[Otterpaw]

My first post so hope I am posting this in the correct place.
I am helping a company near me with training their programmers and have ended up helping set up the machine(ANDI) itself due to some problems with the set up team.
I have the programs I have made sending down to the machine ok, and do run, however I am having a problem starting the first program of the day. The machine thinks there is already tool 1 in the spindle when I start up.
What command do I send to clear the spindle? I'm assuming its an MDI command?
My thanks in advance....

[dcoupar]

I believe that's more of a machine function than a Fanuc function. Some machines use T0 M6 to empty the spindle.

[Otterpaw]

ok thanks I will try that section then.....

[jrick]

surely this has been resolved by now, however, just in case
My andi stratos using mdi command t alond with spindle no. and o to
t 10 would remove tool from spindle 1

other wise I am confused because you stated your machine thinks there is a tool.

With my andi even if the tool is removed manually it knows there is no tool in the spindle.

I get an alarm somtimes when I confuse the thing -alarm is wrong tool

M95 clears code
M97 t10 tells it there is no tool in spindle
M94 t1? tells it the position of the carosel where ? equals tool in front of spindle.