Fadal Manual Tool change help

[snocat_trf]

I am having trouble with my umbrella tool changer and I need to run this machine until I can get it fixed, How do I tell my program to stop and let me do a manual tool change? Optional stop? what do I need to do to disable the turret also?

Help!!! we are in a down situation, and this is the best place I have until after lunch to ask a question.....

Snocat

 

[stevo1]

Does your machine use a macro to do the tool change? Can you post the code. You can alter the program to stop with a M0 or operator message before the M6 command. There are a lot of things to take into consideration if system variables are specifying which tool is in the spindle ect.

Stevo

 

[Goff]

Tool change

How about this:

... WORK WITH TOOL #1 FINISHES ...
G0 M5 M9
G53 Z0(... SEND TOOL TO TOOL CHANGE POSITION
M0 (STOP
(MANUALLY CHANGE TOOL #2
(PUSH CYCLE START
E.. H2 X.. Y.. Z.. M3 M8 S...
... DO TOOL # 2 WORK...

 

[snocat_trf]

I changed the M06 to M01 and turned on the optional stop switch and gave it a Z16.0 and put a comment in to change the tool to the desired one. I hope they do what the screen tells them so I don't have to fix anything when I get in tomorrow morning.
The parts for the toolchanger will be in tomorrow as well.

 

[Ballistic42]

When your ATC was down, what was the code you used for the manual tool change? I am in the same boat right now.

Jeff