toolchanger's pc via ethernet cable 3. determine the correct NML messages needed to carry out the steps for a toolchange 4. add a button/code to AXIS using pyVCP to generate these messages 5. figure out how to send the messages by connecting the button to the parport with HAL Pretty simple, right? My rationale for this somewhat convoluted sequence of events is that I think I can get all that going with what I already know how to do with HAL etc. Based on my reading of the manual, it's going to take a good while before I can get pull it off with straight HAL/ClassicLadder objects. I'm going to work on that at the same time, so I'll probably get it to work the "right" way at some point. Comments? Thanks, Pat ps - It often occurs to me when I'm generating these posts that a twenty minute conversation with one of you EMC gurus would be worth about a month of back-and-forth on the list. Unfortunately, the NAMES show happens right in the middle of exam week for me, so that's a little tough. If anybody would be willing to try a brief phone conference please email me privately...! .................... Patrick Ferrick Town of Webb School Main Street Old Forge, NY 13420 (315) 369-3222 (315) 369-6216 .................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
