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Tony35

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  1. thanks Tim yes we want to pull files to and from the machines hard drive (for larger programs) i will give this a try and see if i can "see" the machine on the network we need to see the machine so predator can do its thing to move the files where they are needed so i take it that my M198 PXXXX call will be channel 9 not 4 or 5 to drip feed from hard drive then? yes the manuals are a bit confusing but when it gets a bit tricky its says see your IT dept all i need to do is "see" the machine and i should be good to go thanks again for the info
  2. stupid question but are you hitting "tab" or "enter" when you enter the DOC you want so the value sticks?????
  3. trying to hook up the ethernet on our fanuc 16i i can ping my host computer but cant see it on the network do i have to share the machine or something or do i need filezilla or some sort of software here to see it we are updating our predator DNC here and our IT dept says they dont know what to do on the ethernet side any help or ideas would be very helpful at this point TIA
  4. i use inventor here to create a model is way faster in a cad software and changes are pretty easy like JP said MC is a CAM software with CAD functions
  5. look in the makino programming manual for all the different codes and what they do M250 M251 M252 M253 M254 M255 i know there is more on the Pro5 control
  6. i was told i can run a normal holder in a big plus spindle but could not run a big plus holder in a normal spindle maybe cnc apps guy1 will chime in on this
  7. i use M251 and M252 on most of our programs
  8. use wear in MC then adj. on the machine if needed
  9. ya it looks like you are "adding" to the tool offset
  10. it does i was just wondering if i can have the window pop up when it fires up this is no show stopper i was just playing around watching some of the times in there
  11. i could not find any way of turning it off or on
  12. :crickets: ok does anybody even know what im talking about here?
  13. just wondering if anybody ever checks or watches this? i have been keeping it up on my 2nd monitor to watch re-gen times etc. is there anyway i can have it pop up when i fire up MC? TIA
  14. just run way lube for coolant that way the coolant wont get destroyed
  15. just sent a request in too cmon peeps we need 2D HST multi-threading! get typing
  16. is this supported for X5 yet?
  17. here is what i would do and im no post guru pbld, n$, s_slock, e$ pbld, n$, s_plock, e$ ] if stagetool <= one, pbld, n$, *t$, e$ <<<<<<<<<<<<remove M6 pbld, n$, "M6", e$<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< add this line if n_tpln_mch > m_one, #Toolplane mapping mode [ should give you the output T? M6 HTH

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