Can not figure out Yasnak control panel on Matsuura MC-500V

[produca2]

So I have experience on HAAS control, Fanuc control and Fadal control panels. I recently purchased a Matsuura MC500V with a Yasnak control panel. This is my very first machine purchase, and would like to use it to make me some money. I can get the machine to Jog in all three axes, but I can not figure out anything else on the machine. I know my g and m code back and forth, I have read the manual given to me with the machine. I just cant seem to get the hang of it! Can anyone recommend any tips or tricks, or possibly a service in Southern California that might help me out? I would really like to get this machine cutting some metal. Thanks in advance.

[Brian FRF]

First you need to home the axis. Flip switch for "zero return" and jog all axis til they stop. The lights for each axis will light up when they hit their limits. I then do g92 on all, and use this for machine zero. All my programs pull up fixture offsets, found in "settings" a few down. Youll have to look in the manual for what setting for which axis, under different g codes.

Programs are named "O####" The first is not a zero, but a letter O.

Also, these controller do not like spindle control on the same line as coolant control. IE m3 s1000 m8 will not work, it will error.

Hopefully this helps a little.

[Brian FRF]

This will probably help:
http://www.stanford.edu/group/prl/do...ete/RunRed.pdf

[produca2]

Originally Posted by Brian FRF First you need to home the axis. Flip switch for "zero return" and jog all axis til they stop. The lights for each axis will light up when they hit their limits. I then do g92 on all, and use this for machine zero. All my programs pull up fixture offsets, found in "settings" a few down. Youll have to look in the manual for what setting for which axis, under different g codes. Programs are named "O####" The first is not a zero, but a letter O. Also, these controller do not like spindle control on the same line as coolant control. IE m3 s1000 m8 will not work, it will error. Hopefully this helps a little.

I cant even make the spindle turn on in MDI with a simple s100 m3 line. It keeps giving me alarm 23 or 14. I assume it is because I have not homed my axes?

[produca2]

Originally Posted by Brian FRF This will probably help: http://www.stanford.edu/group/prl/do...ete/RunRed.pdf

Brian=AWESOME. Thank you

[Brian FRF]

Originally Posted by produca2 I cant even make the spindle turn on in MDI with a simple s100 m3 line. It keeps giving me alarm 23 or 14. I assume it is because I have not homed my axes?

I believe the spindle wont turn on until it has been homed.

I also always put the m command before the speed, but I dont know that it matters either. ie "m3 s100"

[produca2]

Originally Posted by Brian FRF I also always put the m command before the speed, but I dont know that it matters either. ie "m3 s100"

I have not tried that yet. I will this evening.

[produca2]

ok...so I got it to move to the home position, and got the spindle to fire up and got a tool change out of it! YES!! thanks for your help guys. The PDF from BrianFRF was a godsend! Thank you Thank you! If anyone else has any other tips/tricks I might want to need or want to know about I would be glad to hear them.

[Brian FRF]

Originally Posted by produca2 ok...so I got it to move to the home position, and got the spindle to fire up and got a tool change out of it! YES!! thanks for your help guys. The PDF from BrianFRF was a godsend! Thank you Thank you! If anyone else has any other tips/tricks I might want to need or want to know about I would be glad to hear them.

Always amazes me that the stupidest stuff is never in the manuals. I found that PDF when I first got this machine, and helped me the same as you! "turn the machine, flip this, push that."
Have fun making chips!

Oh, FWIW, after milling circles, youll need g1 or g00. And m3, m8 must be on separate lines, as with m5, m9.

And if you havent found them yet, look for g54-g59, fixture offsets. Then all your offsets are off home position. So you can turn the machine off, turn it back on, home, and start running again. No need to find zero on your part, its stored as a fixture offset.

[produca2]

Originally Posted by Brian FRF Always amazes me that the stupidest stuff is never in the manuals. I found that PDF when I first got this machine, and helped me the same as you! "turn the machine, flip this, push that." Have fun making chips! Oh, FWIW, after milling circles, youll need g1 or g00. And m3, m8 must be on separate lines, as with m5, m9. And if you havent found them yet, look for g54-g59, fixture offsets. Then all your offsets are off home position. So you can turn the machine off, turn it back on, home, and start running again. No need to find zero on your part, its stored as a fixture offset.

So instead of an m30 I need a g1 or g00 at the end of my program?sounds like I am gonna have to make a new post for mastercam.....

[Brian FRF]

Originally Posted by produca2 So instead of an m30 I need a g1 or g00 at the end of my program?sounds like I am gonna have to make a new post for mastercam.....

Sorry, that reads a bit confusing.
End of the program is still m30.

If you are using mastercam it will take care of this. However many controllers Ive used dont require a g1, after a circular mill, g2/g3. Yasnac does. Its confusing because the error will show up, highlighting the g2/g3, and its actually because a g1 is missing from the next line. Does that make sense?

[produca2]

GOTCHA! I was thinking I had attached myself to an alien control panel I was going to have to learn an entire new language to control! lol. Thanks for clearing that up.