Hardinge Mill, Fanuc OiM, how to output all programs?

[Darc]

Anyone know how I can output all programs to a computer rather than doing it one at a time?

[metfan]

On the Fanuc I think it's punch O9999. Groups all programs together.

[Darc]

Thanks buddy I'll give it a go, I'm a bit unsure with our DNC software because when you output it asks for a single name to save it as, so if I output all????

[psychomill]

Correction,... on Fanuc, it's 'O-9999', then punch. If you type in just O9999, it will only output only program number 9999 (if you have one).

If you output all, all of the programs will be saved as "one" in a single file. Thats what the software is asking for. If you want to save it like that, you can. If you want it split into the individual programs, you'll have to seperate the programs from the one file and create new files for each program. Fairly easy on a PC, unles you have a boat load of programs, subs and things like that.

Otherwise, just output the program (or programs) that you want for each file.

BTW: If you run subs, (and you number them accordingly or relative to the main), you can output multiple files by using a comma (,) as a seperater.

EX: main program number ( 2460 )
sub program numbers ( 2461 thru 2490 )

So you type in " O2460,O2490 " .... you'll get all programs from number 2460 to 2490.

HTH

[Darc]

thanks guys, I'll try those suggestions tomorrow.