]> 2026-05-02T10:41:45+02:00 Disabling a Tool Home or Tool Out Sensor 0 en Draft How to temporarily disable a tool out or tool home sensor in the winMulti control software Easy 5 minute(s) If there is a failure of a tool out or tool home sensor on the Stuga spindle ring, it is important to be able to quickly disable the input so the machine can continue production until the problem can be properly resolved. The software has an inbuilt functionality to do this - this tutorial takes you through the necessary steps false en TM018B_Microline_and_ZX3_V_Notch_Blade_Setup_ZX3_Ring.jpg none A change has to be made to one of the setup files, so you need to exit to the desktop Navigate to the directory containing tools.mul. Depending on the machine type, this could be c:\multi, c:\ddrive or d:\ <nowiki><br/><div class="icon-instructions info-icon"><br /><div class="icon-instructions-icon"><i class="fa fa-info-circle"></i></div><br /><div class="icon-instructions-text">...The ioReferences for the spindle home / out inputs are different for various machine types. This is a historical anomaly left over from when the control programs were merged</div><br /></div><br /><br />See [https://stuga.dokit.app/wiki/Stuga_Machine_IO_Dictionary_-_Inputs Dictionary] for more detail on IO inputs<br /><br />'''For Autoflows:'''<br /><br />The ioRefs are in the range 67-86 and begin InB_Spin....<br /><br /><br />'''For ZX and Flowline:'''<br /><br />The ioRefs are in the range 405-422 and begin SP or DP<br /><br /><br />To disable the input, change the IOReference code to -1<br /><br />The spindle software automatically uses a timer instead of the input to control the spindle<div class="mw-highlight mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre>Function Timer<br />Plunge Out Parameter 'toolplunge'<br />Plunge Home Fixed 10ms<br />Double Plunge Out Fixed 0.75s<br />Double Plunge Home Fixed 0.75s</pre></div><br/></nowiki> Depending on the setup of the individual machine, there will probably be an alarm set up to detect if the sensor is active at the correct stroke of the cylinder. This is easily disabled through the Settings->Alarms screen by unticking the "Enabled" box Exit winMulti Open tools.mul Disable the tool reference Save tools.mul Restart winMulti Disable the Alarm Spindle Plunge Sensor 2021-03-04T09:30:37Z 2459277.8962616 Disabling a Tool Home or Tool Out Sensor 0 false false 0 0 0 1 plainlist 3 [[:Dokit:DocOptions]] [[DokitEPIEnable::yes]] Disabling a Tool Home or Tool Out Sensor# QUERYee7a61aae48f1c3f91d8e4d7736360be