[dickben]

Hi all
I want to unify our tool system on four Heidenhain controllers. From 426 to i530 - > all are represented.

I have now introduced short meaningful descriptions for all tools that I can call through the tool call as a text on the newer controllers. On the 426 I get is as numbers. On all machines we work with the tool-pocket table.
In the TOOL.T all available tools should be included. Thus, there are about 400 tools that have a unique name and number.
My question is: Can I edit the TOOL.T on the computer and put is correctly back to the controller??

There are also data such as fishing and cut that I want to maintain. On the machine, only the tool dimensions are completed.

The TOOL.T is then also a tool library

Greeting Dickben

[roadrunner2]

In principle this is no problem.
Read out TOOL.T with TNCremo - editing (eg text editor) and read in again
Make sure that all your machine are the same columns of your TOOL.T!

[farmer 70]

Hello dickben
I have not tried yet, but I think it would also work with the demo version of the programming station.
Simply enter it like on the machine , save and return to the machine. If it doesn’t work, please give a short feedback....

[wibo2006]

Even with the demo version it works without problems,
I have tested it myself, from the full version onto the demo and vice versa as well as on the machine itself, you can transfer everything without problems.

[dickben]

Hello and thank you for your feedback.

Of course I have searched as well. Everything is possible with Windows Board and Office.

The machines put the programs on our fileserver. Hence the normal xxx.h files. The tool list that I created, is in Excel. You have to be careful, that the columns don’t have more characters than the number that the TOOL.T allows – otherwise the controller complains. Then I created an Access table in a way that all columns and column widths as permissible. T is 8 characters wide, NAME is 16 characters wide and DOC is 16 characters wide. Then I imported the Excel file with all 500 rows into the Access table. Then only export the table as a text file, rename in TOOL.T, then return to controller and its all correct.

Sounds wild, but only takes about 1 hour, and there are no syntax errors in the tool.t.

This tool list will also soon be incorporated into our new CAM system.

[SW]

Hello
So I edit my TOOL.T and CDT the files with the Windows editor So I can easily edit the 9999 tools. With the editor, I can open and edit the TOOL.T, and easily store it without having to rename or export anything.