Mesa Configuration Tool

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09 Jul 2025 06:30 - 09 Jul 2025 15:12 #331557 by AirRacer
Replied by AirRacer on topic Mesa Configuration Tool
I’ve just discovered that the Mesa Configuration Tool (at least the version available prior to 8/19/2024) does not configure the manual tool change section correctly.  I recently discovered this when my file did not stop at the M6 command and continued on to the next set of code.  I was able to look at a .hal file set up with pncconfig and copy the manual tool change section from there and now everything works correctly (I get the manual tool change pop up window when the M6 command is encountered). This is a Mill setup that uses the AXIS GUI.

Here are the two configurations:

Pncconfig version that works:

#  ---manual tool change signals---
net tool-change-request    <= iocontrol.0.tool-change
net tool-change-confirmed  => iocontrol.0.tool-changed
net tool-number            <= iocontrol.0.tool-prep-number 

#  ---Use external manual tool change dialog---
loadusr -W hal_manualtoolchange
net tool-change-request    =>  hal_manualtoolchange.change
net tool-change-confirmed  <=  hal_manualtoolchange.changed
net tool-number            =>  hal_manualtoolchange.number

#  ---ignore tool prepare requests---
net tool-prepare-loopback   iocontrol.0.tool-prepare      =>  iocontrol.0.tool-prepared


Mesa Configuration Tool version that doesn’t invoke the manual tool change pop-up or pause the code at M6:

#  Manual Tool Change Dialog
loadusr -W hal_manualtoolchange
net tool-change-request    =>  hal_manualtoolchange.change
net tool-change-confirmed  <=  hal_manualtoolchange.changed
net tool-number            =>  hal_manualtoolchange.number

# create signals for tool loading loopback
net tool-prep-loop iocontrol.0.tool-prepare => iocontrol.0.tool-prepared
net tool-change-loop iocontrol.0.tool-change => iocontrol.0.tool-changed

 Regards,

Skylor
Last edit: 09 Jul 2025 15:12 by AirRacer.

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