Home 1 vs Home2

We have seven integrex E machines two of which are 640 mt pro the rest are Matrix. The problem that we have is that during a tool change, a Matrix controller machine,will tool change then home out the z axis as part of the tool change process. On the 640 controlled machines, the tool changes and the machine sits at z home 2 instead of going up to home. I found a parameter that forces the machine to go back up to z home on the probe, but it does not work on all tools. The problem comes when a Matrix operator goes to run a 640 machine, we have had a couple wrecks because of the confusion. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Could you be more specific. Is the tool change in the middle of the program, or at the end of the program when you are preparing to setup another part? Also, are you programming Mazatrol or EIA? What type of emachine is this?

This is on a 1060, it is an eia program, but I mean just a manual MDI tool change.The problem is that tool changes and sits down low by the pallet, unless it is the probe, then it goes straight up in Z to zero like in a mazatrol program when you have an index line with X0 Y0 Z0 B0 C0.

I had a similar concern (only a concern because I have never had a 'wreck') and coded my files ALL this way for tool changes, lathe and mill.

N1 ( Tool Name )
G20 G10.9 X0
G91 G30 P4 X0. Y0. Z0. W0.
M901
T52.04 T19 M06 G94
G91 G30 P4 X0. Z0.
M200
M108 M212 G54

So, what you see is that my machine 'Home' is G30 P4 (center of the machine), so irrelevant to where the mill head is it will safely go home (simultainious arrival) on all axis (save for if you try and do this with a tool burried in a part, then its curtains for you!). Then it calls the tool change, does that, comes out of the tool change door to whatever home position it is then I recall it back to the center of the machine with the second G91 G30 P4 X0. Z0.

3 years been running this Integrex (programming/operating) and I have never had a crash. This system is darn near flawless and if you are anything like me and have boring bars that are 19.6" (out of the max 19.7") long, not having a machine home and index B right over a chucj will save your butt everytime. :)

HTH