Post Update MC9 > MX2 - Issues

[drago]

I finally got my post tweaked to perfection, with a lot of help from you guys, and I ran it thru post updater thingy. The problem I'm having now is that it posts depth of cut and retraction in a canned cycle with values of zero, no matter whats set in the actual operation. Here's an example:

 

( ROUGH OD )

G0 X4.2266 Z.0616

X4.02

G71 U0. R0.

G71 P120 Q130 U.02 W.01 F.01

N120 G0 X2.9703 S200

G1 X3.1717 Z-.0392

 

 

It should be:

 

G71 U.13 R.01

 

Anybody else ran into this problem?

[Jim Evans from CNC Software]

Problem is that the some of the parameter numbers in X have changed (well documented on the forum if you do a search). These changes are all documented in the post parameter reference PDF which can be found in your documentaiton folder.

 

V9 Parameters

 

code:

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 fprmtbl 1 5 #Rough cut parameters

10200 depthcc

10201 clearcc

10202 xstckcc

10203 zstckcc

10214 directcc

 

fprmtbl 2 4 #Finish cut parameters

10100 ncutscc

10101 depthcc

10102 xstckcc

10103 zstckcc

 

fprmtbl 3 5 #Groove cut parameters

10301 stepcc

10306 directcc

10312 dopeckcc

10316 depthcc

10320 clearcc

 

fprmtbl 104 4 #Thread cut parameters

10411 xmaj_thd

10413 zstrt_thd

10414 zend_thd

10419 face_thd

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X parameters

code:

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fprmtbl 1 5 #Rough cut parameters

13343 depthcc

10407 clearcc

10202 xstckcc

10203 zstckcc

10214 directcc

 

fprmtbl 2 4 #Finish cut parameters

13341 ncutscc

10101 depthcc

10102 xstckcc

10103 zstckcc

 

fprmtbl 3 5 #Groove cut parameters

13358 stepcc

13138 directcc

13352 dopeckcc

10316 depthcc

13364 clearcc

 

fprmtbl 104 4 #Thread cut parameters

10811 xmaj_thd

10813 zstrt_thd

10814 zend_thd

10819 face_thd

---

[drago]

Thank You.

[drago]

I searched for it, and did everything as described in one of the posts, but it didn't do anything. I copied the whole section with updated parameter numbers, and double checked mapping.

 

 

This is what I'm using

 

fprmtbl 1 5 #Rough cut parameters

13343 depthcc #Was 10200

10407 clearcc #Was 10201

10202 xstckcc

10203 zstckcc

10214 directcc

 

fprmtbl 2 4 #Finish cut parameters

13341 ncutscc #Was 10100

10101 depthcc

10102 xstckcc

10103 zstckcc

 

fprmtbl 3 5 #Groove cut parameters

13358 stepcc #Was 10301

13138 directcc #Was 10306

13352 dopeckcc #Was 10312

10316 depthcc

13364 clearcc #Was 10320

 

fprmtbl 104 4 #Thread cut parameters

10811 xmaj_thd #Was 10411

10813 zstrt_thd #Was 10413

10814 zend_thd #Was 10414

10819 face_thd #Was 10419

[Paul Decelles]

Make sure you have the "Write NC Operation Information" check box checked in the Files topic of your control definition (local copy and then disk copy to make it permanent).

[drago]

Done all that, still no change...

[drago]

BUMP

 

 

Anyone?

 

Help please?

 

 

Is this something that our distributor should / could help me with?

[Guest]

Yes drago, they can.

 

At least they should be able to

[Jim Evans from CNC Software]

I'd only be guessing as to what the problem is right now.

 

Not to be a wise guy, but are you sure you have a value other than zero in the overlap amount and rought step fields in your toolpath?

 

seeing you are getting U.02 W.01 I know the parameters are working correctly, but there is something else going on.

 

Could be a formatting issues of depthcc and clearcc causing them to be zero, but just a guess.

 

send your V9 PST and TXT along with your X2 post and the MCX file to [email protected] and include description of the problem.

[drago]

Thanks Jim.

 

Overlap and stepdown are not zero, and no you're not being a wise guy. Sometimes something as simple as that works, but unfortunately not this time.

 

I tried updating the V9 post a few more times, just to make sure it wasn't a freak occurence. Right now I'm making a few more tweaks to the V9 post; When I'm done I'll update it and send it to Mastercam guys.

Maybe I get lucky and the issue dissappears on its own.

[Brandon Walker]

Id send the post to CNC