Originally Posted by
Gninok
Hey.
So we haven't actually had any contact with the manufacturer. We did send out a message but managed to resolve it before we got a reply. So we didn't go any further into that. We also bought the machine second hand so we actually never really had any contact with the manufacturer/supplier.
About the reference points:
As far as most of the 'parameters' go (settings in the machine) they will be set in the factory I think. There are some that you will probably need to calibrate yourself, like the coordinates (reference points) of the tool changer/hub for example. There are some video's on youtube, and I think some with the documentation as well I believe, that show you how to do this. So in the machine is a list of parameters and somewhere in that list are a bunch of 'reference points' for each axis. You can set 4 reference points for each axis and there are parameters for a total of 6 axis (x, y, z, 4, 5 and 6). Our machine only has 4 axis so all the parameters under 5th and 6th axis are set to 0. BUT for all the coordinates of the tool change and tool measure cycles the machine actually needs 5 different reference points for the Z axis. So one of these values was stored under the parameter named '4th reference point of 6th axis.'
We found that out because when trying to measure a tool the machine actually wouldn't go all the way to the tool tip measuring sensor. So we started the measure cycle a couple times and just compared the coordinates, that the machine was going to, to the stored parameters and this all pretty much lined up. Then it caught my eye that '4th reference point for 6th axis' was set to some value. Even though we don't have a 6th axis so it was supposed to be 0, but the number that was put in there was pretty close to the coordinate of the tool tip measure sensor. So we started the measure cycle again and turned out that the height to which the machine would lower the tool was exactly that number, which was just a bit to high so the tool wouldn't go all the was to the sensor and the machine would give an error.
I MUST ADD we did change the home position of the Z axis, since our machine would otherwise hit our ceiling. If this was the cause of the coordinates not matching up anymore... it probably was. So it's very likely that you will not encounter these problems. I just thought it was a good thing to add to the discussion seeing as it might otherwise get confusing when you do encounter problems.. and this might not be the only case of values being stored under a different name then you'd expect. So it's a good thing to keep in mind when troubleshooting.