help editing generic fanuc 3x post

[Peroni]

I've been using the generic Fanuc 3X mill post on our machines with HAAS and Meldas 520M controls. On Fri the post worked fine. Today it doesn't. I think my boss might of goofed something up over the weekend while trying to edit a post for his lathe - only he'd never admit to it. Here's my problems:

 

Before each tool change I now get this

 

/G91 G28 Z0.

/G28 X0. Y0.

/G92 X10. Y10. Z10.

 

I get no G54 at all

 

T and H numbers no longer match. T numbers still are consecutive but for H all I get now is H0.

 

Out of the box this post worked fine until today. I know how to open the post but I don't know how to edit things so they will work like they did before.

[Colin Gilchrist]

Peroni,

 

It sounds like your defaults for your machine settings and operation defaults get messed up.

 

The G54 issue can be solved by going into your toolpath operations, clicking on the Misc. Values button, and setting Misc. Integer #1 to a value of "2". This will turn off the G92 output and output the G54 work offset series using the "Work Offset" data entry field inside the "Planes" dialog box.

 

The H/T not agreeing with the tool number is a control definition setting.

 

Go into Machine Definition Manager | Edit the Control Definition | Tool Settings | Change the radio button to "Add to tool" and set the values to "0". This will force the H and T number to match the tool number.

[Peroni]

I have tripple checked those settings and they are just as you said they should be. I'm out of ideas on what is wrong.

[iowajim62]

How about reloading the post/cd/md from the CD ?

Or choose another post/cd/md and test to see if that works ?