On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:06:54 +0330 Farzin Kamangar <farzin.kaman...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, dear EMC users; > Considering the tool changing process, is there a way to send > some movement commands from PLC to CNC? > I have entered the TOOL_CHANGE_POSITION and TOOL_CHANGE_QUILL_UP in > the INI file and in the EMCIO section. This is fine and causes the > tool go to the tool change > position. Now I need to move an axis towards the tool changer, orient > the spindle, open the tool collet, move the tool changer carrousel to > the old tool position, put the old tool > back in its position, move the carrousel to the new tool position, > grab the tool, close the tool collet and go back to the cutting area > to continue. I was wondering how these > actions could be done without using subroutine calls in the Gcode? > Please let me know if I am not clear enough. Thanks > Farzin Some years ago a group of emcer's converted a Mazak V5 to emc. Lots of information is available in the wiki, logs, logic, etc but I cannot find an entry on the classicladder code (for tool change), etc. Maybe someone else can help here. Dave > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > RSA(R) Conference 2012 > Save $700 by Nov 18 > Register now > http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, 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-novd2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
