This is my first post on the forum. I’ve been setting up a few jobs, and I updated to vCarve Pro 12.5 today. I’ve spent hours trying to figure out why when I started my job, the machine would centre on the X axis, and ask me to insert my tool, I click Cycle Start because it was already in place, it then went to the home position and went to the Z 0 position, but it didn’t activate the spindle??? So I stopped the job for investigation.
I’m only using a single tool, and in vCarve I had it set to tool number 1 (naturally), I then put the job on the controller, started it off and it asked me to insert the tool?, I thought that’s a bit odd I’m only using 1 tool, and in vCarve it only shows 1 tool in the toolpath settings.
Anyway it took me hours of trouble shooting, and I noticed on the Masso controller (v 5.10) it had Tool 2 on the program and MDI screen, so I changed my tool number in vCarve to 2 and loaded the job on the Masso and it all started working again!!
Can be confusing I guess but rather than change your program one way you could have dealt with this would have been to be in the MDI screen type T1M6 and press enter.
Thanks @forrey - I guess I’m not understanding why the controller has a default tool number of 2, how did it get to 2, and if its default tool number was originally 1, would the touch probe become tool 1 when installed? Resulting in Tool 2 being the new default for jobs?
Hi, don’t know why your tool was set at 2. Masso will normally start up and default to the last tool number when you switch the controller off. So if you had run a job and the last tool was 4 and you shut the machine down, when you powered up again the tool # would still be set to tool 4 and you would need to call up the tool you want to set up for your job.
Hope this helps.
It sounds like you have a tool setter. The post processor which is created in your Carve program will recognize that you selected each tool for a different part of your carve. In VCarve tool data base you can assign a tool number to each tool. When you a tool for each portion of your carve, your VCarve program adds it to the post processor portion of your Gcode. In Masso, F4 Tools and offsets you should take your Carve data base list of tools and enter them into Masso numerical order matching what you have in your Carve tool data base. Watch this video and he explains the process. Here’s a video setting up your tool data base in each area.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvVy2r7kcvs
Thank you guys, I’ve not been in the studio this last week, family stuff. But by virtue of loading a job which had a single tool path, with the tool number being set to 1, causes the spindle to go to the work location x, y, and then it starts to go down to its z position, all the while the spindle isn’t running and I have to stop the job or it’ll ram the end mill into the work piece. I’ll make a video and share the carve and machine settings, because something isn’t right.
I do understand the explanations above, I come from the IT industry (still in it) with a PLC and process automation background, thought I’d share so you know I’m not a complete novice.
