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Figured I'd post a video of the tool changer doing a test file in wood to show the final result. I've got a few more tweaks to make, but the work flow is there and everything is working as expected. Thanks again for all of the help!

https://photos.app.goo.gl/LY1pxkkWhsiktbZy9

Thanks a ton! The M6 command was setup as just Exec/Wait. Once I changed it to Exec/Wait/Sync, it worked perfectly fine. I'll probably fine tune the post processor a bit, but it's officially up and running with automatic tool changes:).

Well, I had a heck of a time with the setup after trying to get the post processor configured. Unfortunately, the tool changes started cross-threading for the first time, and fairly consistently. Looks like the alignment of the spindle to the tool changer bays shifted about 5-7 thousandths in both X...

The sweet taste of victory! :D It took me a moment to believe it, but it's officially changing tools and zeroing the tool tips to the same point. Can't thank you enough for all of the help with this! Creating a custom patch for me to get this thing working turned out to be a life-saver and was incre...

No worries at all and I should be thanking you for your patience! I really appreciate all of the time you're spending helping someone as inexperienced as I am to figure all of this out. Thanks a ton! If you happen to find a work-around to make this approach work, that would be fantastic in terms of ...

Thanks a ton for all of the help and sorry it's giving us so much guff! Yes, 10000 counts/inch is how Z is currently setup in KmotionCNC. That's correct as well that Tool 2 is 1/4" shorter than Tool 1. I've attached the programs below along with the console results and some notes after running each ...

Okay, so I didn't originally catch that you had changed the "CorrectAnalogFunction" command to an int command in the load and unload tool sections for testing when I was comparing the lines of code. It looks like that was the culprit for keeping the spindle from staying on. I put the CorrectAnalogFu...

Thanks so much! I believe I adapted the code and was attempting to give it a try, however, I'm having an intermittent problem with my spindle that's now rather permanent. Occassionally, my spindle wouldn't turn on during the tool changes, which would be detrimental and cause major machine damage if ...

Oops, thanks! I changed the probezandoffset.c program back to the way it was. I'm not sure I understand well enough how to accomplish what you mentioned, so I turned again to Grok, ha! I put what Grok came up with below for moving the DoPCFloat(PC_COMM_SET_Z, dro_value); command right after the tool...

Thanks! I tried it like this: Jog(AXISZ, -3000); while (ReadBit(Z_PROBE_BIT)); DoPCFloat(PC_COMM_SET_Z, TOUCH_PLATE_THICKNESS); // Set Z=0 at workpiece surface Jog(AXISZ, 0); while (!CheckDone(AXISZ)); Sadlly, It still seems to be moving the tools to the exact same Machine (G53) point, so the longer...