Emco 240 Tool Turret

Well, you would need to convert to LinuxCNC G-code, but that is just a case of changing IF to O100 IF and O100 ENDIF (basically LinuxCNC requires you to match the IF and ENDIF manually by numbers.)

linuxcnc.org/docs/2.7/html/gcode/o-code.html

Does the turret give any position feedback at all?

You mean a home switch?
There is only a normal stepper motor connected

So how does it know which tool position it is at?

at startup I select which tool is currently loaded
But I can always add a home switch

Maybe it can work for you as it is.

To call the G-code sub with M6 you need to look at this:

linuxcnc.org/docs/2.7/html/remap/remap.h...s_including_tt_m6_tt

You only need to do what it says in section 5.6 to call a G-code subroutine with M6, but you probably need to read other parts of that (huge) document to know where to make the changes.

I got it working and turret made it's first steps.

I got this line at the end of the macro to load the actual tool into linuxcnc.
It works, but it prompts with a message 'insert tool x and continue when ready'.
Is it possible to bypass this message?

M6T#<_selected_tool>

timmert wrote: I got it working and turret made it's first steps.

I got this line at the end of the macro to load the actual tool into linuxcnc.
It works, but it prompts with a message 'insert tool x and continue when ready'.
Is it possible to bypass this message?

M6T#<_selected_tool>

Yes. There are two ways to do this. Currently you probably have hal_manualtoolchange between iocontrol.0.tool-change and biocontrol.0.tool-changed. You can just link them directly and not load hal_manualtoolchange.

Or, simpler but not so correct, just replace the M6 in your macro with M61

Hi Andy,
I use Gmoccapy
I'm not sure how to connect it? It's a bit different.

net tool-change gmoccapy.toolchange-change <= iocontrol.0.tool-change
net tool-changed gmoccapy.toolchange-changed <= iocontrol.0.tool-changed
net tool-prep-number gmoccapy.toolchange-number <= iocontrol.0.tool-prep-number
net tool-prep-loop iocontrol.0.tool-prepare <= iocontrol.0.tool-prepared

timmert wrote: Hi Andy,
I use Gmoccapy
I'm not sure how to connect it? It's a bit different.

net tool-change gmoccapy.toolchange-change <= iocontrol.0.tool-change
net tool-changed gmoccapy.toolchange-changed <= iocontrol.0.tool-changed
net tool-prep-number gmoccapy.toolchange-number <= iocontrol.0.tool-prep-number
net tool-prep-loop iocontrol.0.tool-prepare <= iocontrol.0.tool-prepared

Change that section to:

Working