Tool Change

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Carlo edited this page Sep 16, 2015 · 12 revisions

WARNING: This is only a stub, copied from a Issues post, but better than nothing for now.

The log awaited Tool change function is now inside bCNC.

In the tab "Probe" click on "Tool" and you can setup how bCNC will treat the M6 (Tool change commands)

Send to Grbl as is
Ignore completly
Replace with a "tool change" macro which

Stops the spindle
Raises to the Change-Z height
Rapid move to Change X,Y
Wait until you change the tool with a feed hold
Click on resume (hardware or pause software button)
go to Probe X,Y
lower to Probe Z
perform a probe scanning from ProbeZ to ProbeZ - Distance
reset the 0 of the workspace to match the new tool (maybe I should set it to the offset)
and go back inverting the order -> ChangeZ -> ChangeX,Y and continue the gcode

The first time you need to perform a calibration cycle, so bCNC to find the height of the probe tester (plate or switch) vs the 0 of your surface

TODO

You can also activate manually the tool change by clicking on the "Change" button