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Thanks Dave,

I have been running with the B axis disabled for a while so just reenabled it rebooted and all seems fine now hopefully it'll stay like that.

Calum

For some unknown reason when I call a tool change with something like T1M6 my B axis moves along with the Z axis if I disable the B axis all works as it should, what could be causing this? I did some mechanical work on my Z axis to reduce backlash after this was compel I went to the motor tuning but...

Hi Dave, I thought you may be interested to know that I have discovered what causes this issue. Recently I re enabled backlash compensation and the unexpected X Y movment returned, this disapaired once I disabled the backlash comp. I don't know if this is a function of Mach3 or Smothsteeper, may be ...

Hi Dave, I have just started setting up MSM Turn and notice that the X axis seems to be reversed when compaired to your documentation. On my installation X- is towards the top of the screen, above zero, with X+ towards the bottom. In you document X+ is up and X- down, is there a way to change this? ...

No worries, I was just getting adventurous. I'm happy with what I have.

Cheers
Calum

Great thanks Dave I got this working with the info you provided. I can now get the next tool description and diameter into the tool table at run time. I guess there is no way to unset the empty flag associated with each tool other than via the xml file but this isn't a problem, I can just make the f...

Thanks Dave, now I have some home work.

Cheers
Calum

Hi Dave,

That would be appreciated and ,if I have the abblity, fast track what im trying to do. I have been looking through some of the scripts in your app to see what I can learn.

Let me know if there is anything I need to do to enable this to happen.

Calum

Thanks Dave you are always helpful. I have plenty to think about now. Yes I was refering to the Mach Status info as you thought. I can get almost anything into the gcode via the post processor, getting at it is another thing altogeather. I will pursue the Cypress file calls and see how far I get. Ch...

Hi Dave, Thanks for your comprehensive reply. I have done pretty much what you suggest with a M script and can get the tool diameter into the tool table but getting the description is where I get stuck. I was trying to find a way to access the Status history in the script, I can get this info into t...