Our machine has a Blum laser for cheking our tools and for picking them up in height. After the laser program is run, the info of the tool is stored in the tool.t page on the controller (tnc530). I have set the proper perameters in the tool page... now the question...

After running a program, I want to check the tool for wear (I get this far), the tool is then locked in the spindle... now..... after checking the tool at the end of the program (and if its out in the tollerance I set), I want it to grab its replacement tool set in the tool page and rerun the program..... how do I program this. Im stuck at getting it to grab the sister tool and rerun the program... if you need an example of a program I can type one out so you can see.... I think it has something to do with the Q199 perameter (info in our Blum book).

if Q199=1 then goto??????

sorry if this sounds confusing, I'm a newbie at this.... thanks to anyone, even if you just read this thread!!!