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hello Tom,

For my next project, a CNC lathe, I would like to have the tool table with more items, idealy not in a separate window but on a mainscreen :

Tool Slot / Tool ID / Length / Radius / X position / Z Position / X correction / Z correction / Max X correction / Max Z correction / Comments / Image

Is it something feasible?

Cordially

Francois

Francois,

That would require changes to the MFC KMotionCNC Source code. Besides changes to make use of the new values.

Hello Tom,

Well, seems to be more than just a small work, maybe you could consider this in your next update? (that would prove very nice for lathe users).

Until that potential update, I guess I can manage it through another app, the tool table is read at every cycle start or maybe every time a tool is called?

Or with C code, reading and writting in the tool table, using as input what would be written in a an edit box?

Cordially

Francois

Hi Francois,

The Tool Table is read each time the GCode Interpreter begins execution.

And yes the Tool Table could be read/written from a C Program but that might be somewhat slow as KMotionCNC only processes a few commands per second.

Hello Tom,

Thank you, then it should work pretty well, is there a way to use the MPG to increase or decrease the value inside the selected edit box?

Cordially

Francois

Not that I can think of. I suppose you could read/modify/write it but there isn’t currently a method to determine which control has the focus.

Hummm, I was thinking about using 2 unused axis and their DROs, can I rename them to have B and C X and Z?

No, the DROs have fixed hard coded labels.

Hello Tom,

Last idea, is there a way to have DROs on back compared to other button? (to somehow hide/replace the axis digit)

I anyway think it would be very nice to be able to rename the DROs / axis, I plan two new machines with Kflop, one will be a CNC lathe with counter spindle (so X2 Z2) and the other one a machining center with 2 tables and rotary tables (so A1 and A2).

Cordially

Francois

Hi Francois,

No I don't believe there is. For such specific changes you can always edit the source code.

Also I think it would be confusing to have a DRO labeled A2 where that Axis would be moved by B (or some other GCode Axis).

What some Users do when for example they have 2 Spindles with 2 Z axes is to use a button or MCode to re-configure the Axes. So in one mode Z might move Spindle #1 and in another mode Z might move Spindle #2. The Z DRO would then display the position of the active Spindle.