Thanks George,
It's an encoder allright,
I went in this morning and tried G84. Worked fine. So then I had a 50-off to do. Just drill and tap 2 M4 holes in each, so I thought I'd give it a go. Went very well for a while so I started thinking the encoder must be ok. Then on number 26 the magazine came out for the tool change, but the change didn't happen, and the alarm "spindle orient" came on again. Magazine is out grabbing the tool, tool is in the spindle. The spindle looks to be oriented correctly. anyway turned off the power and now when I start it up I'm getting a new alarm "Mag. 2 Not Back" . Any ideas on how I make it go back ? I suppose I may source an encoder.
Thanks for the help,
Mark. |