Negative tool numbers not allowed in tooltable

[Rob_Bish]

I am recieving this error. It is not effecting the NC output but is annoying. How or where do I look to resolve this error.

 

 

03 Jul 2009 03:14:45 PM - <2> - RUN TIME - - Negative tool numbers not allowed in tooltable.

 

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03 Jul 2009 03:14:45 PM - <2> - RUN TIME - - Negative tool numbers not allowed in tooltable.

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What does you tool output look like?

 

For some reason the system is convinced that in your tool table you are outputting a negative number.

 

-T2-ENDMILL might not be valid if your using the - sign as an output character. you might need to edit it to use the ascii equivalent, which would be 45.

 

Just a guess on what might be going on....

[Rob_Bish]

Here is a sample of the NC code. I have no - and seems to be on the ptoolcomment or pstrtool.

 

 

N80 T12 M6 ( 3MM FIN CARBIDE ENDMILL )

( CUT OUT )

G65 P8001 A0. B0.

G0 G56 G90 X-.0619 Y-.9915

S10610 M3

T5

G43 H12 D12 Z3.

M260

M08

/M494

Z.175

G1 Z.002 F6.25

X.0025 Y-.8925 F25.

G3 X-.0322 Y-.7291 I-.099 J.0644

G2 X-.1364 Y-.5371 I.1248 J.1921

G3 X-.1768 Y-.0282 I-3.2409 J-.0014

G2 X.1768 I.1768 J.0282

G3 X.1364 Y-.5371 I3.2005 J-.5103

G2 X.0322 Y-.7291 I-.229 J.0001

X-.0322 I-.0322 J.0496

G3 X-.1155 Y-.7467 I-.0328 J-.0505

G1 X-.1483 Y-.7973

Z.102 F6.25

G0 Z3.

M09

/M495

M269

M5

G91 G28 G0 Z0.

G28 X0.

M200

M98P99(WASH PALLET)

M30

N9000T5M6(6MM CARBIDE ENDMILL ROUGHER )

G65 P8852T5. R.23622J-.0005

N9010T6M6(6MM CARBIDE ENDMILL FINISH )

G65 P8852T6. R.23622J-.0005

N9020T5M6(6MM CARBIDE ENDMILL ROUGHER )

G65 P8852T5. R.23622J-.0005

N9030T6M6(6MM CARBIDE ENDMILL FINISH )

G65 P8852T6. R.23622J-.0005

N9040T5M6(6MM CARBIDE ENDMILL ROUGHER )

G65 P8852T5. R.23622J-.0005

N9050T6M6(6MM CARBIDE ENDMILL FINISH )

G65 P8852T6. R.23622J-.0005

N9060T5M6(6MM CARBIDE ENDMILL ROUGHER )

G65 P8852T5. R.23622J-.0005

N9070T12M6(3MM FIN CARBIDE ENDMILL )

G65 P8852T12. R.11811J-.0005

M30

 

 

ptoolcomment #Comment for tool

tnote = t$

toffnote = tloffno$

tlngnote = tlngno$

, *sopen_prn, pstrtool, *sclose_prn, e$ #*toffnote, *tlngnote, *tldia$, *tnote,

 

pstrtool #Comment for tool

if strtool$ <> sblank,

[

strtool$ = ucase(strtool$)

*strtool$, " "

]

[N.Paasivirta]

I got the same error. It seems to happen when you use subout$ = 1 at some point. Subprogram system thinks it is making a tooltable with negative tool numbers. An older post (updated from Mastercam 9) doesn't cause this error, so it's a combination of some flag and using subprograms.

[N.Paasivirta]

...and of course, immediately after I posted that, I got rid of the error, by activating "Control supports subprograms" in control definition.