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General Mach Discussion / ATC Macro Help
« on: September 10, 2014, 09:03:27 AM »
Hi all,
I thought someone may of done a similar ATC to me but cant seem to find much, I'm struggling to find a starting point for a Macro, I know absolutely nothing about writing a macro but had thought about integrating two macro's, one that had been written for a boxford tcl ATC, and one that had been written for a Denford starturn/orac ATC ect, thing is these look very different to me and i wouldn't know where to start tbh, or which of any parts of the macro's i would need.
I have a denford 8 pos ATC which i'm currently controlling via jog,
its driven by worm indexing CW and then CCW to lock onto a ratchet and pawl, I currently have it driven by a stepper on the A-axis, the stepper has to make 5 rotations to drive the worm to index 1 tool position.
I have 3 positional sensors (photo-electric) which detect the 8 tool positions and feedback to the breakout like limits on input 1,2 & 3.
T1: off off off (000)
T2: off off on (001)
T3: on off on (101)
T4: on on on (111)
T5: off on on (011)
T6: off on off (010)
T7: on on off (110)
T8: on off off (100)
is it possible to get this running with a macro the way i'm setup?
possible similar macro in an old thread on deford forum here http://www.denfordata.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p=13665&sid=b93494ce7b8722ea769056c819862bc3#p1366
believe that one was running from a dc motor (24vdc/12vdc) possibly other components,
can anyone point me in the right direction please
Dave
I thought someone may of done a similar ATC to me but cant seem to find much, I'm struggling to find a starting point for a Macro, I know absolutely nothing about writing a macro but had thought about integrating two macro's, one that had been written for a boxford tcl ATC, and one that had been written for a Denford starturn/orac ATC ect, thing is these look very different to me and i wouldn't know where to start tbh, or which of any parts of the macro's i would need.
I have a denford 8 pos ATC which i'm currently controlling via jog,
its driven by worm indexing CW and then CCW to lock onto a ratchet and pawl, I currently have it driven by a stepper on the A-axis, the stepper has to make 5 rotations to drive the worm to index 1 tool position.
I have 3 positional sensors (photo-electric) which detect the 8 tool positions and feedback to the breakout like limits on input 1,2 & 3.
T1: off off off (000)
T2: off off on (001)
T3: on off on (101)
T4: on on on (111)
T5: off on on (011)
T6: off on off (010)
T7: on on off (110)
T8: on off off (100)
is it possible to get this running with a macro the way i'm setup?
possible similar macro in an old thread on deford forum here http://www.denfordata.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p=13665&sid=b93494ce7b8722ea769056c819862bc3#p1366
believe that one was running from a dc motor (24vdc/12vdc) possibly other components,
can anyone point me in the right direction please
Dave