Tring to change z to w

[MILL IT]

We have have a spindle go out that is our z axis. We have 2 spindles on the machine and we are using the w spindle until we can change out the z one. i have found and fixed the post to turn on the w spindle but i am having problems changing the z in the to post to a w. i have gotten alot of good info on here in the past so i was hoping that this would be a good place to start.

[Charlie Pierson]

did you try the formatting section of the post ??

 

ie

# Axis output formats - Linear

# --------------------------------------------------------------------------

fmt X 1 x # X Axis Pos ******

fmt Y 1 y # Y Axis Pos ******

fmt W 1 z # Z Axis Pos @@@@@

fmt X 1 xr # X Rapid Pos ******

fmt Y 1 yr # Y Rapid Pos ******

fmt W 1 zr # Z Rapid Pos @@@@@

fmt X 1 subrapx # Recall Sub Rapid X ******

fmt Y 1 subrapy # Recall Sub Rapid Y ******

fmt W 1 subrapz # Recall Sub Rapid Z @@@@@

fmt X 1 xh # X Home Pos ******

fmt Y 1 yh # Y Home Pos ******

fmt W 1 zh # Z Home Pos @@@@@

[Mgrenier]

Mill it,

 

If you want to change all Z moves to W moves, Here is what I would do:

 

Find these lines in your post:

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fmt Z 2 zabs #Z position output

fmt Z 3 zinc #Z position output

fmt Z 2 zdrl #Depth of drill point

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And change them to:

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fmt W 2 zabs #Z position output

fmt W 3 zinc #Z position output

fmt W 2 zdrl #Depth of drill point

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Hope that helps,

 

Martin

[MILL IT]

thanks for all the help that worked Charlie. this is a great place to learn alot of info