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that is a simple device, conected to the extra M codes, and the cnc simply waits for the return signal; i don't have experience with extra M codes, but this should be possible for your machinea guy added a simple switch
i don't know for u100m, but on newer machines, there is the measuring cycle, CALL OO30, that will measure the tools; it can also detect if a tool is broken, by chaning it's behaviour via a selection flag ( VFST ); in other words, if you have allready have a measuring cycle, then it may be possible to :has tool breakage detection built in, but not sure how to take advantage of this
... change it to detect broken tools
... write a soubroutine, that will execute the default measuring cycle, and compare the result "after" with the result "before"; this requires reading the actual offset via a system variable
hmm, again, i don't know for your machine, but such a device may came with default cycles that should help you detect the broken tools; there are different products, and different vendors, and sometimes compatibility stuff may appear; contact your okuma dealer, renishaw, or blum, or fanuc, etc, and ask if they have such equipment for your machineMore advanced....is it possible to put a tool length probe?
try to go for a test 1st, on your machine, and perhaps is not ok to take decisions if you see the device working on a similar machine / kindly