Re: Manual jog while paused

[rehenry <rehenry-at-up.net>]

Kurtis

There is no provision in the interpreter for tool replacement.  There 
ought to be and probably will be before to long.  In the mean time what I 
do is pause the running program, note the line number being executed and 
the machine position.  

Go to manual and retract z then move x and y to tool change position.  
Change the tool and move back close to where you were when you paused the 
program.   You will need to think of the next move and find a place from 
which you can move without causing the tool to hit anything between where 
you are and where you will be.

The command to restart the program under either tcl gui is run and the 
line number to restart on.  Problem is you can't just type this in with 
either gui.   Restart from line using tkemc can be done by Menu File Edit 
and click to set the cursor on the line you want to restart from.  The 
popup will show the line number.  It may not be the same as the N# that 
depends upon how you numbered lines.  Click okay, put the machine back in 
auto mode and press run.

I see that there is a bug in tkemcex so that you always get the last line 
of the program.  Will fix and stick in the dropbox.

Ray
     


On Tuesday 19 February 2002 10:10 am, Kurtis Martineau wrote:
> Is there a way to pause a running program at the end of a step, change
> to manual mode, make a manual jog of any of the axis, change back to
> auto, and resume the program from where it left off?
>
> Ie: This is nescessary if a drill bit needs to be changed in the middle
> of a long program, or an operator wants to check something but needs to
> move the spindle out of the way.
>
> Kurtis