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Hello all,
As the title states I am looking for help with running in tape mode on a fanuc 31i control. We are currently having to split programs into as many as 20 separate programs.
The machine in question is a mazak vhp-160 with a fanuc 31i control. The hard keys on the panel are about identical to a typical mazak but the majority of the control panel pages and soft keys are more similar to a traditional fanuc control.
When I put the machine in tape mode I get none of the pages or soft keys that I would get on either a mazak or a fanuc control.
I attempted to use an m198 external sub program call to run part program off usb drive as a sub program but I get alarm sr1807. Code used was :
m198 p 13536
Any help or resource anybody could offer would be greatly appreciated. I've read through all the mazak and fanuc manuals and there is nothing about tape mode. What information I found online about external sub programs was conflicting whether a usb drive could be used or not.
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