Maximum tool slot number

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31 Oct 2010 17:35 #4987 by strangedevice
The biggest tool slot number I have been able to use in EMC2 (I am using 2.3.5) is 56. The g-code

T57 M6

gives an error "Selected tool slot too large".

Is there a configuration setting that will increase this number?

Many thanks,

Anton

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31 Oct 2010 18:58 #4991 by BigJohnT
In 2.4.x

The maximum number of entries in the tool table is 56. The maximum tool and pocket number is 99999


www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html//gcode_too...ill-Format-Tool-File

John

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31 Oct 2010 19:38 #4996 by strangedevice
Thanks John.

So, to be clear, in the g-code statement

TN

the N refers to the slot in the table (max 56), not the tool number (max 99999)?

In the documentation you link to, the last line of the example table is:
T99999	P99999	D23.75000	Z-0.3000000	;You have a lot of tools

This seems to suggest that I can have a huge library of tools, and number them 0-99999.
This is how my CAM software views the world.

I can put up to 56 of these in EMCs tool table.

Now, if I ask the CAM software to use tool 81 (a 3mm endmill, say), it generates
T81 M6

which causes an error from EMC, as it's greater than 56 (rather than EMC looking up tool number 81 in the table).

If I understood correctly, I am limited to describing a maximum of 56 tools in the CAM program?

I use manual tool changes anyway, so I don't really care about the actual tool numbers.

Thanks for any further clarification.

Anton

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31 Oct 2010 20:22 - 31 Oct 2010 20:22 #4998 by BigJohnT
While that is possible in 2.4.x it may not be possible in 2.3.x.

John
Last edit: 31 Oct 2010 20:22 by BigJohnT.

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