G'day all
I'm currently the operator of an Extron 4 axis machining center. It has the Itri/mirl m2000 control (Fanuc based). After 12 months on this machine i pretty much have it sorted out.. just one thing has bothered me.
As we have a 20 tool changer and most jobs use more than one tool i set the tool lengths off the table surface. The trouble is that the control dosn't allow for the Tool Length offset (G43) in the Absolute or Relitive co-ordinates readout. If for example my tool length for tool one is 145.5 mm and i use the code
G43 H1
G0 Z0
When the machine reaches Z0 the readout will display Z145.5 instead of Z0. While i have been able to use the machine quite sucessfully it would make life much easier if i could see exactly what the z axis is doing without having to do a calculation on my hand calculator to ge the true Z position.
Does anyone know how i can change this? Is the some parameter in the control that allows for this? Or is there another method of setting up my tools?
Thanks
Cheers
Leeroy