Keeping track of machine and tool use

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Is anything available for mach that lets you keep track of machine hours or distance traveled, what programs are run and when, time and travel of different tools used?

[Graham Waterworth]

Sorry there is no tool life management built into mach3.

[BR549]

Yes  Machine Hours
Yes  Axis totall distance
Yes # of M3 starts
****Using Mach3 Maintainance window****
Yes WOrklog, including program name,start time end time date, tool changes
Yes tool useage, with Cam support
**** Using CB and Cam****************
Rolling it ALL into a good Tool useage program would be UP TO YOU.

It could be done BUT it is NOT a standard MACH3 function.

Just a thought(;-) TP

[swanner]

I found this thread http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,14864.0.html and it's enough to get me started....but I don't see any of the values in the maintenance window listed as DROs anywhere - am I missing something?