Hi everyone, I had a Haas tech in the other day working in my VF 5 fixing an acceleration issue on the Y and X axes of the machine. He was able to solve it completely but for some reason the pocket return speed and delay are way longer than what they were. I'm just asking if anyone knows the parameter #'s that control this as the Haas tech is on assignment elsewhere for the next few weeks. Thanks, -Adam

I know that this is an old topic but I found the other day that this problem re-surfaced in Mastercam 2018. Thought I'd post a fix that worked outside of the post edits for me. Under Machine Definition enter your Control Definition menu and click on the 'Tool' section. Under 'Tool offset registers' check 'Add to tool' and enter zero in both fields. Then under the 'Tool number options (post)' section make sure the 'Use the head number to 'add' for the offset registers' box is checked as well. Then save your control and machine definitions. Once assign tool numbers sequentially is checked in your tool options this should solve the problem.

Sooooo finally got it working and it looks like it was either the # outside the [] or the fact that I was nesting my programs too many levels deep for the controller. Either way I ended up putting everything into a single program and now it works flawlessly every time. Thanks for the help guys. Here is my final product in case anyone else is looking for something similar or just a base they can modify for what they need. If you have any questions about the program just send me a message at [email protected]. This was a pain to make but fun to learn some tricks along the way. O4999 (SERIAL NUMBERING CUSTOM MACRO) #111 = -0.6647 (X START POSITION) #112 = 1.3612 (Y START POSITION) #26 = -0.5555 (Z CUT DEPTH) #500 = #500+1 (STEP SERIAL NUMBER) #110 = 0.22 (SPACING) #121 = 10.0 (FEEDRATE) (#113 IS USED TO RETURN TO THE PROPER PLACE) (IN THE MAIN MACRO AFTER A NUMER IS ENGRAVED) (#101 TO #104 USED FOR PROGRAM MATH) (#105 USED TO STORE LINE NUMBER OF) (NUMER TO BE ENGRAVED) (1 THROUGH 1O) IF [#500 GT 9] GOTO 10 G52 X#111 Y#112 #113 = 11 GOTO5000 (CUT FIRST ZERO) N11 G52 X[#111+#110] Y#112 #113 = 12 GOTO5000 (CUT SECOND ZERO) N12 G52 X[#111+#110+#110] Y#112 #105 = 5000 + #500 (GET THIRD) #113 = 13 GOTO#105 (CUT THIRD) N13 G52 X0 Y0 GOTO 99 (10 THROUGH 99) N10 IF [#500 GT 99] GOTO 20 G52 X#111 Y#112 #113 = 21 GOTO5000 (CUT FIRST ZERO) N21 G52 X[#111+#110] Y#112 #101 = FIX[#500/10] (GET SECOND) #105 = 5000 + #101 #113 = 22 GOTO#105 (CUT SECOND) N22 G52 X[#111+#110+#110] Y#112 #102 = #500 - #101*10 (GET THIRD) #105 = 5000 + #102 #113 = 23 GOTO#105 (CUT THIRD) N23 G52 X0 Y0 GOTO 99 (100 THROUGH 999) N20 IF [#500 GT 999] GOTO 30 G52 X#111 Y#112 #101 = FIX[#500/100] (GET FIRST) #105 = 5000 + #101 #113 = 31 GOTO#105 (CUT FIRST) N31 G52 X[#111+#110] Y#112 #102 = #500 - #101*100 #103 = FIX [#102/10] (GET SECOND) #105 = 5000 + #103 #113 = 32 GOTO#105 (CUT SECOND) N32 G52 X[#111+#110+#110] Y#112 #104 = #102 - #103*10 (GET THIRD) #105 = 5000 + #104 #113 = 33 GOTO#105 (CUT THIRD) N33 G52 X0 Y0 GOTO 99 N5000 (ZERO) G00 Z[#26+0.6] G00 X.0003 Y0. G00 Z[#26+0.02] G01 Z[#26] F#121 X-.0132 Y-.0024 X-.0256 Y-.0072 X-.0374 Y-.0168 X-.0479 Y-.0288 X-.0574 Y-.0445 X-.065 Y-.0625 X-.0703 Y-.0817 X-.0738 Y-.1034 X-.075 Y-.125 X-.0738 Y-.1466 X-.0703 Y-.1683 X-.065 Y-.1875 X-.0574 Y-.2055 X-.0479 Y-.2212 X-.0374 Y-.2332 X-.0256 Y-.2428 X-.0132 Y-.2476 X.0003 Y-.25 X.0132 Y-.2476 X.0256 Y-.2428 X.0374 Y-.2332 X.0479 Y-.2212 X.0574 Y-.2055 X.065 Y-.1875 X.0703 Y-.1683 X.0738 Y-.1466 X.075 Y-.125 X.0738 Y-.1034 X.0703 Y-.0817 X.065 Y-.0625 X.0574 Y-.0445 X.0479 Y-.0288 X.0374 Y-.0168 X.0256 Y-.0072 X.0132 Y-.0024 X.0003 Y0. G00 Z[#26+0.6] GOTO#113 N5001 (ONE) G00 Z[#26+0.6] G00 X-.0498 Y-.0481 G00 Z[#26+0.02] G01 Z[#26] F#121 N200 X.0027 Y0. Y-.25 X.0498 G00 Z[#26+0.6] X.0027 G00 Z[#26+0.02] G01 Z[#26] X-.0435 G00 Z[#26+0.6] GOTO#113 N5002 (TWO) G00 Z[#26+0.6] G00 X.0625 Y-.25 G00 Z[#26+0.02] G01 Z[#26] F#121 X-.0625 X.0542 Y-.0733 X.0586 Y-.0649 X.0615 Y-.0577 X.0625 Y-.0481 X.0615 Y-.0397 X.0586 Y-.0325 X.0542 Y-.024 X.0478 Y-.0168 X.04 Y-.0108 X.0311 Y-.006 X.0213 Y-.0024 X.011 Y-.0012 X.0002 Y0. X-.011 Y-.0012 X-.0213 Y-.0024 X-.0311 Y-.006 X-.04 Y-.0108 X-.0478 Y-.0168 X-.0542 Y-.024 X-.0586 Y-.0325 X-.0615 Y-.0397 X-.0625 Y-.0481 G00 Z[#26+0.6] GOTO#113 N5003 (THREE) G00 Z[#26+0.6] G00 X-.0556 Y-.0481 G00 Z[#26+0.02] G01 Z[#26-#7] F#121 X-.0547 Y-.0397 X-.0522 Y-.0325 X-.0483 Y-.024 X-.0424 Y-.0168 X-.0355 Y-.0108 X-.0277 Y-.006 X-.0189 Y-.0024 X-.0096 Y-.0012 X.0002 Y0. X.0096 Y-.0012 X.0189 Y-.0024 X.0277 Y-.006 X.0355 Y-.0108 X.0424 Y-.0168 X.0483 Y-.024 X.0522 Y-.0325 X.0547 Y-.0397 X.0556 Y-.0481 X.0547 Y-.0577 X.0522 Y-.0649 X.0483 Y-.0733 X.0424 Y-.0805 X.0355 Y-.0865 X.0277 Y-.0913 X.0189 Y-.095 X.0096 Y-.0962 X.0002 Y-.0974 X.011 Y-.0986 X.0213 Y-.1022 X.0311 Y-.1082 X.04 Y-.1154 X.0478 Y-.125 X.0542 Y-.1358 X.0586 Y-.1478 X.0615 Y-.1599 X.0625 Y-.1731 X.0615 Y-.1875 X.0586 Y-.1995 X.0542 Y-.2115 X.0478 Y-.2224 X.04 Y-.232 X.0311 Y-.2392 X.0213 Y-.2452 X.011 Y-.2488 X.0002 Y-.25 X-.011 Y-.2488 X-.0213 Y-.2452 X-.0311 Y-.2392 X-.04 Y-.232 X-.0478 Y-.2224 X-.0542 Y-.2115 X-.0586 Y-.1995 X-.0615 Y-.1875 X-.0625 Y-.1731 G00 Z[#26+0.6] GOTO#113 N5004 (FOUR) G00 Z[#26+0.6] G00 X.0625 Y-.1671 G00 Z[#26+0.02] G01 Z[#26-#7] F#121 X-.0625 X.0419 Y0. Y-.25 G00 Z[#26+0.6] GOTO#113 N5005 (FIVE) G00 Z[#26+0.6] G00 X.0625 Y0. G00 Z[#26+0.02] G01 Z[#26-#7] F#121 X-.061 Y-.1334 X-.0556 Y-.125 X-.0473 Y-.1154 X-.038 Y-.1082 X-.0272 Y-.1022 X-.0159 Y-.0986 X-.0047 Y-.0974 X.0071 Y-.0986 X.0184 Y-.1022 X.0292 Y-.1082 X.0385 Y-.1154 X.0468 Y-.125 X.0537 Y-.1358 X.0586 Y-.1478 X.0615 Y-.1599 X.0625 Y-.1731 X.0615 Y-.1875 X.0586 Y-.1995 X.0537 Y-.2115 X.0468 Y-.2224 X.0385 Y-.232 X.0292 Y-.2392 X.0184 Y-.2452 X.0071 Y-.2488 X-.0047 Y-.25 X-.0159 Y-.2488 X-.0272 Y-.2452 X-.038 Y-.2392 X-.0473 Y-.232 X-.0556 Y-.2224 X-.0625 Y-.2115 G00 Z[#26+0.6] GOTO#113 N5006 (SIX) G00 Z[#26+0.6] G00 X.0625 Y0. G00 Z[#26+0.02] G01 Z[#26-#7] F#121 X-.0478 Y-.1478 X-.0542 Y-.1563 X-.0586 Y-.1659 X-.0615 Y-.1767 X-.0625 Y-.1875 X-.0615 Y-.1983 X-.0586 Y-.2091 X-.0542 Y-.2188 X-.0478 Y-.2272 X-.04 Y-.2356 X-.0311 Y-.2416 X-.0213 Y-.2464 X-.011 Y-.2488 X.0002 Y-.25 X.011 Y-.2488 X.0213 Y-.2464 X.0311 Y-.2416 X.04 Y-.2356 X.0478 Y-.2272 X.0542 Y-.2188 X.0586 Y-.2091 X.0615 Y-.1983 X.0625 Y-.1875 X.0615 Y-.1767 X.0586 Y-.1659 X.0542 Y-.1563 X.0478 Y-.1478 X.04 Y-.1394 X.0311 Y-.1334 X.0213 Y-.1286 X.011 Y-.1262 X.0002 Y-.125 X-.011 Y-.1262 X-.0213 Y-.1286 X-.0311 Y-.1334 X-.04 Y-.1394 X-.0478 Y-.1478 G00 Z[#26+0.6] GOTO#113 N5007 (SEVEN) G00 Z[#26+0.6] G00 X-.0625 Y0. G00 Z[#26+0.02] G01 Z[#26-#7] F#121 X.0625 X-.0625 Y-.25 G00 Z[#26+0.6] GOTO#113 N5008 (EIGHT) G00 Z[#26+0.6] G00 X-.0047 Y-.0974 G00 Z[#26+0.02] G01 Z[#26-#7] F#121 X-.0096 Y-.0962 X-.0189 Y-.095 X-.0277 Y-.0913 X-.0355 Y-.0865 X-.0424 Y-.0805 X-.0483 Y-.0733 X-.0522 Y-.0649 X-.0547 Y-.0577 X-.0556 Y-.0481 X-.0547 Y-.0397 X-.0522 Y-.0325 X-.0483 Y-.024 X-.0424 Y-.0168 X-.0355 Y-.0108 X-.0277 Y-.006 X-.0189 Y-.0024 X-.0096 Y-.0012 X.0002 Y0. X.0096 Y-.0012 X.0189 Y-.0024 X.0277 Y-.006 X.0355 Y-.0108 X.0424 Y-.0168 X.0483 Y-.024 X.0522 Y-.0325 X.0547 Y-.0397 X.0556 Y-.0481 X.0547 Y-.0577 X.0522 Y-.0649 X.0483 Y-.0733 X.0424 Y-.0805 X.0355 Y-.0865 X.0277 Y-.0913 X.0189 Y-.095 X.0096 Y-.0962 X.0051 Y-.0974 X-.0047 X-.011 Y-.0986 X-.0213 Y-.1022 X-.0311 Y-.1082 X-.04 Y-.1154 X-.0478 Y-.125 X-.0542 Y-.1358 X-.0586 Y-.1478 X-.0615 Y-.1599 X-.0625 Y-.1731 X-.0615 Y-.1875 X-.0586 Y-.1995 X-.0542 Y-.2115 X-.0478 Y-.2224 X-.04 Y-.232 X-.0311 Y-.2392 X-.0213 Y-.2452 X-.011 Y-.2488 X.0002 Y-.25 X.011 Y-.2488 X.0213 Y-.2452 X.0311 Y-.2392 X.04 Y-.232 X.0478 Y-.2224 X.0542 Y-.2115 X.0586 Y-.1995 X.0615 Y-.1875 X.0625 Y-.1731 X.0615 Y-.1599 X.0586 Y-.1478 X.0542 Y-.1358 X.0478 Y-.125 X.04 Y-.1154 X.0311 Y-.1082 X.0213 Y-.1022 X.011 Y-.0986 X.0051 Y-.0974 G00 Z[#26+0.6] GOTO#113 N5009 (NINE) G00 Z[#26+0.6] G00 X.0054 Y-.2602 G00 Z[#26+0.02] G01 Z[#26-#7] F#121 X.0585 Y-.0836 X.0616 Y-.0735 X.0624 Y-.0629 X.0615 Y-.0518 X.0587 Y-.0413 X.0541 Y-.0314 X.0476 Y-.0223 X.0402 Y-.0147 X.0313 Y-.009 X.0211 Y-.0038 X.0108 Y-.0012 X-.0001 Y0. X-.0106 Y-.0013 X-.0211 Y-.0038 X-.0313 Y-.0088 X-.0402 Y-.0146 X-.0477 Y-.0225 X-.054 Y-.0311 X-.0585 Y-.0417 X-.0616 Y-.0518 X-.0624 Y-.0623 X-.0615 Y-.0735 X-.0587 Y-.084 X-.0541 Y-.0938 X-.0476 Y-.103 X-.0402 Y-.1105 X-.0313 Y-.1163 X-.0211 Y-.1215 X-.0108 Y-.1241 X.0001 Y-.1253 X.0106 Y-.124 X.0216 Y-.1213 X.0313 Y-.1165 X.0402 Y-.1107 X.0477 Y-.1028 X.054 Y-.0941 X.0585 Y-.0836 G00 Z[#26+0.6] GOTO#113 N30 #3000 = 100 (OUT OF RANGE) N99 M99 %

I think it has to do with the controller not liking the nested programs, going to write a more complicated program with everything in one subprogram and see if that work later this week. If anyone has any other ideas or answers they would be very much apprieciated

And this is the main program I am using to test it: O2000(SERIAL ENGRAVING) T18 M06 (ENGRAVING TOOL) G54 G90 S12000 M03 G00 X0. Y0. G43 H18 Z1.0 M08 G65 P4999 X-0.5450 Y1.3612 Z-0.5525 F10. S0.24 D0.003 G55 G00 Z.25 G00 X0. Y0. G65 P4999 X-0.5450 Y1.3612 Z-0.5525 F10. S0.24 D0.003 G91 G28 Z0. M09 M05 M30

O4999 (SERIAL NUMBERING CUSTOM MACRO) #111 = #24 (FIND CURRENT X ABS) #112 = #25 (FIND CURRENT Y ABS) #113 = #26 (FIND CURRENT Z ABS) #500 = #500+1 (STEP SERIAL NUMBER) #110 = #19 (SPACING) #121 = #9 (FEEDRATE) (1 THROUGH 1O) IF [#500 GT 9] GOTO 10 G52 X#111 Y#112 G65 P5000 Z#26 D#7 (FIRST ZERO) G52 X#[111+110] Y#112 G65 P5000 Z#26 D#7 (SECOND ZERO) G52 X#[111+110*2] Y#112 #105 = 5000 + #500 (GET THIRD) G65 P#105 Z#26 D#7 G52 X0 Y0 GOTO 99 (10 THROUGH 99) N10 IF [#500 GT 99] GOTO 20 G52 X#111 Y#112 G65 P5000 Z#26 D#7 (FIRST ZERO) G52 X[#111+#110] Y#112 #100 = FIX[#500/10] (GET SECOND) #105 = 5000 + #100 G65 P[#105] G52 X[#111+#110*2] Y#112 #101 = #500 - #100*10 (GET THIRD) G65 P[5000+ #101] Z#26 D#7 G52 X0 Y0 GOTO 99 (100 THROUGH 999) N20 IF [#500 GT 999] GOTO 30 G52 X#111 Y#112 #100 = FIX[#500/100] (GET FIRST) G65 P[5000 +#100] Z#26 D#7 G52 X[#111+#110] Y#112 #101 = #500 - #100*100 #102 = FIX [#101/10] (GET SECOND) G65 P[5000+ #102] Z#26 D#7 G52 X[#111+#110*2] Y#112 #103 = #101 - #102*10 (GET THIRD) #105 = 5000 +#103 G65 P#105 Z#26 D#7 G52 X0 Y0 GOTO 99 N30 #3000 = 100 (OUT OF RANGE) N99 M99 Here is the program used to call it. Just for fun I changed the GOTO10 to a GOTO99 which takes it to the end and this M99 work just fine. No clue what the difference is.

The G00 Z[#26+0.6] is working fine as it is called at the beginning and end. Just to make sure I added a couple of N## lines after it and sure enough it doent alarm out until the M99 line, everything else executes fine until then.

Having trouble with a macro program I am running, it looks as follows: :O5000 (ZERO) G00 Z[#26+0.6] G00 X.0003 Y0. G00 Z[#26+0.02] G01 Z[#26-#7] F#121 X-.0132 Y-.0024 X-.0256 Y-.0072 X-.0374 Y-.0168 X-.0479 Y-.0288 X-.0574 Y-.0445 X-.065 Y-.0625 X-.0703 Y-.0817 X-.0738 Y-.1034 X-.075 Y-.125 X-.0738 Y-.1466 X-.0703 Y-.1683 X-.065 Y-.1875 X-.0574 Y-.2055 X-.0479 Y-.2212 X-.0374 Y-.2332 X-.0256 Y-.2428 X-.0132 Y-.2476 X.0003 Y-.25 X.0132 Y-.2476 X.0256 Y-.2428 X.0374 Y-.2332 X.0479 Y-.2212 X.0574 Y-.2055 X.065 Y-.1875 X.0703 Y-.1683 X.0738 Y-.1466 X.075 Y-.125 X.0738 Y-.1034 X.0703 Y-.0817 X.065 Y-.0625 X.0574 Y-.0445 X.0479 Y-.0288 X.0374 Y-.0168 X.0256 Y-.0072 X.0132 Y-.0024 X.0003 Y0. G00 Z[#26+0.6] M99 % It is a program for engraving a zero as part of a serial number. Everything goes great until I hit the M99 where it comes up with Alarm # 115 : Illegal Variable Number. Any idea why this is happening. Im running on a Fanuc controller using G65 for the macro call to pull up this program. Thanks for the help, -Adam

@dstyr: The controller defaults to M11 on startup. There is no way to test the A-axis without it. @MTB: The M10 appears to be a standard command on this controller (I'm assuming you were asking if it ran a subprogram like M6 does with a tool change.). I'll take your suggestion and see if I can get a hold of someone in tech support. Thanks.

Hey, trying to sort out the final issues with my rotary A axis. I'm using an RT-160 model on a Doosan DNM 500 VMC with a Fanuc i-series controller. The issue I'm having is that the controller stops on the M10 when the axis locks. It reads the M11 perfectly fine and proceeds with the A-axis rotation but when it hits the M10 it locks the axis and does not continue with the program. Has anyone else run into the issue, or have any suggestions as to what the problem might be? Any help is appreciated

So I took a look in the post I was using and sure enough the ret_on_index setting was a 1 instead of a 0. Tested it out at 0 and everything is working perfectly now. Thanks for the suggestions

Hi there, Need a bit of help, Im working in MX-7 for a Fanuc controller. I am machining 3 slots around a diameter held in the A axis chuck mounted to the table of a VMC. When I post out my toolpaths all of the rotations are correct and it works fine but for some reason the Axes return to the home positions and the spindle stops before the A axis will rotate. Is there a way to fix this so that the tool only returns to the clearance plane I have specified at Z8.0 and the spindle does not stop? Here is some of the code: G01 Z1.2625 F60. X0. F40. X1.925 Y.275 X0. X-.45 G00 Z8. M09 M05 G91 G28 Z0. G00 G90 A120. X-.45 Y-.385 S12000 M03 G43 H21 Z8. M08 Z2.9573 G01 Z2.4593 F60. X0. F40. X2. X2.035 Y.385 Any help would be very appriciated