The Bandit programming syntax is different than FANUC style programming. The canned cycles work fine, but you need to put the gcode at the end of the command line, and the cycles only activate after the next axis movement is made (even if it is zero move) after the cycle command.
Tool length offsets execute properly in format Tx00 where x= tool number.
T1 M6 is a tool call for a machine with a tool changer
T100 is a length offset call for T1. Be careful, the tool moves!
T010101 is the format for length offset and radius comp offset for tool 1, length offset register 1 and radius comp register 1. I usually only used this format for a tool call only when intending to use rad comp for a particular tool. Otherwise I stuck with the Tx00 most of the time.
/T1 START gets you into the tool length register, line 1.
/G1 gets you into the diameter comp register, line 1
A complete copy of the manual is indispensible to learn to run the Bandit.
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