mpfan post ?'s

[heeler]

Could someone help me to get the post to stage tool #1. We like to stage our tools. They all stage except for tool #1 when it is used elsewhere in the program. Could you also tell me how to post a M29 on my tapping cycle, to enable my rigid tapping mode?

 

 

Thanks

Glenn

[Mark C]

Before changing your post, make sure you save it somewhere where you can get it if you do a boo boo. I know, it's obvious, but it's bit me a couple of times.

Find ptap in your post.

here's what mine looks like:

 

ptap #Canned Tap Cycle

pdrlcommonb

#tool_typ = 4 - RH, 5 - LH

"M29" , *speed , e

pcan1, pbld, n, *sgdrlref, *sgdrill, pxout, pyout, pfzout, pcout,

prdrlout, *feed, strcantext, e

pcom_movea

tapflg = 1

 

this is from the MPMaster post

 

I don't understand the part about T1 not staging. Do you mean if it repeats there is no ready-tool(staged tool) in previous tool change or do you want staged it at the end of program?

 

[ 01-31-2003, 07:07 PM: Message edited by: Mark C ]

[heeler]

What I mean is that for some reason if I use tool one somewhere else in the program, it will not stage it after the previous tool call.

 

Thanks

[Mark C]

you're using the out of the box MPFan? Which version MasterCam?

I'll play around and see what I can see.

[heeler]

I think that there has been a couple of "toggle" changes, but I don't think anything else.

 

Thanks again.

[gms1]

I have different machines in my shop. I made my post to output rigid tapping only when I want it to. Some of my machines dont have rigid tapping (ug). So through the use of misc reals and misc integers I can turn it on and off whenever I want. Even turn off the spindle in the first line of code, so that it doesnt spin up, then stop for the m29 code.

 

Sample with rigid tapping:

 

G0 G90 G54 X-1. Y-1. T10;

G43 H1 Z1.

M29 S500

G98 G84.......

 

This is what my ptap command looks like.

 

ptap #Canned Tap Cycle

pdrlcommonb

if mi4 = one, "M29", *speed, e

pcan1, pbld, *sgdrlref, *sgdrill, pxout, pyout, pfzout, pcout,

prdrlout, *feed, strcantext, e

pcom_movea

[Mark C]

I tried it with the MPFan post and it output the staged tool for all tools. If you e-mail me your post I can try it out & see what I get. Sorry about the late posting, but it's Friday and I wanted to get out of the office. I figure you're probably gone for the weekend . Send it to me at:

[email protected]

 

Later

 

[ 01-31-2003, 07:06 PM: Message edited by: Mark C ]