Brother TC-225 / TC-229 adventure!

ihavenofish wrote: the second issue i had was that weighted sums are s32, and m66 is expecting a bit. so i just did the weighted sum inside the g code. works fine, just a few more lines of code.)

There are HAL functions that convert between data types, but doing it in the G-code might be tidier.

ok, were stuck on remapping m6.

i put the subroutine path in the ini, and remap m6 line pointing to the ngc file.
it still pops up the "please remove tool" dialogue and does nothing else, so i assume I'm missing something either in the ini, or in hal, or both.

there was an example id found before, but i cant seem to find now.

It sounds like you still have hal_manualtoolchange in the HAL file.

aha. that's a safe bet, cause i sure didn't delete it

ill be in front of the machine in a few hours, ill check it over.

thanks!

ok, got m6 to remap to my subroutine, but i cant manage to figure out how i pass the T number to it. i assume i need to map T to variable which then gets read... somehow.

I'm tired now and my brain has stopped working

Are you using the standard-glue Python scripts in the remap?

In your G-code you can probably use #<tool> for the tool number.
There may also be #<tool_in_spindle>, #<selected_tool>, #<current_pocket> and #<selected_pocket>

no python at this point.

i guess that's required?

looking at the python stuff... is there a "standard" one? or am i creating one and placing it somewhere, based on the example in the docs?

----
def change_prolog(self, **words):
try:
if self.selected_pocket < 0:
return "M6: no tool prepared"

if self.cutter_comp_side:
return "Cannot change tools with cutter radius compensation on"

self.params["tool_in_spindle"] = self.current_tool
self.params["selected_tool"] = self.selected_tool
self.params["current_pocket"] = self.current_pocket
self.params["selected_pocket"] = self.selected_pocket
return INTERP_OK
except Exception, e:
return "M6/change_prolog: %s" % (e)
---

ooooh, stdglue is something different. i see where that's supposed to be added.

is the idea that this will pass the #<tool> into my ngc's list of variables?

thanks!

ok, i think i got it. (not at the shop yet, so this is just in my head)

we add stdglue, which contains out prolog and epilog scrpts. those allow parameters to pass back and forth.

so in my ngc, i need to both read (for the T value) and write back status so the system knows the tool has changed for use in other features, like tool tables, display, etc..

ill get this all down eventually