MasterCam doesn't post toolchange when "enable tool stage routine" enabled.

[mayhew1]

Posting from MasterCam X6 to Fanuc 16i . When I go and check "enable tool staging routine" in controller, M6 T# doesn't occur if only posting a single tool. Here is my post processor. Appreciate any help.

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[RuckinFugger15]

tell me if this works please

[Superman]

tell me if this works please

If your attempt is just a little fun....I suggest you go and play games elsewhere...say, the middle lane on the freeway

      "%", e$
      *progno$, e$
      "(PROGRAM NAME - ", sprogname$, ")", e$
      "(DATE=DD-MM-YY - ", date$, " TIME=HH:MM - ", time$, ")", e$
      "(you really want all that in there ^^?)" e$    <--- this is your addition
      pbld, n$, *smetric, e$

mayhew1......ignore the previous posters attachment.

normally for a single tool program, you load the tool ( into spindle ) before running the code. The machine is not continually checking / loading the same tool ( to save time )
but there can be reasons to ensure that the correct tool is loaded before running code

so find in the pst file and do the highlighted change ( one place only )

psof$            #Start of file for non-zero tool number             
      pcuttype
      toolchng = one
      if ntools$ = one,
        [
        #skip single tool outputs, stagetool must be on
        #stagetool = m_one     # comment placed to stop stagetool value being change to -1
        !next_tool$
        ]
      "%", e$
      *progno$, e$
      "(PROGRAM NAME - ", sprogname$, ")", e$
      "(DATE=DD-MM-YY - ", date$, " TIME=HH:MM - ", time$, ")", e$
...
...
...
...
      pcom_moveb
      c_mmlt$ #Multiple tool subprogram call
      ptoolcomment
      comment$
      pcan
      if stagetool >= zero, pbld, n$, *t$, "M6", e$   # if stagetool is -1.... then this line is not executed
      pindex
      if mi1$ > one, absinc$ = zero

[RuckinFugger15]

that's not all I changed superman. no games. just a question.