Post Processors for Fanuc

[PinMan]

I have a small variety of Fanuc controls on my lathes and a few questions regarding them. Here is what I have, control-wise

Fanuc Series Oi-TC
Fanuc Series Oi-T
Fanuc Series 21i-TB
Fanuc Series 21i-T

Now my questions:

1. In the post processor download section for BobCAD, they have OiT listed, but not OiTC, is it the same processor? Or do I need to request one from BobCAD?

2. Similair for the Series 21, they have 21T, but not 21iT or 21iTB... I have looked through my Fanuc manuals and I know that some of the designations refer to my live tooling.

BobCAD can only do 2-axis turning on lathes, but I can add in the live tooling parts after the post does its work. Or can I?

[The One]

You will actually need to compare two programs for the controls and present the differences to the Post Processor department, so that you have a functional post.

While most of the designations will not change between the controls, depending on who setup the controller to machine interface there may be some differences which could create a problem. These differences, most likely, exist within the canned cycles for the machine and not in the standard long hand programming.

I would be hesitant to use the programs from the 21iT post on a 21iTB machine before verifying their compatability.

Regards

[tjones]

You can add or change the output in any way you like. You can save the output to a file to edit or if you have the Predator Editor (great tool) then you can edit inside the editor for even more tools.

It has a conversion, math operations, replace, etc. I actually converted a Y axis output to a 4th axis movement. It made it very easy and I was thinking of checking into a way to automate it.