ATC Macro projekt

[JeeyBee]

I´m retrofitting a Brother TC211 for UCCNC and now its time for the toolchange macro.
First of all, where do I find documentation about the macro programming and reference syntax?

[JeeyBee]

Aah I looked there but I only registered the PDF files
I attached two pictures but they did not seem to show?

Ugh C#, why cant everybody stick with VB

[JeeyBee]

Is it possible to debug the code?

[Battwell]

if you look in your profile macro folder (in main uccnc directory) you will see macro errors.
make a shortcut to this file- on desktop etc.
it gives a good indication of errors.
note uccnc macros can be finiky about capitals etc-
it updates after every macro error at runtime

[JeeyBee]

More questions
Whats the string to get a digital input?
Like setoutput port pin but instead get input port pin.

Got it "GetLED"

[JeeyBee]

Done!
The toolchanger is controlled with an arduino.
https://youtu.be/10IQWyFWIfs

[cncdrive]

Wow, nice job, you finished with this pretty fast.
Are you using the UCCNC modbus plugin to send data to the Arduino which then controls the ATC?

[JeeyBee]

Thanks
I thought it would be a good thing to take one thing at a time so I made it simple so that UCCCNC i sending a combination of four signals that is the same as the toolchanger gives the arduino.
The little bit tricky thing was that I cant wait for the right signals on the toolchanger because then its too late to stop it and it will move on past the right position so I had to count the positions and then verify it with the sensors.

Attached is the macro if anyone is interrested.

[lp_felix]

Hi

How can you prevent the user to move Z up until reach atc zone?