stage last tool as T0 in program

[kool]

i m using MPmaster post for X4. Post stage last tool as first tool in program. is there a way to force last tool as T0

[K2csq7]

Do you know how to use the post debugger?

[kool]

yes, i have used post debugger in past. i just need little direction

[K2csq7]

What exactly do you want your program to do when it gets to the end?

 

Do you want it to call up M6 T0?

 

Just "T0"?

 

Or do you want it not to call any tool at the end & just leave whatever is in the spindle there?

[K2csq7]

The first step is to run it through the debugger to see where the last tool staging is coming from.

[kool]

we have Makino cell system. At the end of a program run, i want spindle to be empty.

 

some thing like this

 

O0001

N10

T1M6

T2

G54 X.Y. S1000M3

.

.

.

G0G91G28Z0M5

M1

N20

T2M6

T1 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(I want to force "T0" at this point)

G54X.Y. S1000M3

.

.

.

G0G91G28Z0M5

M1

M6

M30

[K2csq7]

Kool, Read post # 10, it is a better idea.......

[Tim Johnson]

Try this;

 

ptlchg$          #Tool change
     pcuttype
     toolchng = one
     toolcount = toolcount + 1
     if toolcountn <= tooltotal, nexttool = rbuf(4,toolcountn)
     #else, nexttool = first_tool$ <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< replace this
     else, nexttool = 0 #<<<<<<<<<<<<<<with this

[Tim Johnson]

Try this;

 

ptlchg$          #Tool change
     pcuttype
     toolchng = one
     toolcount = toolcount + 1
     if toolcountn <= tooltotal, nexttool = rbuf(4,toolcountn)
     #else, nexttool = first_tool$ <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< replace this
     else, nexttool = 0 #<<<<<<<<<<<<<<with this

 

Edit: also here;

 

psof$            #Start of file for non-zero tool number
     ptravel
     pwritbuf5
     pcuttype
     toolchng = one
     if ntools$ = one,
       [
       #skip single tool outputs, stagetool must be on
       #stagetool = m_one
       !next_tool$
       ]
     tooltotal = rbuf(4,0)  #Reads total tool and null tool changes
     if toolcountn <= tooltotal, nexttool = rbuf(4,toolcountn)
     #else, nexttool = first_tool$ <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< replace this
     else, nexttool = 0 #<<<<<<<<<<<<<<with this

 

and here;

 

ptlchg0$         #Call from NCI null tool change (tool number repeats)
     toolchng0 = one
     if op_id$ <> last_op_id,
       [
       rd_params$  # Read parameters - pparameter
       pmisccheck
       ]
     pcuttype
     toolcount = toolcount + 1
     if toolcountn <= tooltotal, nexttool = rbuf(4,toolcountn)
     #else, nexttool = first_tool$ <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< replace this
     else, nexttool = 0 #<<<<<<<<<<<<<<with this

[K2csq7]

At the end of a program run, i want spindle to be empty.

 

Forget altering the tool stageing stuff,

Just add these 2 lines to the peof postblock

 

peof$        	#End of file for non-zero tool   		
 	pretract
 	if lock_codes = one & rot_on_x, pbld, n$, *sunlock, sunlockcomm, e$
 	rotretflg = 1
#  pbld, n$, *sg28, "X0.", "Y0.", protretinc, e$
 pbld, n$, *sg28, "Y0.", protretinc, e$
 	rotretflg = 0
 	if lock_codes = one & rot_on_x, pbld, n$, *slock, slockcomm, e$
 	comment$
 	if not(index), n$, *sg90, e$
 	n$, "T0", e$                                                   <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<  add this
 	n$, "M06", e$                                                  	<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< and this
 	n$, "M30", e$
 	mergesub$
 	clearsub$
 	mergeaux$
 	clearaux$
 	"%", e$

 	#Multi-post logic
 	spath_in  = spathnci$ + snamenci$
 	spath_set = spathpst$ + sset
 	spath_out = spathnc$ + snamenc$ + sextdoc
 	sparams = ssq + sdq + spath_in + sdq + sspace + sdq + spath_set + sdq + sspace + sdq + spath_out + sdq + ssq

 

This is better if you always want to empty the spindle at the end of the program, because altering the tool staging stuff like that causes problems if you use the first tool multiple times in the program.