How do I do a manual tool change?
22 Nov 2017 11:00 #102180
by eslavko
Replied by eslavko on topic How do I do a manual tool change?
On old version (running Ubuntu) that's works without problem. I use it near all the time. Probably way more people use that than Andy think. For users with simple machines with collet spindle the inserted tool has different length every time.
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29 Nov 2017 19:15 #102502
by cptX
Replied by cptX on topic How do I do a manual tool change?
Yes, I absolutely agree! This is exactly what I have, too!
I rewrote the whole patch from the beginning. The previous patch, had too many unnecessary modifications, including many comments that he doesn't understand what is happeninng in the code. Plus the window Manual tool change was always visible. I now hide this window from the beginning.
The only fear I have is that linuxcncStat.read_line may not be reliable in all cases!
I will test it and I will give you a feedback.
I rewrote the whole patch from the beginning. The previous patch, had too many unnecessary modifications, including many comments that he doesn't understand what is happeninng in the code. Plus the window Manual tool change was always visible. I now hide this window from the beginning.
The only fear I have is that linuxcncStat.read_line may not be reliable in all cases!
I will test it and I will give you a feedback.
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01 Aug 2018 19:57 #115339
by whoppa
Replied by whoppa on topic How do I do a manual tool change?
Thank you, worked for me, just what I wanted.
i am new to Linux and had to get root access to be able to edit tool change file.
i am new to Linux and had to get root access to be able to edit tool change file.
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02 Aug 2018 11:39 #115397
by agris
Hey cptX,
Any news on your reworked manual toolchange?
Please attach your file so I can try to test it, too.
Replied by agris on topic How do I do a manual tool change?
Yes, I absolutely agree! This is exactly what I have, too!
I rewrote the whole patch from the beginning. The previous patch, had too many unnecessary modifications, including many comments that he doesn't understand what is happeninng in the code. Plus the window Manual tool change was always visible. I now hide this window from the beginning.
The only fear I have is that linuxcncStat.read_line may not be reliable in all cases!
I will test it and I will give you a feedback.
Hey cptX,
Any news on your reworked manual toolchange?
Please attach your file so I can try to test it, too.
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08 Nov 2021 23:55 - 08 Nov 2021 23:56 #225737
by Vladcronos
Replied by Vladcronos on topic How do I do a manual tool change?
lol, here we are, 9 years later and still no manual tool change? That came unexpected to me, as I find it hard to understand why to just stop disabling jogging and let me jog just like mach3/4 and let me reset Z at any position. Seems dead simple... seems like that is gonna ruin my day today haha
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09 Nov 2021 00:10 #225739
by Vladcronos
Replied by Vladcronos on topic How do I do a manual tool change?
Hi Andy, I am here with the same problem, and I agree that manual tool change is a pita. I can easily setup a sensor tho, right on a side of a bed for example. I am not very experienced in coding though, Could you please guide me in the right direction, maybe there is some sort of basic guide on setting that up anywhere?
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!
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09 Nov 2021 00:43 #225742
by tommylight
Maybe you forgot this:
forum.linuxcnc.org/39-pncconf/44138-stra...n-analog-outputs-ssr
Replied by tommylight on topic How do I do a manual tool change?
Really ??????lol, here we are, 9 years later and still no manual tool change? That came unexpected to me, as I find it hard to understand why to just stop disabling jogging and let me jog just like mach3/4 and let me reset Z at any position. Seems dead simple... seems like that is gonna ruin my day today haha
Maybe you forgot this:
forum.linuxcnc.org/39-pncconf/44138-stra...n-analog-outputs-ssr
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09 Nov 2021 07:54 #225785
by Vladcronos
Replied by Vladcronos on topic How do I do a manual tool change?
What does it have to do with my question here?
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11 Nov 2021 21:12 #226143
by andypugh
If you use the Gmoccapy GUI then tool-length probing is integrated in to the GUI (with a few config tweaks):
linuxcnc.org/docs/2.8/html/gui/gmoccapy....uto-tool-measurement
Replied by andypugh on topic How do I do a manual tool change?
Hi Andy, I am here with the same problem, and I agree that manual tool change is a pita. I can easily setup a sensor tho, right on a side of a bed for example. I am not very experienced in coding though, Could you please guide me in the right direction, maybe there is some sort of basic guide on setting that up anywhere?
If you use the Gmoccapy GUI then tool-length probing is integrated in to the GUI (with a few config tweaks):
linuxcnc.org/docs/2.8/html/gui/gmoccapy....uto-tool-measurement
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11 Nov 2021 22:08 #226150
by Vladcronos
Replied by Vladcronos on topic How do I do a manual tool change?
Thanks a lot for the link Andy, gonna dig into that tonight then! .. to call that a "few" is a stretch tho, haha. I have a feeling that whoever wrote that documentation spent much more time and more effort to make that text than it would take to just improve the software and just implement these features in an easier way so we all don't have to do the same programming task on our computers million times (for million users), to make them accessible to non Linux programmer people, like myself. I'll eventually learn this and figure it out, but maaaan, that so inefficient... 
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