Tool Setting Options For Routers and Mills

[cncnewguy]

Figured it out. As the name states "CNC NEW GUY"

Thanks Works as advertised.

[CNCMaryland]

hello. with all the different types of probes out there as you might imagine there are MANY combinations that can be used.
here is a guide to help sort out probe setup with Acorn CNC12
Note: on the next CNC12 release the Acorn setup Wizard will automatically take care of all of this buy simply answering a few questions, but for now you have to answer the question here and fill in the parameter settings yourself.

1. Probe installed ?
a. If not, set parameter 11 to 0 or do nothing.
b. If so, what input is the probe installed on? Set parameter 11 to that input number.

2. What type of input is it?
a. If it closes when the probe is tripped then parameter 11 should be a positive value.
b. If it opens when the probe is tripped then parameter 11 should be a negative value.

3. Does the probe have a detect signal installed?
a. If it doesn’t, then set parameter 18 to 0.
b. If it does, what input is it installed on? Set parameter 18 to that input number.

4. What type of input is it?
a. If it closes when the probe is connected then parameter 18 should be a positive value.
b. If it opens when the probe is connected then parameter 18 should be a negative value.

5. Tool touch-off device installed?
a. If not, set parameter 44 to 0 or do nothing.
b. If so, what input is the tool touch-off device installed on? Set parameter 44 to that input.

6. What type of input is it?
a. If it closes when the tool touch-off device is tripped then parameter 44 should be a positive value.
b. If it opens when the tool touch-off device is tripped then parameter 44 should be a negative value.

7. Does the tool touch-off device have a detect signal installed?
a. If it doesn’t, then set parameter 257 to 0.
b. If it does, what input is it installed on? Set parameter 257 to that input.

8. What type of input is it?
a. If it closes when the tool touch-off device is connected then parameter 257 should be a positive value.
b. If it opens when the tool touch-off device is connected then parameter 257 should be a negative value.

9. Using tool touch-off device to set the Z Reference?
a. If not, then do nothing.
b. If so, then add 2 to parameter 43.

10. height of the tool touch-off automatically taken into account when measuring tools?
a. If not, then do nothing.
b. If so, then add 1 to parameter 43 value. And set parameter 71 to the height of the tool touch off device.

Note: Probe detect signal cannot be the same input as the tool touch-off device but that the probe tripped signal can be the same as the tool touch-off tripped signal as long as both signals are using the same NO or NC logic. Thanks.

This is a great resource but I have a question. I have a Touch Probe (working) and I have a fixed point height setter (working). How would I go about adding a Z moveable Z touch off plate.

[martyscncgarage]

What is a "Z movable Z touch off plate"?
Can you provide a picture and or a link to the manual?

[slodat]

If your input is normally open, wire the fixed and moveable in parallel to the same input. If it’s normally closed, wire them in series. This is what I did and it works great with the macro posted. I don’t have a probe installed yet.

[CNCMaryland]

What is a "Z movable Z touch off plate"?
Can you provide a picture and or a link to the manual?

Standard Moveable Z Touch Plate.

[CNCMaryland]

If your input is normally open, wire the fixed and moveable in parallel to the same input. If it’s normally closed, wire them in series. This is what I did and it works great with the macro posted. I don’t have a probe installed yet.

Thank you, I will give that a try.

[cbb1962]

I found this post from 2012 that has a sample of a Rackmount tool changer. It was created for the AllInOne, will this work for the Acorn? viewtopic.php?f=20&t=556

rackmountm6.txt

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[Dan M]

Here's the macro running on my router I was able to run a test part with it today. Thanks for the macro guys. Also a picture of the part. https://youtu.be/HO7MdLyIyrw https://youtu.be/a50QL3MReQw

[martyscncgarage]

I found this post from 2012 that has a sample of a Rackmount tool changer. It was created for the AllInOne, will this work for the Acorn? viewtopic.php?f=20&t=556

rackmountm6.txt

Sure it could work. Much depends if you have enough IO.
Marty

[cbb1962]

Here's the macro running on my router I was able to run a test part with it today. Thanks for the macro guys. Also a picture of the part.

Very Cool Dan!

With Swissi's help I was also able to modify the macro even further to display the tool description from Fusion360:

Here is the thread: viewtopic.php?f=60&t=1876#p13347

This will add the tool info from Fusion360 onto the first line and the 2nd line does have the tool diameter and Tool Height Offset from the CNC12 Tool library so you can compare if the info matches.

The prompt in CNC12 looks like this:

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-swissi

Perhaps you can modify the post for V-Carve Pro to do the same. It helps a lot - on jobs with many tool changes.