"HACKING" the optional functions on the Haas control?

[1ctoolfool]

different options are standard on different machines.
Rigid tapping is not standard on TM's or MiniMills.
All programmable options have 200 hours of free trials which is a lot in my opinion since it is 200 hours of actual use of the feature.
I must admit that I was a little peeved at paying for some of the options but now that I have had the machine for several months I feel like it is an awesome machine for the money.
The problem is that some of the options you don't really know if you need them till you've used the machine for a couple of months.
joe V.

[AMCTony]

This Machine is a TM-1 and rigid tapping was an option.

[AMCTony]

I bought the machine new in 2004 and figured that I would turn the rigid tapping on and off until the hours were used. I am just ticked because it waited till a weekend to turn off when I can do nothing about it until monday.

[pit202]

the number is counted by a haas serial number and the option, maybe if we get as many as we hava serial numbers and codes , maybe we can get the calculation needet to calculate the rigth code ?

[Gandalf]

If something breaks and they fix your machine with a code that was not paid for or registered to your machine, they can legally refuse to give you warranty. On equipment worth 100K it just is not worth it.

Stay clean, grind your teeth and pay.

I have 5 Haas machines in my shop and I know it is maddening to see what they cash in while Deckel mills came with everything as long as you had bought the board in the beginning. But this is just the way it is!