Need Help!- Fanuc 15MA software? problem

[manab]

Hi all, this is my first post. It is primarily aimed at memoryman whose excellent advice I followed from a thread dating back to Nov 2009. I have a Kuraki HMC twin pallet with a Fanuc 15 MA, with the 9" crt. The batteries went flat but I have loaded all the options, timers etc and all the parameters. The machine is running fine, EXCEPT the screen has certain areas that depending on the screen selected, certain information is missing. For example none of the soft key labels (program, position etc) are displayed unless that soft key is pressed. The control will then go to the screen selected but it makes selecting it, a hit and miss affair. Also when data is to be written, as you type nothing shows at the bottom, you then press enter followed by the LH soft key (Exec) and the line then shows at the top in front of the % sign. When in the setting screen, the column TV check, punch code, input unit etc is not there but the actual switches (0=OFF 1=ON) are there! Also none of the parameter descriptions are displayed.
Also I am unable to access the PUNCH and READ softkeys, which makes loading programs very time consuming! Has anyone had a problem like this? Could it be a corrupt bubble memory? It has our local Fanuc agent in Johannesburg stumped. They say we must live with it!!!!!!!!!

[Al_The_Man]

It almost sounds like a CRT display problem, vert sync or vert adjustment?
Out of interest do you have a parameter listing and what is 9105 set to?
Al.

[gbowne1]

I have a 15MA and will look at my #9105 tonight. Mine is the 14" color CRT/MDI. By the way, What is Param. #9105?

I do have a 9" CRT/MDI for the 15M, it's a gray sticker model.. not a Yellow sticker one. It may see some service some day.. but no build plans are for it yet. Gotta get my 16M running.

[manab]

Hi Al, It is not a crt problem as it is not that the screen is not working on certain areas, its just that depending on the screen, certain info is not being diplayed. It is interesting you should ask about option 9105 as this has been changed by a previous owner on my hard copy of the paramaters from hexadecimal 4 to 100. I have tried entering both - a very time consuming activity! but the screen problem remains.... Is there a setting for 14" and 9" screens? maybe this control is set for a 14"? Is this in the options? Of course, fanuc will not divilge the option settings.
Regards Mark

[Al_The_Man]

Originally Posted by manab maybe this control is set for a 14"? Is this in the options? Of course, fanuc will not divilge the option settings. Regards Mark

Not without paying a good $ first.
P.M. has been sent.
Al.

[greenery_fr]

Originally Posted by manab Hi Al, It is not a crt problem as it is not that the screen is not working on certain areas, its just that depending on the screen, certain info is not being diplayed. It is interesting you should ask about option 9105 as this has been changed by a previous owner on my hard copy of the paramaters from hexadecimal 4 to 100. I have tried entering both - a very time consuming activity! but the screen problem remains.... Is there a setting for 14" and 9" screens? maybe this control is set for a 14"? Is this in the options? Of course, fanuc will not divilge the option settings. Regards Mark

Hi Mark

Enter IPL mode then chose 5 controller will ask "Display type ? " enter 0 (zero) then press input. Turn off controller, then turn it on.

Good luck

[manab]

To greenery fr, thank you for that info, i will try it first thing tomorrow - I did see that in the IPL but I didn't know what to enter.

To Al the Man, sorry to be dumb (I'm new to CNCZONE) what is P.M. and where has it been sent to????

Regards Mark

[greenery_fr]

Originally Posted by manab To greenery fr, thank you for that info, i will try it first thing tomorrow - I did see that in the IPL but I didn't know what to enter. To Al the Man, sorry to be dumb (I'm new to CNCZONE) what is P.M. and where has it been sent to???? Regards Mark

IPL mode ,you have to press and hold (-) and (.). then power on machine, your machine will enter IPL mode. Did you enter option parameter for your machine. As I know with Fanuc 15 need password for enter option parameter

[manab]

Sorry, I wasn't very clear, yes I do have the passwords etc, I meant I wasn't sure what to enter in '5 display type'.

I will try it first thing in the morning.

Regards, Mark

[greenery_fr]

Originally Posted by manab Sorry, I wasn't very clear, yes I do have the passwords etc, I meant I wasn't sure what to enter in '5 display type'. I will try it first thing in the morning. Regards, Mark

IPL MODE
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6 Exit IPL Mode
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enter 5 then input controller will ask "Display type ?"

[manab]

ok, I went to IPL, chose 5, entered 0, then selected 6 to exit IPL. A number of alarms instantly came up and I found that all parameters and options had been deleted. I turned off the control and turned it back on whilst depressing 7 + 9, and I now find I cannot even enter IPL mode. All I get is the line F15M9A A001J at the top. I have noticed that if I boot up normally, although most of the screens are blank (because tha control doesn't know how many axes etc there are) I do get the TV CHECK column, and the far right soft key now has the label CHAPTER which it didn't before, so the 'display type' option did have some effect. Incidentally, my control asks 'CRT type' not 'display type'.

Can anyone please tell me why I cannot now enter IPL? I have tried 7 + 9 and - + .

Mark

[manab]

Originally Posted by manab ok, I went to IPL, chose 5, entered 0, then selected 6 to exit IPL. A number of alarms instantly came up and I found that all parameters and options had been deleted. I turned off the control and turned it back on whilst depressing 7 + 9, and I now find I cannot even enter IPL mode. All I get is the line F15M9A A001J at the top. I have noticed that if I boot up normally, although most of the screens are blank (because tha control doesn't know how many axes etc there are) I do get the TV CHECK column, and the far right soft key now has the label CHAPTER which it didn't before, so the 'display type' option did have some effect. Incidentally, my control asks 'CRT type' not 'display type'. Can anyone please tell me why I cannot now enter IPL? I have tried 7 + 9 and - + . Mark

I have done a bit of investigation and discovered that I was actually in the IPL screen all along, it was just that the screen setting (menu no. 5, input 0 as per greenery fr's advice) changed the screen so I could not see it! I have managed to change it back and now have the IPL displayed. I think maybe the problem does lie in the display setting but it is obviously not 0. Does any one know what that setting is for a 9" monochrome screen?

Mark