Forgot to attach the pictures in the last response. It shows the behaviour without the "+ 1" on line 235.
Den sön 10 jan. 2021 kl 13:20 skrev Andreas Linnarsson < andreas.linnars...@gmail.com>: > I reached milestone today when I got the tool change command to work - > sort of. The "iocontrol.0.tool.*" pins were not connected correctly. My > toolchange.ngc is now called correctly and it activates the carousel > component as expected. The first pocket trigger still generates problems > since the carousel continue to think it has gone when step further than it > really has. After homing it stops at pocket #1 and the > carousel.0.current-position also indicates #1. But it's after that things > gets a bit strange. Issuing T5 M6 will move the turret to the physical > pocket #4 whereas carousel.0.current-position will indicate #6. > > Every tool change from there on will offset the commanded tool pocket > compared to the actual tool pocket by one, where the physical pocket is > lagging the commanded tool. If I try to shift just one tool forward it has > the same result as when I tried to jog one position earlier - it just goes > back and forth within the same pocket, although increasing > carousel.0.current-position by one . To make it change one physical > position forwards I thus have to command a tool that is two positions ahead. > > Adding "+ 1" to the target on line 235 in carousel.comp takes care of the > problem from a physical aspect but carousel.0.pocket-number won't match > carousel.0.current-position afterwards as a result of that change. Due to > that carousel.0.ready will not go high and therefore the subroutine will > timeout. I haven't found out how to deduct "one" from > carousel.0.pocket-number variable but if I do think things will match. Not > a global solution but it might be good enough for me. > > *edit* > I got your last answer right before sending this so I will evaluate your > response and see what I can come up with. I didn't know that it wasn't > necessary to remap to make this work. I followed your advice to take a look > at the sim.axis.vismach.VMC_toolchange example in a thread at the forum. > But that part seems to work anyway. > > Regards, > > Andreas > > Den sön 10 jan. 2021 kl 10:43 skrev Andreas Linnarsson < > andreas.linnars...@gmail.com>: > >> Andy: Here's my first shot at using the HAL scope. As you can se the >> motor is stopped as soon as the pocket sensor that it backed away from >> triggers again. Thus the current-position increase at every push of the >> "fwd jog" even though it just goes back and forth within the same pocket. >> Please get back if you want me to add any other signals and I will rerun >> the capture. As you've already commented I'm having some problem with the >> call of the remapped M6 command but I'm a bit unsure about how that would >> change the behaviour of the carousel component. But I'm invesigating that >> as well now, of course. >> >> Andrew: I will try and record a movie clip if that will help to identify >> the problem but the behaviour I experience is logical, to me at least. >> >> Regards, >> >> Andreas >> >> Den lör 9 jan. 2021 kl 23:52 skrev Andreas Linnarsson < >> andreas.linnars...@gmail.com>: >> >>> You mean that the Tn might work correctly even though the fwd jog >>> doesn't? Will the carousel component behave differently if I request T4 >>> from say T3 compared to forward jog from T3? I will try this out since my >>> main goal isn't to jog around the turret manually but make it work for the >>> intended use, of course. >>> >>> Den lör 9 jan. 2021 kl 23:46 skrev andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com>: >>> >>>> On Sat, 9 Jan 2021 at 21:32, Andreas Linnarsson >>>> <andreas.linnars...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> > target = current_position + jog_fwd - jog_rev + 1; // Added "+ 1" >>>> > >>>> > The only problem I face is that the current tool number increase by >>>> two for >>>> > every fwd jog... >>>> >>>> I worry that you are concentrating too much on jogging and not enough >>>> on correct behaviour with a Tn command. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> atp >>>> "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is >>>> designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and >>>> lunatics." >>>> — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Emc-users mailing list >>>> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >>>> >>>
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