Remote cycle start

[REVCAM_Bob]

Does any one know how to initiate a remote cycle start on a Fanuc control
i.e. from a remote location i.e. via a remote computer?

[Al_The_Man]

Do you mean by Cable link (RS232 etc) or by radio link or the likes of Modbus etc?
What Fanuc control?
Al.

[REVCAM_Bob]

Would prefer via ethernet possibly with Focus 1 software...
But rs232 would be acceptable if I could not do through Focus 1 software.
I really don't know anything about Modbus. I know I could tear apart the panel and start hard wireing onto the switches, but thats kind of the last thing I would want to do....

[REVCAM_Bob]

Sorry, Fanuc 18i control.
one on wire edm, one is on a machining center. The Focus 1 stuff allows
us to access the control and do a lot of stuff via vb.net, but remote cycle
start is something they don't seem to want to make available.....

[Switcher]

Originally Posted by REVCAM_Bob Sorry, Fanuc 18i control. one on wire edm, one is on a machining center. The Focus 1 stuff allows us to access the control and do a lot of stuff via vb.net, but remote cycle start is something they don't seem to want to make available.....

Do you have a link for "Focus 1"?

[Dan Fritz]

Ask any lawyer about remote cycle start. It's just too easy to have a major accident.

[REVCAM_Bob]

No, no link on focus1 it is software obtained from Fanuc directly...

And yes the lawyer issue is obviously a reason it is a "Guarded" thing.