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--- mycnc:m6_tool_change_macro:m6_tool_change_macro [2019/10/07 12:15] – ivan
+++ mycnc:m6_tool_change_macro:m6_tool_change_macro [2019/10/07 12:35] – ivan
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 G10 L81 P102 Q5042
-(M63 sets both ports 1 and 2 off - pen and knife respectively)
+(M63 sets both ports 1 and 2 off - assigned ports for pen and knife respectively)
 M63P1
 M63P2
 G4 P1 (one second pause)
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-In this example, Pen is assigned as tool 4, with output 1 controlling its movement up/down during the tool switch, and Knife is assigned as tool 2, with output 2 controlling its movement up/down (assuming some sort of pneumatic system is activated when output 1/2 are turned on/off). M62 is a Hardware PLC procedure which turns a select port ON, while M63 turns a select output OFF. Overall, it is still necessary to use the M6 procedure in addition to M62/63 for the selected outputs, as M6 allows to compensate for the offset between the different tools.
+In this example, Pen is assigned as tool 4, with output 1 controlling its movement up/down during the tool switch, and Knife is assigned as tool 2, with output 2 controlling its movement up/down (assuming some sort of pneumatic system is activated when output 1/2 are turned on/off). M62 is a Hardware PLC procedure which turns a select port ON, while M63 turns a select output OFF.
+Overall, it is still necessary to use the M6 procedure in addition to M62/63 for the selected outputs, as M6 allows to compensate for the offset between the different tools.
 Note that in order to prevent z-axis movement at the beginning of the program, it is also required to set the Lift Height to 0 during the DXF import.