Disable Spindle for particular tools?

[danielbriggs]

Hi Dave,
Is it possible to disable the spindle for specific tools?
I am installing a nice Tormach touch probe, and want to set it as my master tool 0.
As it's a wired tool and connected to the mill I'd hate for the spindle to start under any circumstances.

Is there a way to define a tool to "block" any spindle start M3/M4 commands while Mach has that particular tool in it?
And "business as normal" whenever regular tools are inserted by the ATC?

All the best,
Dan

[DaveCVI]

There is no such facility built into M3 itself. I did build this into MSM. Make sure to set you the probe tool DRO to the tool number for your probe. MSM disables the spindle when the probe tool is mounted. Note that the master tool DRo and the probe tool DRO can be set to the same tool number.

You can test this out by doing T<probe tool number> M6 (don't actually physically mount the probe tool for testing)
then M3 - MSM will give you a message about the spindle being disabled etc.

Dave

[danielbriggs]

Fantastic Dave.
Yet another reason why MSM and your support are the best.

Cheers,
Dan