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Fixed. Phew...

http://i.imgur.com/twYT59el.jpg

For anyone who runs across this thread with the same question: a sales rep for zero-max gave me the sub partnumber for the plastic "frog" insert for the Control Flex Coupling It is P/N: S015000 (for...

Heard back from zero-max. They referred me to motion industries, left them a message. Lets hope they get back to me.

Damn, I found the problem.

http://i.imgur.com/VvFYIETl.jpg

I took off the tacho-generator and this little gizmo was in there... 2 were ok, 1 was cracked and the last one was floating loose on...

My machine is a Shizuoka B3-V w/ a Fanuc 6M-B control. A traditional bed mill with 2 gears and 3 modes (High - Neutral - Low)
The gear is pneumatically engaged (up for high gear, and middle for...

I've seen bits and pieces of the manual around, but I cant find anybody who still has the service manual for these old beasts.

Anybody have a lead? I tried Sanyo Denki US and Japan, also tried...

I'm not too clear on your last message.

I'm guessing that you were able to clear the alarm and now you're trying to run a program thats loaded in memory?

First, make sure that your machine is...

First check your servo drives for alarm LEDs. Also check your fuses. The other two errors will go away if you fix your 401 error.

There should be two breakers feeding your power supply, one is single phase, the other is 3 phase.
Check the magnetic contactor first (sits between the 3 phase breaker switch and AC reactor).
...

You're going to want the Fanuc manual B-90699E/03 which describes the jumpers (that set the communication parameters) on the board.

But just in case, if you haven't already, try 4800 7E2 and 9600...

Assuming that all that happened was that the machine was powered off in the middle of a toolchange, try actuating the hydraulic valves manually to get it to go back to a known state. The machine...

Oh, and also on most Fanuc's the machine builder defines certain modes as "auto" and certain modes as "manual"... Make sure your machine went through the ZRN process on boot up, then set the mode to...

Now that I think about it for a few more seconds. First question is what was it doing when it stopped working?

Second is, what do you mean when you say it doesn't index.

M6 works but T doesn't...

You mean the magazine is stuck in the wrong position? What was it doing before it got there?

Hmm, its a bit complex, but here I go... maybe some experts can provide more details...

Error 901 indicates that no error was detected when powering on, but the data is corrupt. So there is a good...

Assuming it was working, but not working now... What does your ladder show?

First thing to look at would be the contactors near the servo drives. "Overload" is usually just thermal switch tripped on. Either that or a fuse...

Solved!!!

In the end, this is the live code that I ended up going with. You can replace #130 with #530 if you want your carousel position to be persistent across machine restarts.



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Half the challenge I think is dealing with the weird tool selection behavior by the Shizuoka PLC.

http://i.imgur.com/94uJBA5.png

The image above shows the relationship table I used to make the...

Based on a PM I received, I flipped the bit and... somewhat anti-climatically... Macro B works just peachy!
Also enabled parameter 308 bit 6 (MSFT) which lets me use ABS/INC as Shift in EDIT mode.
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If it happens on power on, check the connection between CAV on the master PCB and CN1 on the control PCB. Also double/triple check the contactor on the relay.

Basically if your contactor is not...

Yeah, I was just curious about the other options, I don't think I need any other options besides custom macros on this machine as it has everything I care about.

Mainly, I'm hoping someone can...

Did you end up having to source the ROMs for Macro B in your build?

See, when the parameters were restored, I did not have any of the 300 option parameters that shipped with this machine.
I left...

Just curious, 901 is a bubble memory error. Did you reinitialize your BMU or replace it? You will probably want to do that before re-entering the parameters.

Everything you need to know is right here in the Operator's Manual:

http://www.compumachine.com/support/Downloads/Fadal/GE%20Fanuc/GE%20Fanuc%2018i%20Operator%20Manual.pdf

See section 7.0, and...

Hey gbowne1! I saw your Fanuc 6MB restore thread, how is that going?

So that sort of leads me to another question...

On this machine, I had the factory parameter sheet and I restored...

I'm pretty sure the 0 through 0Mate operator's manuals are floating around google... just google "Fanuc Operator's Manual" that covers really everything you need to know about the control...

If...

Peter Smit?/Smid? has a good book called CNC Programming handbook that I think is on 3rd edition now. It is pretty Fanuc oriented and should cover most things the Fanuc Operator's manual covers but...

Open the cabinet and locate the main board (it will have anywhere from 3 to 5 boards plugged into it)

There are two switches on the board, one is up at top near the middle, the other is at the...

I'm pretty sure its not random style because this uses a single swing arm.

On a commanded tool change, it always takes the current tool in the spindle, inserts it into current pod, then indexes...