Fanuc 5T parameter question for Mori TL-3A

[mogwopjr]

Hello!

We have a, new to us, Mori Seiki TL-3A s/n 506 lathe controlled by a Mori II Fanuc System 5T (non CRT). When we got the Fanuc the battery for the memory was dead. When we checked the parameters they were all 1's. The book for the Fanuc has parameters 5-39 and 50-69 but its missing a bunch that look like they're supposed to be hand written in.

We have contacted Mori Seiki and the gentleman there was very nice and helpful but unable to find the documentation for the TL-3A and the Fanuc version we have.

I'm still waiting to hear back from Fanuc.

Does anyone have any other recommendations as to where to get the parameters? Or do we have the necessary parameters and we just don't know it?

We also have an I/O Com 8710 btr and can't find any documentation on that either.

Help?
Thanks for your time and expertise,

Travis.

[mogwopjr]

Talked to Fanuc support this morning and they were nice but were not able to supply any information other than to call the local distributer for Mori Seiki.

Which we did, and their technicians have an undertmined amount of time between now and when they can get to our machine. They could not tell us when a tech would be available. It seems we were stone walled there too.

Am I asking the wrong questions or asking them in the wrong place? Any suggestions?

[angelw]

Talked to Fanuc support this morning and they were nice but were not able to supply any information other than to call the local distributer for Mori Seiki.

Which we did, and their technicians have an undertmined amount of time between now and when they can get to our machine. They could not tell us when a tech would be available. It seems we were stone walled there too.

Am I asking the wrong questions or asking them in the wrong place? Any suggestions?

Your asking the correct questions in the correct place.

I fit BTR's to a lot of these old controls and I'm surprised you were able to get so many parameters from the Fanuc manual. Most I've seen has been from parameter #003 to #019 in the Fanuc manual, the rest are all MTB related. Parameters #000 to #002 are option parameters, and they include the parameter setting for G28 function.

I was lucky recently with a client that had dead parameter backup batteries, the set connected centre top of the main board, and had lost all parameters. The agents looked though their archived files without success, then a week later, a service person who had worked on this very machine had a copy from 25 years ago.

To get the parameters you need, you will have to get lucky and find someone with the same model machine as yours. I would try contacting the MTB direct, stating the Serial Number of the machine with any communication you have with them. Sorry I'm not able to help more with the parameters, but once you get it going I can help you with any question regarding programming, setting and operation of this control.

Regards,

Bill

[mogwopjr]

Thank you for the assistance! Its good to know I'm in the right place, this is kind of new to me.

We were able to use the Fanuc instructional materials to figure out #000 through #002 and the rest were documented in the manual, except for the ones that were just blank. As of right now the lathe functions perfectly if its manually controlled, we're just missing some parameters to get the CNC part of it working, or so we think.


Then there's that BTR, we may end up purchasing a new one because we cant find any information on how its set up. Not even the company who's information is on the BTR know anything about it. We're going to try various baud and com port settings to see if we can get a valid response from the Fanuc.

It seems to me that when these products are superseded by the newest thing, or 30 years goes by, a lot of technicians and the manufacturers want to forget they existed to begin with.

Working in the telco world, we aren't allowed to forget the 40 year old equipment we work on every day.

Thanks again,

Travis