Machine has an ATC with a magazine rack. Tool pockets are not all in line and do not have the same z height. I do have all positions of the pockets. What would be an elegant way to map the tool change position to the arbitrary pocket location?
My first idea was to have the pocket positions stored in a .hal file like this:
Code:
[CHANGE_POSITION_1]
X = 3391
Y = 1084
Z = -158.7
[CHANGE_POSITION_2]
X = 3391
Y = 980
Z = -158.7
[CHANGE_POSITION_3]
X = 3057
Y = 882.6
Z = -50.5
And write a atc_rack_change.ngc subroutine remapped to M6 like this:
Code:
; #1 is current pocket number
o100 if [EXISTS[#<_ini[change_position_#1]x>]]
G53 g1 Z0 F30000
G53 g0 X [#<_ini[change_position_#1]x>]
G53 g0 Y [#<_ini[change_position_#1]y>]
(...)
Which isn't working as the #1 variable in the change_position_ variable is not parsed. Any better ideas?
I haven't tried putting the #1 in brackets. Will try that.
