StageTool

[chip]

I turned the stage tool switch to 1 in my post. Stagetool is in my nexttool. I'm not getting the tool staged in my posted program. The machines are moldmaker VF1's with 25 tool side mount. any help would be appreciated.

[dwsz71]

Chip,

 

There is also a setting in the Control Def. under "Tool", that has to be activated. "Enable staged tool routines" check box.

 

 

HTH

[chip]

Thanks. It's also a V9 Post Q. I updated my Control Def. Still no Stagetool.

[DUG]

We have a VF-3

I had to take the M01's out of the post to get it to stage the next tool. Did not matter if the optional stop was on or not.

hope it helps

Doug G

[dwsz71]

Is there a next_tool$ in the X post, located in the ptlchg$ postblock?

 

It may just be next_tool in a v9 post, I'm not entirely sure, located in the ptlchg postblock.

 

Edit:

 

Also check the psof/psof$ postblocks.

[Guest]

Make sure the next_tool is called out in you ptlchg_com section

 

code:

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 pbld, n, "G43", *tlngno, pfzout, scoolant, next_tool, e 

---

[Chris Rizzo]

It's not your post, it's the Haas control. If it sees an M01 it will NOT stage a tool, plain and simple.

 

The newer Haas machines will stage a tool without stagetool enabled in your post. (that's about the only thing those machines will do, but that's a conversation for another day) The look-ahead finds it, as long as M01 is not on.

[crazy^millman]

Well not really you can not have a M1 before the next tool. I put my M1 after my toolchange that way I if I wanted it between tools I still had it but I also got the stage tools to work right on the HAAS.

 

 

I put it here in MPMASTER:

code:

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ptlchg          #Tool change                                        

pcuttype

toolchng = one

toolcount = toolcount + 1

if toolcountn <= tooltotal, nexttool = rbuf(4,toolcountn)

else, nexttool = first_tool

if wcstype = one, #Work coordinate system

[

pfbld, n, "G28", "X0.", "Y0.", e

pfbld, n, "G92", *xh, *yh, *zh, e

]

pbld, n, *sm01, e

if mi10=one, n, *sm00, e

ptlchg_com

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HTH

[chip]

Thanks Ron...