electronic tool setter, tool touch off process

oh Dang!

Will this populate automatically when the sensor triggers?
Will the process look like this.
1. Load tool zero
2. touch off tool (spindle nose)
3. spindle zero (circled above) is now populated

Thanks for the picture. making the jump from Mach to Linuxcnc has been a humbling adventure.
I really appreciate all the help.

no, you need to manually enter the spindle zero, record the number as positive, ie if the dro reads -12.375" record spindle zero height as 12.375. then it should work as intended!

this may be an elementary question, but.
How will i know when the tool setter has tripped? It has no external indicator on it. If i use hal show, then i will not be able to move the axis.

Not sure what i am missing.

you can use the probing process for z, it records a probed point. just change the probe number in the probe setting to your spindle nose tool number and probe z and record the value that the probe event gives you.

AH! nice!

I am typing out a step by step now. Will copy/paste shortly.
Thank you Lcvette, I appreciate your time.

This is my current understanding of the process. Please correct me if i am wrong.

TOOL LENGTH OFFSET PROCESS


POST WORK PIECE PROBING
probe work piece

SETTING REFERENCE TOOL
1. Load tool 00 for spindle nose.
2. use z probe routine to find z offset value
3. manually enter probed length (as positive value) in the "SPINDLE ZERO" box

4. Load tool# to be used on material.
5. Probe Z routine

6. Cycle start

Thanks again.