Manual Tool Change

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20 Jul 2020 23:29 #175277 by cndewitt
Manual Tool Change was created by cndewitt
I have added the axis_manualtoolchange.hal file to my directory, and have added the filename to the HAL section in the INI file. Now, when I startup LinuxCNC I even get the dialog box that says something about "you are using the manual tool change, this box will go away in a few seconds". However, when I issue a tool change like "T1 M6 G43", my system just freezes. If I turn off the machine power (F2) and then back on, then I can get it unfrozen, but the system still shows as though no tool has been selected. I'm sure I am doing something wrong, I just can't figure out what it is. Any help would be appreciated.

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20 Jul 2020 23:58 #175282 by cmorley
Replied by cmorley on topic Manual Tool Change
my guess is the HAL for axis_manualtoolchange are not connected.
Please post your config files.

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21 Jul 2020 13:25 #175333 by cndewitt
Replied by cndewitt on topic Manual Tool Change
Ok. Got it figured out. I want to use this WITHOUT the HAL component. I had tried it both ways but was getting an error without the HAL component as well. Ended up seeing that the HAL examples page has an extra "." in one of the lines, so a simple copy and paste will not work. Might want to have that page updated for others that try to copy and paste in the future.

"net tool-change-loopback iocontrol.0.tool.-change => iocontrol.0.tool-changed"
should be
"net tool-change-loopback iocontrol.0.tool-change => iocontrol.0.tool-changed"

The page is:
linuxcnc.org/docs/html/hal/hal-examples.html

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21 Jul 2020 18:29 #175357 by cmorley
Replied by cmorley on topic Manual Tool Change
Fixed thanks

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