Probe_Basic ToolTouchOff

thank you. i will check it.

Sorry to bring the topic up, im trying to figure out what is wrong with my Probing in PROBE BASIC.

The Carousel, tool changing, homing, spindle S line, everything is good. Im running Ethercat XYY and Mesa Z and Carousel simultaneously. All good.
The problem is in the Tool Touch Off Macro, and defining my part coordinates.


- When i touch off my tools, the tool lenght which gets written on the table is very weird - not consistent with the tools im measuring.

- My probe is not on the part itself, but on a specific place on the table. So, after 'zeroing' the tools, i should also zero the part.

As the tool touch off macro is giving inconsistent values, currently I am placing the tool at almost touching the part, and hitting "Zero Z", and changing every tool with MDI codes M6 T(Tn) G43 H(Tn). Placing the tool at the top of the stock surface and hitting "zero Z" is the correct procedure , if im measuring the tools correctly?

Any ideas as to why are tool lengths being inconsistent?

My Spindle nose doesn't reach the probe - due to machine mechanical limitations. I can only touch it if i have a cone + tool. is this OK?

that is setting the work offset, not the tool length offset. if you have a tool with a store tool length offset in the tool table, and you load the tool with its offset active, and then bring the tool tip down and press z zero at the mdi, this will set the work offset to that height plus the tool length offset amount. once you set it for one tool, anytime you load a different tool and go to zero it should move the tools tip to the same physical height as the initial tool.

this requires all of the tools to have been correctly measured.