Okuma MB-46 VAE Chip Conveyor Operation

[Rotary Ninja]

We have an Okuma MB-46 VAE with the OSP-E100M control. The conveyor is an MB-46/56V. I am unfamiliar with the Omumas and we are trying to get the conveyor to run. The buttons on the control panel on the front of the machine don't do anything. Is there a secret cheat code you have to press to get the conveyor to run with these buttons?

 

The buttons on the panel on the conveyor itself will move the conveyors forward and backward just fine. And nothing seems to be in a bind.

 

But if use MDI to run the conveyor using M279 I get the error: 3712 Chip Conveyor Motor Overheat

 

This is an old machine we bought used. So I don't even know who I can call for any kind of tech support.

 

Any help is greatly appreciated.

[Allan]

Quite possible that the chip conveyor is not hooked up to control in any way, and the buttons do nothing.

 

 

Your Okuma Dealer is:

 

Gosiger Indiana

 

4627 Independence Square

Indianapolis , IN 46203

317-788-1501

 

 

[Rotary Ninja]

Thanks for the info. The PM here said they used to run it from within the programs. Not sure how positive he is about that. But I don't think they used M279 if they did. And it is nearly impossible to find any kind of programs here, let alone ones written specific to the Okuma. But I suppose that is what I am going to have to do. I haven't tried any of the other empty M codes to see where else they might have set it up.

[mkd]

M244 on

M243 off

for an osp7000 lathe control.

totally different machine and probably worthless info, just throwing it out there