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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Preload-Tool Macro

« on: February 25, 2017, 03:37:40 AM »

Of course, I understand that. But it seems like nobody has done it before. And those who did, dont really refer to something I can learn from. It's just tough to get into that, especially when you only have time on the weekends.

The PLC I am using is a Controllino Maxi PLC. You can program it for example with standard arduino IDE or others. Here's the link: https://controllino.biz

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Preload-Tool Macro

« on: February 24, 2017, 03:08:32 PM »

Alright, I did some research about using Modbus and Mach4. That documentation is terrible...

Modbus is industry standard, right? And there is not a single proper tutorial of how to implement that into Mach4. Is there a other way of sending data to a simple PLC? RS232, RS485, Ethernet, IC2, SPI, anything?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Preload-Tool Macro

« on: February 13, 2017, 11:07:46 AM »

That's interesting. I'll try to get that working.

Is there any more information about that topic?
Maybe is there an other way of setting up a serial communication without modbus?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Preload-Tool Macro

« on: February 12, 2017, 07:12:11 AM »

That's more like it, thanks!
So that problem is solved, now I have to figure out how to transfer the tool number to my PLC.

Is there a way of setting up a serial communication between mach and a slave device?
And where can I find more about that topic?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Preload-Tool Macro

« on: February 11, 2017, 01:51:46 PM »

That didn't quite help me that much...

My CAM software supports a preload-tool-feature, so in G-Code it prints the next tool number under the M6 command. With "next tool number" I mean the tool which is going to be used after that current toolchange.

Can I somehow "read" the next line after a M6 command? I am sure there is something like that, but I couldn't find it yet...

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Mach4 General Discussion / Preload-Tool Macro

« on: January 21, 2017, 02:08:54 PM »

Hello everybody,

I have a question and I have no clue how to deal with that problem... I hope you can help me with that:

Is there a function for looking up the next tool-number in the loaded g-code file?
I am using a PLC to control the automatic tool changer and I need to tell it what tool comes next so it can preload the next tool already.

Do you know a way of doing so?

Have a nice day!