Hi Les, I have to ask. How do you have an optional subroutine on M6? Can you share the code? Thanks John
> -----Original Message----- > From: Les Newell [mailto:les.new...@fastmail.co.uk] > Sent: November-13-21 4:22 AM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Touch Probe > > My copy of the probe screen is I guess V1. It's probably about 3-4 years > old. > > Having a tool setter is nice. Some time back I picked up a couple of > Renishaw MP3 probes so I use one as probe and one permanently mounted to > the table as a tool setter. I have a subroutine that runs on M6 which > can optionally auto tool set. It makes life really easy. > > Les > > On 12/11/2021 17:50, John Dammeyer wrote: > > Hi Les, > > Yes. It was the probe screen images I found on the net that pointed me to > > the versaPR that is pretty nice for the price. The V2 > screen for LCNC 2.8 overall is good. I've been looking through the Python > code to see what it's up to. It looks at the INI file for the > jog step size and machine config Imperial/metric. It does not look at the > G20/G21 state which is unfortunate. > > > > While it's probing the DROs are not incremented in real time. They are > > only updated after probing is done. To watch what's > happening you start the probe and then quickly flip back to the main or DRO > screen and you can see the feed rates and XYZ > positions update in real time. > > > > I'm not using the TS button since I don't yet have a tool setter. I > > followed a different tutorial from the LCNC help files for > configuring the tool table for my tools in the TT holders. The down side is > I have one 1/4" drill chuck and if I need different size > holes it becomes a bit tedious so a tool setting operation, sometimes, would > be handy. > > > > The reason I say sometimes is that my mill head can move in and out with a > > hand crank. For castings larger than the Y distance > motion I have to move it around quite a bit. That then changes the physical > tool change (and probe set) positions. > > > > I guess in the long run it will depend on how often I cast large stuff or > > machine small stuff. > > > > John > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
