Is there a way to incorporate into a part program to ask the operator what tool changer slot is currently loaded? PC-DMIS would then accept the slot the operator has specified. My goal is to create a part program in the event that a part program is aborted. I want the operator to be able to move the probe to a safe area for rotation to A0B0 before it approaches the tool changer. Thanks.
I have a need that is similar to Mark's. I'd like to be able to find out what tool is loaded but
without any operator prompts (can't trust inexperienced operators). This would have to be done BEFORE the first LOADPROBE command. I looked through the HELP files for some sort of GETSETTING command or GETPROGRAMINFO command or PROBEDATA command but nothing exists to extract this info. The system has is somewhere - if I could open/read a .DAT file or if there's something deep in the bowels of PC-DMIS that I can extract, I can figure out the rest.
