Originally Posted by
Steve Seebold
My 1100 is now 7 years old. I don’t have the ATC on my machine because it wasn’t available yet. I got my machine in July of 2011 and the ATC wasn’t available till October.
I still don’t have the ATC, but with the kind of work I do, who cares.
I did however get the foot pedal. That has been a lifesaver. With the foot pedal, I can change tools in 10 seconds or less, chip to chip.
The problem is not with the ATC as near as I can tell. The problem is with tool length application from the tool table. It shouldn't make any difference how you change the tool. A manual tool change or an ATC tool change when called from code should read and apply the tool length automatically and properly. I have not heard back from Tormach on the issue, but my next step is to re-install PathPilot from scratch, The used (very used) warranty replacement computer they sent me was already configured so my thought is maybe it was not configured properly for my machine. A fresh installation would allow me to do all the setup from scratch. I have to say I would not buy another preconfigured PathPilot computer from them. It sure didn't save me any time in setup. LOL.
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The second issue stems from having a “H” that does not match the “T”. It will turn red and report the height of the “H” you called. Make sure your post processor is matching the “T” and ”H” in your G-code. " I seem to recall a conversation here on this subject before. I had forgotten it until now, but it seems I didn't care for the resolution. Anybody remember the title of that thread so I can search for it and read it.