X4 post problem / Question?

[Acro Engineering]

We just lost a spindle on one of our new machines and I have to use an older Bridgeport with a Heidenhain TNC 151 control to get some work out this week. We haven,t used this machine much for the last few years so I had to import the post and create the machine and control definition in X4 (V9 post) but it's posting the drill cycles very weird? Using the debugger it's going through the pdrill cycle before the sof section of the post so I get my drill cycle before even getting a tool call, has any one else seen this? Do I need to update through every release? X4 doesn't come with any of the post examples like it did before so I don't have anything newer to compare? Looked on the ftp site but everything Heidenhain is foreign and I don't do foreign lanuages very well...

[Paul Decelles]

Open the .pst file in any text editor and change the setting of rpd_typ_v7$ to a zero.

 

i.e.

 

rpd_typ_v7$ : 0 #Use Version 7 style contour flags/processing?

[Acro Engineering]

That seems to have fixed the problem, THANKS... I couldn't find anything in the post parameter reference to lead me to this? Is there other documentation that would help find these type issues?

[Robert Bernobic from CNC Software]

Hi, ask your reseller for the "MP Reference" CD.

 

--Robert

[Acro Engineering]

Thanks, I'll do that... I have another issue though, the feed rate is now -20 in all drill cycles and never close to the feed rate typed into the tool path? I do not have the post to put a copy on the ftp but it's the mpheid.pst that came with ver 9 and again, this started with X4 install and up dating the post...

[Acro Engineering]

any ideas why the feed rate changes to -20 when changing the rpd_typ_v7$ to 0? Feed rates are correct with it set to 1 but then I have the order problem...