Ive read that it doesnt work for dataserver, so naturally I tried anyhow and it was a no go, the program ran just fine with no errors, but i was unable to locate any report files from the probe. I have got my card working again but itd be nice to not have to use it, and im assuming rs232 might be the only other way?

but if the hard drive is possible and we can drop the card all together that would be great! im sure im missing something simple..

Ive been trying to report onto the hard drive but I cant find where its dumping the report or how to get it back to a computer,unless im using the wrong I/O channel?? what channel for a fanuc 18i? (kitamura hx500) I cant rs232 because I dont think we have any cable for that left since we switched over to FTP and ethernet cable. I was just looking for a quick fix friday we have a guy coming in today to fix our card hopefully..

Long story, was using i/o channel 4 to output my renishaw probe report. but it appears out memory card slot is fried and wont be getting fixed until next week. Im curious of other ways to get my data report like using channel 9 for the embedded ethernet? which this machine has. I cant use the rs232 port. any advise? ive read you cant use channel 5 for the data server.

i really like the idea of a post mod that outputs a M00 if its also posting an offset. that would stop a lot rare crashing.

thank you Jparis i think this is what i was looking for.

thank you gcode for offering some kind of help, but i dont think its post related as it didnt happen to the last programmer that worked here. i understand pushing good practice, but were in a unique situation. i work for a small shop with three machinists, me being one, running six mills and 2 lathes. I myself am very new to this industry and extremely new to programming. we do not use g54, g55 ect.. we use p1-p48. we rarely run the same part in a massive order. so we leave it up to the machinists as to where the part will be placed as of offsets. as we use mains to control what offset is going to what program, and anytime a g54 gets posted randomly into the program is where we have things getting smashed. so let me rephrase my question : my mastercam x9 randomly places offsets to random tools, its not post related as it didnt happen to the last programmer we had, but g54 gets posted to some tools but not all, and sometimes even g55 or g56 gets posted also. what settings control offsets within mastercam?

very newbie topic i believe. so im getting random g54s posting in my programs. it doesnt always happen on every tool in a toolpath group. im aiming to have NC files post with no work offsets in them at all, we leave it to the operators to place the correct offsets in the programs or in the mains. question 1 is why does it post sometimes and not always on me? it usually isnt the whole program or even a whole toolpath group. today i had it post only in one toolpath group and only on 90% of the tools in that group. question 2 i have found that under a toolpaths parameter under misc values if i check the box labeled "Automatically set to post values when posting"(see attached file) it removes the offset from posting, will the cause any other unseen surprises after posting? and how can i avoid not having to check this box everytime?