The more time I spend with my machine and with this program the more things I want to tinker with, problem is that I've been busy making parts so I don't have much time to just tinker with things. I've run into a couple of situations that I need some expertise on, I have a little downtime with the machine so this is the perfect time to play.
1. I know Brian had posted some stuff about the T3 command and I see the parameters in the Settings window, what I would like to do move the gantry to absolute X +2, Y0, Z0. That would make changing tools much easier when working with the machine, today I do a reference all and then change the tool.
2. Without using the tool tables, is there an easy way to change the offset when changing tools, what I do today is this (this is all within the same program):
a. When the machine hits a T3 and stops I hit the reference home to zero out the Z axis and set it to a known position.
b. I change out to my smaller tool and reset the Z axis to reflect the new tool height.
c. I let the program continue (hit run).
I know there's a better way and I should probably be putting these into the tool table (which is on my list of things to do). I know the exact height of the tools because I coller them so they drop in the same each time.
3. Is there a way to automatically stop the machine so I can do things like flip a piece? Today I break my runs into seperate programs and when one finishes, I flip the piece and run the second. I would love instead to have it all run from one. I could use a T3 I suppose and tell it to change the same bit, I'm assuming it will stop and wait for my input.
4. An odd question I ran into was that one of the home switches on my machine must be dirty or something, I've had to increase the debounce to 5000 just to get the X to reference home correctly. Does this setting effect the actual position when referencing home? or does the program apply the same amount of return cycles each time? So for instance if I fix the switch and reset debounce to say 1500 will my gantry position actually shift when I reference home?
Thanks...
-Paul-