On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Alan Battersby <alan.batter...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > Hi, > I understand that I can add an M6 code at some point in my gcode program > to manually change a tool. But I want to be able to temporarily stop the > program when necessary in order to sharpen a cutter. Obviously you > cannot cater for that with an M6 code. Is there some way I can set up an > input (button, keyboard key) such that when pressed the program is > forced into a tool change so I can resharpen my cutter? Sorry if this is > a simple question but this is the first time I have applications running > for such a long time that I need to sharpen the cutter part way through. > > Any help appreciated. > > Alan
M1 is an optional program stop that would wait until you told the program to continue. Kyle ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
