Need Help!- fanuc turn mate problems

[smcwalton]

hi i am running an alpha1550 centre lathe
when using turn mate i am finding that the machine has problems when cutting rad in corners i have the correct offsets in the tool settings
i have this problem when using either the streight dia with rad in corner and also in the free figure cycle the machine roughs the job out fine then the cut before the finishing cut cuts into the face of the job by up to 2mm
has any one had this problem with turn mate

thanks for any help

[fordav11]

are you sure it's not a program issue? did it ever work properly?
can you post the program here?

[smcwalton]

in the turn mate side of the machine you vertualy draw the part you are machining on to the screen then the fanuc turn mate wirted its own program you dont actually see any of the program at all
when using the alpha link to draw the jobs and machine them the program is visable and usualy works ok its just that using the turn mate side of the machine is so much faster
that is unless you have this problem
i have contacted fanuc through our machine supplier but have had no answer
i was hoping to find out if any one else using this fanuc control had any problems with it

[fordav11]

Do you have the Turn Mate manual?
Are you sure you are drawing it correctly?
I've not heard of Turn Mate. Seems to be not common?
Is it something like CAPi or Super CAPi or Manual Guide?

[fordav11]

Oh I just found the manual for Turn Mate i

It says....
There is an area of the SRAM memory reserved for TURN MATE i.
Upon installing TURN MATE i for the first time on the CNC, please
be sure to clear the SRAM area reserved for TURN MATE i as
follows.
(1) Power ON pushing [CAN] ( ) key on the MDI keyboard.
(2) The message “NOW LOADING” will appear on the screen and
after a few seconds the message “SRAM DATA CLEARED”
will appear on the top right hand side of the screen.
(3) SRAM memory area of TURN MATE i is now clear.
CAUTION
Neglecting to clear the SRAM memory area
reserved for TURN MATE i will cause to have
incorrect default values of the cutting cycles data.



Maybe try that to restore defaults?

[fordav11]

and....

MANDATORY PARAMETERS
In order to run TURN MATE i it is necessary to set the following
parameters.
(1) P3112#0(SGD)=0
This parameter setting disables servo waveform display.
If this parameter is set to 1, then no graphic display function
other than servo waveform display is available and TURN
MATE i will be not visible.
(2) No.3201#6=1
M02, M30, and M99, do not specify the end of the program.
(3) No.7100#0=1
In JOG mode Manual Handle feed is available.
(4) No.8650#0=1
If RESET key is pressed, then the key code is passed to TURN
MATE i.
(5) No.8650#1=1
If NC alarm is issued while the TURN MATE i is displayed then
the screen does not switch to the standard NC alarm screen.
(6) No.8701#4=1
Reading vacant P code macro variables is allowed.
(7) No.8701#6=1
TV check is skipped during edit operation.
(8) No.9000#0=0
The parameter to debug macro program must be zero.
(9) No.9000#7=0
This parameter must be set to zero.
If the parameter is set to 1 then TURN MATE i screen is not
updated during machining and the machining itself is not executed
correctly.
(10) No.9112≠0
The parameter specify the PMC R signal used by TURN MATE i
to communicate with the PMC.
(11) No.5002#0=0
Tool offset number is specified using the latest two digits of T
code.For example in T**xy the number xy identify the tool offset
number xy.
(12) No.6004#2=0
Tool position offset values are read with system variables #5121
through #5124.