Originally Posted by
upnorth
It now has probe protection and it works. Instead of the switch idea like it shows in the manual I used a 1/4" phono jack that closes an input when the jack is inserted. This eliminates any worries about forgetting to activate a probe protection circuit switch. I don't know if this is normal for a phono jack it came from my junk box. It could probably be wired up the same way using a stereo jack that one terminal is jumpered internally. Its probably out of some piece of commercial equipment. I am very happy with the drewtronics probe. It sure beats edge finders and gauge blocks.
I have an output switching common to an input assigned as ProbeDetect. In my M6 (tool change) macro I have the following line:
Code:
IF [#4120 == 99] THEN M67 ELSE M87 ;If tool is tool 99, then activate output 7, otherwise deactivate output 7.
This assumes that OUT7 is defined as "output7" using the Acorn Wizard for the M67 and M87 macros to work.
I just added this line just before the end of my m6 macro. My wireless probe is tool 99. In my probe installation I added this little junction box on my spindle. It gives me a way to enable probe detect manually. It now has the added benefit of a visual indicator when the ProbeDetect input is on, such as when #4120 == 99. Very cool to have this working. This is an automatic probe detect of sorts for a situation like mine with a wireless probe.