PathPilot controlled lathe toolchanger

Hello smgvbest !!

Do you have a link to this "zbot' code?

Thanks,

Iron-Man

Hello All !!

Can anyone point me to " zbot code " and you can reverse if from there"

Thanks,

Iron-Man

micknucam wrote: Here are the files in various version, the hex file is here just changed the .txt to .hex.

Don't for get i use 4 bits to check the tool position, these are hall effect devices and small magnets 3 bits for 8 tools and a in position bit


Any Problems


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Mike

Hello micknucam !!

Can you post your pathpilot files showing your toolchanger interface to pathpilot ?

Thanks,

Iron-Man

Hello IronMan

Sorry for late reply been ill with the corvid bug !

I will sort them out for you I don’t use the turret ! I will get the files off my mate george! There’s also a bit file that has a pwm output.

micknucam wrote: Hello IronMan

Sorry for late reply been ill with the corvid bug !

I will sort them out for you I don’t use the turret ! I will get the files off my mate george! There’s also a bit file that has a pwm output.

Hello micknucam !!

Hope you feel better.
Vit D3, Zinc and Selenium are the key.

Thanks,

Iron-Man

As far as I can work out...

Pathpilot sends pulse width for tool number and a "Go" digital output

Tool changer moves to desired position and gives back an "ok" signal
Easily replicated with an Arduino, just to respond correctly..i did it with a multimeter to measure the pwm and go signal and a wire link to say DONE..

Seemed to behave correctly.

It's all in the Hal file you just have to reverse engineer it

How you move the turret and establish actual position is another thing...i'll look into a Siemens s7-1200 cpu..it has analog in and stepper pulse and dir output.......

Project For another day!..

Hope this helps