Greetings,

    I think I am having a "Brain Fart", can you look over my code below and tell me if it works right on your machine.........??

I am trying to do one of those solid Aluminum Touch off plates for a router and I am not sure if I am doing it right.
I am taking tool #1, and Zeroing it on the Table itself, then I am putting the metal plate as the tool length setter plate.
The probe down macro I have works fine for getting the Plate thickness which it sets in UDRO2202.

I then fill in the Feed rate and the Probing distance in the below user dros...

So, can some one look to see if it will set properly the Tool Hiegth Offset into the Tool Table library??

Once I have the Tool Ht. guadge setter ht., done, I again reprobe with my longest tool as tool#1, then move on to tool#2 etc.

Using this scenerio here, could you check my code and see if it is doing Tool hiegth offsets properly into the Tool library?

'===========Start Tool Plate hiegth touch off code===============

ToolNum = GetDRO (24)
SetVar(2002,0)

If ToolNum <>0 Then
Feed = GetUserDRO(2200)
ProbeDepth = GetUserDRO(2201)
Code "G31 Z-" & ProbeDepth & " F" & Feed
ZShift = GetOEMDRO (2202) 'guage ht.
ZOffset = GetVar(2002) 'Z Probe var
AxisPos = GetOEMDRO(85) 'Machine Z
ToolOffset = (AxisPos - ZOffset)  -ZShift
Call setOEMDRO(42, ToolOffset) 'set Tool offset
End if 

'===========End Tool Plate hiegth touch off code===============

'Scott

Scott,

If nobody has, I will give it a try tonight.

Arnie

Thank you for your time Zarzul,

  Graham discussed it with me via skype last night, BUT, I would LOVE for your to test it on your machine!!

Please let me know what you get.

scott

Scott what is is NOT doing correct? I see several things that will cause a problem using the g31 in a macro.

(;-) TP

I think I have him sorted, thanks for looking though.

Graham

GUYS beware(;-) the G31 is acting  really squirrelly with V.020  IT does not play well with the While Ismoving()  Wend

THe g31 without the Whle Ismoving AND updating parameters on the fly has problems also. Mach seems to run out of time to get it all done and will skip code on you. (does here ) I had to resort to using, after the G31, a G04 P0 to make mach pause and do all the math before resuming(art's trick)

Also using Variables  G1 Z-(#100) will not work , Mach does not recognise the - as a directional indicator with a variable. You have to solve the var to a negative number. (;-(

Just a thought, (;-) TP