Re: Manual jog while paused

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

Kurtis

SA - No to the big question!  Yes to the tkemcex bug.  I can attach the 
fix to a post if you contact off list.

Ray   



On Wednesday 06 March 2002 05:41 pm, Kurtis Martineau wrote:
> Ray,
>
> Have you had a chance to look into this issue?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: emc-at-nist.gov [emc-at-nist.gov]On Behalf Of rehenry
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 10:05 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list
> > Subject: Re: Manual jog while paused
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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