Tool holder parameters

[Tim Johnson]

Can anyone tell me what parameter the head number in the tool holder definition window uses? The rest of the holder parameters (that I think I need) are in 20007.

 

Edit: This is for mill

[Guest]

I'm not sure this is what you're looking for but here goes.

 

17592 - Bitwise number containing the heads that are used

 

you might check 18514 and 18515 as well

[Tim Johnson]

John,

 

I'm not sure if 17592 is what I want or not. The title "MACH: MULTI_HEAD_COMPONENT_TYPE" is telling me no I think. There's no more info for that parameter. I'm looking for the parameter that stores the field called "Head #" right under the "Tool #" field in the Define Tool window. I put "3333" in the box and it took so does that tell me that it's not bitwise or does it just not have format control?

 

We had an operator that typed .005 on a tool length offset, hit the input button rather than +input and proceeded to drive that tool into a clustertower. I want to add gage length checks to my program and use the "head #" field as a tool holder identifier.

 

Edit: I just searched for 17592 in the .nci file and came up empty.

[Tim Johnson]

FYI

 

The variable for that field is lstation$.