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Sorted. Put the line in twice and it works for some reason, no idea why.

Hi, I've acquired a Bridgeport MDI Series1 with a TNC 150 control. When I run a program with a Label call repeat it will occasionally completely skip a linear positioning block and then go to the...

Parameter 4077 is orientation but not on the main spindle it's used to line up the live tool drive for tool changing.
Alan B

It's a lever switch on the motor coupling.
Alan B

What turret is fitted? In the UK the first Puma 8's had a Sauter or Sauter style turret fitted for live tooling. There are some 8mm capheads in the centre of the disc. These are not in a complete...

Most problems have been covered above. The puma you have should read the card OK. One cause of card error is a flat coin battery if your card uses a battery. The main problem people have with cards...

The 0M doesn't have ethernet capability. The previous owner must have had this cable made for some reason. The 0M is a standard RS232 port so you have to set / find this port as normal.
Alan B

If you are having to move the switch it sounds like you are hiiting the hard over travel switch. The soft over travel limit should be 2-3mm inside the cam
The parameters for soft over travel are as...

I think the absolute position can be set in the parameters but I'm not sure which parameters. I seem to think it may be 113 and 114 but please check this first.

To move the toolchange position...

Parts counter and timer are Fanuc options. Have you got theses options?
Alan B

No problem STS. If I can help I will. I'm also quite happy to come over the water if there is enough work to a trip worthwhile. LOL
Alan B

Parameter 3123 is the screen clear parameter, screen saver, set to 0 to switch off. The setting are in minutes. Parameter 3104.3 set the relative postion on reference set to 1 to stop it.
Alan B

It would seem you have a problem with support in the USA on Daewoo machines. In the UK I worked for the agents for 11 years before going on my own, yes, you do get what you pay for, and yes, the...

Thanks for that. I'm downloading now and just tried the translate feature. Sketch is the one I wanted rather than snap. No wonder I couldn't find it I was looking for [MOVE] in the menus.
Alan B

This is probably easy but I cannot find it. Is it possible to drag a selected item or entiety to a new position in BobCad V21. The Cad program I used to use allowed you to select then drag an item to...

Where are the [ ] ( ) characters? On the 0 control it's possible to change a parameter to change the keypad [ ] keys to input ( ) instead. To use macros you need extended edit to give both types of...

Surely line 2 should read
WHILE [#1LT550]DO1 not WHILE [#1LE550]DO1
it should be LessThan not LessEqual

Alan B

You should be able to use the G30 command but you will have to set parameter 1241 either manually in M.D.I. or in program if you have the G10/G11 option.
Alan B

In the UK very few people, (in fact I can't think of any of my customers) use load monitering. Nakamura-Tome lathes have their version but nobody uses it. Your inspection patrols if set up correctly...

If the control is splitting the programs on subroutines it is assuming M99 is the end of the program and starting a new program for the line afterwards. Check parameter 19 bit 6 :-
1 = M02, M30,...

Assuming you have a 18 or 21 control look at parameter 1815 bit 1. A 1 is for optical scales and a 0 is for encoders.
Alan B

If you look at the parameters you are telling the control to look at optical scales and switching off the encoders. A quick check on scale machines for disconnect alarms is to switch the encoders...

Don't go on the Fanuc no as a basis of control specifacation. The Fanc 0 is a very powerful control and well able to a lot more than the Lynx is capable of. The 0i control is actually a better spec...

I'm sorry but that is not correct. The [soft disconnect alarm] in the the Fanuc book will tell you it is a broken cable. However any machine using glass scales will give this alarm. If you look at...

How are you switching the machine off at the end of work. On Vertical machines in particular but on all machines really you should press the E.Stop button first then power down. This allows the brake...

Touch the workpiece to set Z datum only. Then use the presetter to set the X values on all the tools. To check / set the presetter do the following.
1) Put a bit scrap material in the chuck.
2)...

Sorry I've not been on the forum lately. The belts do not want to be too tight or the rear bearing will fail. Do you have an encoder on the headstock near the belts? If not is there a casing between...

The machine should perform better than you describe. Has your machine got a seperate encoder on the spindle? If not it is probably using a CZ sensor on the spindle itself. There would be 2 half...

Assuming the machine has a slowdown cam for reference, i:e rapids then slows to reference the slowdown switch is probably sticking. When the control sees the slow down switch it then looks for next...

You also get a longer X axis travel for a smaller machine footprint.
Alan B