If someone has a seat of Mastercam open when I stop and restart the nethasp would it hurt anything other then forcing them to close Mastercam and restart it?

The post I use has a Misc Integer labeled "Start Solution [0=-Tilt,1=+Tilt]" I just change the 0 to a 1 if I want it to tilt the opposite way.

I am not sure where they should be set. I am still trying to get mine to output correctly. I have been getting the warning rotary limits exceeded error with every setting I've tried so far. I am beginning to think it is something in the post.

I would check the machine definition first. In the machine definition double click on the A axis in the machine configuration and check the travel limits.

I am definitely not a post expert but if your post is similar to mine I think this might work. My post has a section that starts out with the following lines #Select operation note sop00 : "NULL......." # String definition sop01 : "CONTOUR...." # " " sop02 : "CONTOUR...." # " " sop03 : "DRILL/MISC." # " " If your post has a section like this figure out which codes are for a c axis tool path and then in find the section of the post you want to add the M154 and put lines in like this [if opcode$ = 1, "M154"], pe [if opcode$ = 2, "M154"], pe

I have the operations defaults file on a mapped network drive and it was working in X6 before installing updates. After installing updates MU1, MU2, and MU3 I am now getting a referenced file warning when I open a file. In the control definition the operation defaults is set to P:\MASTERCAM\SETTINGS_AND_DEFAULTS\KITAMURA_MILL.DEFAULTS-6 but when I open the file it is looking for %PROJDIR%MASTERCAM\SETTINGS_AND_DEFAULTS\KITAMURA_MILL.DEFAULTS-6. I am not sure but it seems that %PROJDIR% is a variable pointing to the local hard drive. Has anyone with X6 MU3 been able to have the operation defaults on a network drive without this error?

I've seen it happen but not very often other then when someone shuts down the computer with the net hasp. We have had more trouble with not being able to open all of our seats without rebooting the computer with the net hasp. That used to happen about ever month but I haven't noticed it happening for a few months now.

One major drawback of the manual tool changer is the possibility of loading the wrong tool. I did it for the first time on Friday. It could have been bad but the drill I should have loaded was longer then the one I did so it didn't crash. Ours is surprisingly accurate but also drips coolant all over the place. I consider them a nice upgrade over buying a manual lathe but not a replacement for a real CNC lathe. For a prototype shop it might be a good fit but if you are going to run multiple parts you will really begin to hate the manual tool changes.

This method worked for me also. The control definition was on a mapped network drive called P: so I changed the TEMP and TMP environment variables on my Windows 7 pc from %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp to a folder I created on the p: drive called p:\misc\ben\temp and now I can edit the control file. I did a google search to find out how to change the environment variable and for Windows 7 this site had good directions http://www.itechtalk...thread3595.html UPDATE: Since I changed the environment variables Mastercam has crashed a few times and an attempt to update some other software failed. I don't know if that is what caused it but when I finish with the control definition edits I will change it back.

I think I understand what you are doing and it sounds like it is for a 4th axis but I am running a 5 axis. I wish Fanuc would just make everything work together.

Thanks, works great once I added the s. I figured it was going to be something simple.

I am trying to make the post display an error message and then exit. I looked at a few threads on here and it is almost working. In the error message section of the post I added this line highfeederror : "WARNING - HIGH FEED FUNCTION CAN NOT BE USED WITH DYNAMIC FIXTURE OFFSET - CHANGE SETTINGS OF MISC VALUES" #########BEN ADDED ENTIRE LINE 11-28-12 then down in the ptlchg_com section I added this line if mr1$ > 0, result = mprint(highfeederror), exitpost$ #########BEN ADDED ENTIRE LINE 11-28-12 When I post it the message box comes up when it should but will dispay an error message of "0." instead of the message I created. If I change (highfeederror) to one of the existing strings in the error message section it outputs the correct text for that message. I can't see any differance in the formatting of my line compared to the other lines. What am I doing wrong? Below is the entire error message section with the last line being the one I added. # Error Messages ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- srindxerror : "WARNING - ROTARY INDEX ANGLE DOES NOT MATCH MACHINE DEF SETTING - DO YOU WISH TO EXIT?" stindxerror : "WARNING - TILT INDEX ANGLE DOES NOT MATCH MACHINE DEF SETTING - DO YOU WISH TO EXIT?" stlorgerr : "ERROR - TOOL ORIGIN DOES NOT MATCH CENTER OF ROTATION IN POLAR MILLING" shomeserror : "ERROR - G92 WORK OFFSET, 'wcstype', DOES NOT SUPPORT TRANSFORM SUBPROGRAM" sprgnerror : "ERROR - SUBPROGRAM NUMBER MATCHES THE MAIN PROGRAM NUMBER" scompwarn : "WARNING - CUTTER COMP APPLIED ON ARC MOVE" smiscerror : "WARNING - MISC VALUES SET TO POST DEFAULT FOR CURRENT OPERATION" srotaxerror : "ERROR - MORE THAN 2 ROTARY AXES DETECTED IN SELECTED AXIS COMBINATION - OUTPUT MAY BE INVALID" srotlimwarn : "WARNING - ROTARY LIMITS EXCEEDED - CANCEL TO EXIT" stiltlimwarn : "WARNING - TILT LIMITS EXCEEDED - CANCEL TO EXIT" splungewarn : "WARNING - MODIFY LEAD-IN PARAMETERS TO PLUNGE AFTER FIRST MOVE" saxissuberror : "ERROR - AXIS SUBSTITUTION NOT SETUP FOR CURRENT MACHINE CONFIGURATION/TOOLPLANE SELECTION" syerror : "ERROR - Y-AXIS MOTION WITH NO Y-AXIS SET IN AXIS COMBINATION - CHECK AXIS COMBINATION AND ROTARY AXIS SETTINGS" spolarinterror : "ERROR - POLAR INTERPOLATION NOT SETUP FOR THIS MACHINE CONFIGURATION" sarcwarn : "WARNING - MISMATCHED ARC COORDINATE DATA" serr_badsim : "ERROR - POST NOT LICENSED FOR BOOTLEG SIMS - POST WILL EXIT" serr_checksim : "ERROR - POST NOT LICENSED FOR CURRENT SIM - POST WILL EXIT" serr_clock : "ERROR - POST LICENSING PERIOD ANOMOLY - POST WILL EXIT" serr_exp : "ERROR - POST LICENSING PERIOD HAS EXPIRED - POST WILL EXIT" serr_exp_day : "WARNING - POST LICENSING PERIOD EXPIRES TOMORROW " serr_exp_month : "WARNING - POST LICENSING PERIOD EXPIRES " serr_simtype : "ERROR - POST NOT LICENSED FOR SIM TYPE - POST WILL EXIT" serr_dsclm_acc : "ERROR - DISCLAIMER TERMS NOT ACCEPTED - POST WILL EXIT" saccept : "I accept the terms of the WARRANTY DISCLAIMER and LIMITATION OF LIABILITY." serr_machsim : "ERROR - POST NOT LICENSED FOR MACHINE SIMULATION - POST WILL EXIT" serr_fiveax : "ERROR - POST NOT LICENSED FOR 5-AXIS OPERATIONS - POST WILL EXIT" serr_threeplustwo : "ERROR - POST NOT LICENSED FOR 3+2 TILTED PLANE OPERATIONS - POST WILL EXIT" swarn_machsim : "WARNING - THIS MACHSIM FILE SET REQUIRES THAT THE CORRESPONDING MACHINE DEFINITION IS SELECTED" smachsimcompwarn : "WARNING - CUTTER COMP IN CONTROL NOT SUPPORTED BY MODULEWORKS MACHINE SIMULATION" smachsimwcswarn : "WARNING - USE OF NON-TOP WCS IS NOT SUPPORTED BY MODULEWORKS MACHINE SIMULATION" highfeederror : "WARNING - HIGH FEED FUNCTION CAN NOT BE USED WITH DYNAMIC FIXTURE OFFSET - CHANGE SETTINGS OF MISC VALUES" #########BEN ADDED ENTIRE LINE 11-28-12