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Fixing 941 POCKET-TOOL TABLE ERROR for VPS 'vice corner' probing on Haas NGC

My Haas tech had originally set up my WIPS spindle probe as T31, however I wanted it in T1 to match my other machines. The process went as follows:

Now the probe should be fine for most VPS probing macros, however for me the "vice corner" macro errored out with 941 POCKET-TOOL TABLE ERROR. It turns out the probe tool number macro variable hadn't been updated. This macro seems to use different subroutines to the other ones, which might be why only it is broken.

To update the macro:

I figured this out from the troubleshooting page which mentions 560: Tool number for the OMP40-2 probe under OMP40-2 - Macro Variables.