Need Help!- DNC from floppy drive

[jwknow]

According to the manual I should be able to run a program directly from the "floppy disk". It says to press MDI then enter the program name and press MDI again.

I've tried several programs and several disks but I always get the same message "Cannot find file" or something similiar to that. I can upload these same files into the mill from the floppy, so I know that the disk is good and the controller can read them. It just won't allow me to run them from the floppy.

What am I I'm doing wrong? I'm following the manual step by step.

I also have the parameter and settings turned on for "DNC from floppy", as stated in the manual.

Any ideas?

JW

[Ken_Shea]

JW,
Haas files need to be files named staring with a"O" not zero

Here is a very simple example of the name, start charecheter and end charecter

%
O01234
N10 (PART - )
N20 (FILE - NEW FILE)
N30 (AUTHOR - DEFAULT USER)
N40 (GROUP - TOOLPATH GROUP #1)
N50 (POSTED - THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2008 00:29)
N60 (CREATED - THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2008 00:27)
N70 (SYSTEM- ONECNC-XR3 MILL 3D PROFESSIONAL - VERSION 10.25)
N80 (NOTES - NONE)
N90 G00 G40 G49 G80
N100 G00 G90 G54
N110 M05 G40 G80
N120 (.375 INCH 3/8 CARBIDE END MILL)
N130 T0
N140 M06
N150 M03 F0.0 S0
N160 G54
N170 G00 G43 Z300. H0 D0
N180 G00 X1.2419 Y0.6128 Z1.
N190 Z0.05
N200 G01 Z-0.2 F0.0
N210 X1.0777 Y0.4986
N220 G02 X1.1875 Y0. I-1.0777 J-0.4986
N230 X-1.1875 Y0. I-1.1875 J0.
N240 X1.0777 Y0.4986 I1.1875 J0.
N250 G01 X1.2711 Y0.5498
N260 G00 Z1.
N270 (END TOOL)
N280 M09
N290 G91 G28 Z0.
N300 G91 G28 X0. Y0. M05
N310 M30
%.

Ken

[jwknow]

JW,
Haas files need to be files named staring with a"O" not zero

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My files all look like your sample.....percent sign on the first line....letter O with 5 numbers on the second line....etc. Program ends with percent sign. Still no luck.

I can load any of my programs "directly" into the mill with no problem but when I try to DNC them straight from the floppy, it won't read these same files.

JW

[reinhartdr]

Did you ever find out how to get that to work? I am having the same problem.

[jwknow]

Originally Posted by reinhartdr Did you ever find out how to get that to work? I am having the same problem.

Well.....its been a couple years but I believe I solved the DNC problem by getting rid of the "extension" after my file name.

Example:
O12345 and NOT O12345.txt......or whatever extension a cad/cam program adds to your filename.

Haven't DNC'd from a floppy for a looooong time but I believe that is how I solved it.

Good Luck
JW

[reinhartdr]

Yeah I figured it out. Here is what you have to do.

1. When saving your program make sure there is an O1111 or similar
example: Oxxxx
%
O1111
N01 GO M3 T1;
N02 G1
M30
%

2. IMPORTANT!!! When saving your program before putting on disk, save it to a no format. This means type in the save file name as to: O1111.
Thats it. Don't put .exe or .txt or .nc, just put a dot then a couple of spaces after it. This is what took me a while to figure out.
Example: Save as --- O1111.

3. Save that file to floppy disk

4. Put floppy into the machine, then go to programs list. Press F4. It will then read floppy and then say done reading directory.

5. Then press the MDI button. Type in your file name. For example: O1111
Then press the MDI/DNC button again. Your program should load and you should see the program. You are ready to press start cycle.

Note: I've noticed with mastercam X4 if the words in the parenthesis are too long at the beginning of the program there will be an error on the machine.

If you have any problems let me know.
Thanks,
Dave