On Sun, 25 Sep 2011 19:46:56 +0100, you 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
In all other controls I've used you are able to do a feed hold, then jog away, change or sharpen your tool, clear swarf or whatever, touch off tool and then resume from where you paused. Unfortunately EMC doesn't support this basic machine function. You can feed hold and resume but nothing else - a pretty useless command IMO. You need to stop, note the line number, and then do a run from here. Run from here is very hit and miss in my experience and sometimes fails miserably. Steve Blackmore -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
