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« on: May 26, 2009, 04:16:19 AM »
I waited until I could test on the lathe before I reposted just to make sure what was happening.
How I have my lathe set up may be an influence, Tool 1 is the master and I have no offsets for it, I have a Home Off distance set which will set the Home point to the Dia that tool 1 is sitting at when homed. All other tools are offset from this tool, I think this is the normal way but not sure?
When I start Mach it will be at the Tool number last used but as soon as I home the offset loaded will be for my master tool (ie no offset) even if tool 6 is in the DRO so basically it would be T0601 which would be wrong.
So upshot of it is always have your code resetting to your master tool and that way on a restart then you will have the correct tool showing in the DRO but more importantly when you home the correct offset will also be in place. It shouldnt matter whether Tool 1 or Tool12 is your master tool,.
Hood