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C.1.2 Customization for Performing Tool Change from the Tool
Measurement Screen for Manual Measurement
To change the tool when the [TL-SEL] soft key is pressed on the tool
selection screen, create a P-CODE macro program to be called for
tool change.
Tool number
"TOOL NO." entered on the "T-SELECT" screen is stored in the
following variable:
#(value of parameter No. 12383 + 0) Tool number T entered on the screen
Tool change mechanism
When the [TL-SEL] soft key is pressed, the PMC signal for tool
change is turned on, and the user program for tool change specified in
the following parameter is activated:
12387 Macro program number for tool selection execution
(Default value = 3800)
The procedure used until the macro program for tool change is
activated after the PMC signal is turned on is the same as for manual
measurement. For details, see "Procedure for executing the macro
program for measurement execution" described in Section C.1.1.