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Offline Hood

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Please excuse my ignorance but why are you wanting to write a macro or put a VB button on the screen to do what Mach already does internally if you have the safe Z set up?

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If anyone uses the set TCP button script, make sure to check and see that it is setting your TCP dros on the settings page. It is easy to check. Set your dros in machine coords. and click the button. go to settings page and Tool Change Location DROS should read the same as Machine dros. Jog it a bit in all 3 axis and click the button again. Again the machine dros and TCP dros should read the same.

"Set Tool Change Position Button


Response = MsgBox ("Are you certain you want to change the tool change position? This should be used for new set-ups only!", 1)
If Response = 1 Then

X = GetOemDRO( 83 )       "Machine coord DROs
Y = GetOemDRO( 84 )
Z = GetOemDRO( 85 )

Call SetUserDRO(1200,X)     "Tool change location DROS on the settings page
Call SetUserDRO(1201,Y)
Call SetUserDRO(1202,Z)

End If


   "Modified GoToZero Button

Zpos = GetDRO(2)
If Zpos <=0 Then          "If Z is less than 0
Code "G54 G0 Z0"
Code "G54 G0 X0 Y0"
Else
Code "G54 G0 X0 Y0" 
Code "G54 G0 Z0" 
End If
« Last Edit: March 30, 2009, 05:55:06 PM by Chaoticone »
;D If you could see the things I have in my head, you would be laughing too. ;D

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Right On!  Thanks Brett!

Regards,
Sid