help please comunications/posting

[sike]

Ok here is my problem when sending back a program from the machine to my pc for storage and back up through master cam it is putting end of blocks in on every second line which creates a huge problem when sending program to machine next time round as im sure you all know if there and end of block and no data it will repeat previous line.

i know i could just delete in the machine but lets face it doing this to a 5000 line programs a joke any help would be appreciated.

[sike]

to add to that another problem ive encounted is on a RH tapping cyle it will 99 percent of the time start spindle cw (G74) direction but occasionaly it will post ccw (G84). i have dicovered this sfternoon it may possibly be from a mirrored drawing and tool pathscould this be reversing the spindle even though i have i have selected the correct tapp and spindle orientation.

has any one else ever encounted this.

 

Thanx again

[chris m]

Sike

 

Don't know about the first problem but as a workaround you can use CimcoEdit and select 'Remove Empty Lines' from the 'NC Functions' menu to clean up your programs. I have seen the second problem a couple of times but only if there was zero RPM specified for the tap

 

C

[Keith Graydon]

Hello Sike,

What communications package are you using for upload/download to your machine(s)? Is it CimcoEdit? Be sure that all of the comm. settings on yuor machine and your PC are correct and compatible. I've seen the problem you describe happen when there is a parity error between the two communicating devices. If you're using Cimco for communicating you can force it to strip blank lines on recieve by checking the appropriate box in [setup]

 

 

 

Dunno about your spindle question . sorry

 

hth

-KLG

[JG]

On Fanuc(s), there is a parameter to select LF as a EOB or LF CR CR as a EOB, on a typical 6M I think its parameter 008 bit ICR (7), yours it probably set to 0 ?

[Greg McKay]

I remember fanuc0t's creating files like this in an older version of Mastercam I think it was 7 it may have been 6. I don't recall hearing about it with v9?

 

I would reccomend Keith's suggestion

[sike]

we have just been using the FILE,COMUNICTIONS icon in mastercam and have not had this trouble b4 getting our new machine.

thanx for your help so far guys

[sike]

still trying to get it no luck yet.

Oh and it is a 0T ........barge of a controller

thanks guys

[Fig sign]

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Ok here is my problem when sending back a program from the machine to my pc for storage and back up through master cam it is putting end of blocks in on every second line which creates a huge problem when sending program to machine next time round as im sure you all know if there and end of block and no data it will repeat previous line.

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Looks like while translating translating program from computer sends both CR and LF so Fanuc interprets one of them (LF ?} as empty line

Changes settings in Cimco for /13 or /10 only and try .

One of them must work