Need Help!- Leadwell MCV-OP with Fanuc Series OM missing O9001 macro

[atorox]

Hi

I work in a vocational school and we have a Leadwell MCV-OP with Fanuc Series OM controller and it has been reset all the way and is missing O9001 tool changer macro.

I got it talking with pc via rs232 after some work thanks to the internet including this forum so there feels to bee some light in the darkness.

I got one Fanuc OM O9001 macro but that does nothing.

Any one out there have pointers to right direction?

atorox

[stevo1]

Well it is going to depend on a lot of things. Can you call leadwell and see if they have the macro?

It will depend on how the MTB set up the ladder to do tool changes. Some are done just by having the M6 programmed. Others can have a custom code set up for the M6. If you are using program 9001 for the tool change macro then I am going to ass u me that a custom code was set up to call program 9001. So knowing that you will need to have #240 set to 6. This will call program 9001 every time that M6 is programmed.

Now you have to make program 9001 and place your code in it to do a tool change. The code below is the most basic to try and get the job done but may need to be tweaked depending on how the ladder does the change.

O9001(TOOL CHANGE PROGRAM)
G40G80—(tool dia cancel & canned cycle cancel)
G91G28Z0M9—(tool change position in Z & coolant off)
M19--(tool orientation)
G28Y0M5—(tool change position in Y & spindle stop)
M6—(tool call of modal T value)
M99
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Now if this does not work it may be a matter of having to place the T() value being called in the M6 command or it will read the modal T. Lets try this first. If we have to go the other way and change it you will need macroB on your control. Which was probably already set up if the tool change was programmed that way.

Here is a link to a few other threads that discuss the tool change set up.
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showth...highlight=9001
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showth...highlight=9001
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showth...highlight=9001

Stevo

[atorox]

We got the fanuc running now and O9001 macro was not needed even though one source had said that it is needed. Problem was in parameters in the end.

[stevo1]

You are correct it is not always needed. It depends on how the MTB set it up. It is just nice to have all the positioning code done in a macro where no one can change it. Remember just because you don’t need it does not mean that you can’t set one up. I always run a tool change macro even if the machine does not require it.

Glad you got it running. What parameters needed to be set?

Stevo