RE: Manual jog while paused

[Kurtis Martineau <klmartineau-at-shaw.ca>]

Ray,

Have you had a chance to look into this issue?


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> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 10:05 PM
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> Subject: Re: Manual jog while paused
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> Kurtis
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Ray
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> 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?
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> > 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.
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> > Kurtis
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