In the BEGINNING OF CONNECT Block

Connections take place in several points in GPP2. In most cases, a connection takes place before the actual procedure motions (immediately after the START PROC block). Connections also take place between toolpath segments in 5X continuous milling, and optionally between cycles in 5X Drill.

The BEGINNING OF CONNECT is a very good place to make decisions based on the target angles of the rotary axes (given in A_CONNECT and B_CONNECT). For instance, if the table's tilt angle is above, say, 50 degrees, a reconfiguration of the tool orientation may be done to keep the table more horizontal.

If the REQUEST_RECONFIG flag is set during a BEGINNING OF CONNECT block, the whole connection process is aborted. Instead, the RECONFIG MACHINE block is invoked. Only after the machine is re-configured, a new connection starts, taking into account the new configuration (and hence new target angles).