AUTO POWER UP AND PROG RUN?

[fokusco]

Does anyone know of a way that I can have my machine startup at 530am and run my spindle warmup prog so it is ready for me to run when I come in, in the mornings?

[wcbob]

Yes it can me done with a custom macros program. You must have macros and be careful as a machine starting on its own can be dangererous.

[bborb]

Is there air pressure available at 5:30am?

[Geof]

Haas machines have a SLEEP command; have a look in your manual, I cannot remember the exact code.

You leave the machine powered on with air and modify your warm up program with a line that gives the SLEEP time in hours and minutes. You have to make sure you start the program at the correct time so it wakes up at the correct time.

[bborb]

M95 Sleep Mode Sleep
Sleep mode is essentially a long dwell (pause). Sleep mode can be used when the user wants the machine to
begin warming itself up so it can be ready for use upon the operators arrival. The format of the M95 command is:
M95 (hh:mm)
The comment immediately following the M95 must contain the hours and minutes that the machine is to sleep for.
For example, if the current time were 6 p.m. and the user wanted the machine to sleep until 6:30 a.m. the next day,
the following command would be used:
M95 (12:30)
The line(s) following the M95 should be axis moves and spindle warm-up commands.

[treg]

cool

[fokusco]

Yeah we leave our compressor on 24/7 so we have air... On that note, my next comment/question is going to sound stupid... Power consumption was the issue with me leaving it in sleep mode.. Does anyone know how much power is used while the machine is sleeping?

How do I create a custom macro program that will start up the machine?

[Geof]

To answer your power consumption question; not much, I put an ammeter on a VF0 which was just sitting idle and it was drawing about 1 to 1-1/2amps which is around 500 watts.

To answer your question about creating a macro to start the machine I think that would be a trick; if the machine is off then it is not running in order to process the macro.

[big_mak]

I had Run a Matsuura, that had a timer on it, that would trigger the shop comressor to start, and fire up the machine after a bit, then run the warm up program. I'm not sure how this was rigged up, but if you can do it on a machine like that, it could be done with a Haas.

[MMTechi]

Here is what I wrote and use for a warm up program. No macro, but it does use an internal sub - edit as needed.



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O89998 (TM1 TABLE WARMUP)
G110 G17 G40 G80 G90 (SET G110 AT CENTER OF XY TRAVELS)
T10 M6 (REMOVE TOOL FOR WARM UP CLEARANCE -USE H50 TLO)

M99 P101 (SPINDLE AND TABLE WARMUP)
M99 P102 (SPINDLE WARMUP ONLY)

(SLEEP MODE DWELL)
M95 (14:00) (14 HR SLEEP 5 PM TIL 7 AM)
M99 P100
M95 (13:00) (13 HR SLEEP 6 PM TIL 7 AM)
M99 P100
M95 (12:00) (12 HR SLEEP 7 PM TIL 7 AM)
M99 P100
M95 (11:00) (11 HR SLEEP 8 PM TIL 7 AM)
M99 P100
M95 (10:00) (10 HR SLEEP 9 PM TIL 7 AM)
M99 P100
M95 (09:00) (9 HR SLEEP 10 PM TIL 7 AM)
M99 P100
M95 (08:00) (8 HR SLEEP 11 PM TIL 7 AM)
M99 P100
M95 (07:00) (7 HR SLEEP 12 AM TIL 7 AM)
M99 P100
M95 (06:00) (6 HR SLEEP 1 AM TIL 7 AM)
M99 P100
M95 (05:00) (5 HR SLEEP 2 AM TIL 7 AM)
M99 P100

M95 (15:00) (15 HR SLEEP)
M99 P100
M95 (16:00) (16 HR SLEEP)
M99 P100
M95 (17:00) (17 HR SLEEP)
M99 P100
M95 (18:00) (18 HR SLEEP)
M99 P100
M95 (19:00) (19 HR SLEEP)
M99 P100
M95 (20:00) (20 HR SLEEP)
M99 P100
M95 (21:00) (21 HR SLEEP)
M99 P100
M95 (22:00) (22 HR SLEEP)
M99 P100
M95 (23:00) (23 HR SLEEP)
M99 P100
M95 (24:00) (24 HR SLEEP)
M99 P100
M95 (25:00) (25 HR SLEEP)
M99 P100
M95 (00:01) (1 MIN TEST SLEEP)
M99 P100

N101 G40 G80 G90 (SPINDLE AND TABLE WARMUP)
G110 T10 M6 (REMOVE TOOL FOR WARM UP CLEARANCE)
G1 G43 X0.0 Y-4.0 Z4.0 H50 F100. S100
G4 P2.5 (***********GOOD LOC TO GREASE MACHINE**********)
M3 (**REMOVE CHIP PANEL & VISE HANDLES********)

M97 P501 L5 S200 F150.
M97 P501 L4 S800 F200.
M97 P501 L4 S1500 F200.
M97 P501 L4 S2000 F200.

M99 P103 (CONTINUE SPINDLE WARMUP)

N102 G40 G80 G90 (SPINDLE WARMUP ONLY)
G110 T10 M6 (REMOVE TOOL FOR WARM UP CLEARANCE)
G1 G43 X0.0 Y0.0 Z4.0 H50 F100. (EDIT FOR XY TRAVELS)

S200 M3
G4 P100.
S800
G4 P100.
S1500
G4 P100.
S2000
G4 P100.

N103 G40 G80 G90 (CONTINUE SPINDLE WARMUP)
G110 T10 M6 (REMOVE TOOL FOR WARM UP CLEARANCE)
G1 G43 X0.0 Y0.0 Z4.0 H50 F80. (EDIT FOR XY TRAVELS)

S2500 M3
G4 P100.
S3500
G4 P100.
S4000
G4 P100.
S5000
G4 P100.
S5500
G4 P100.
S6000
G4 P100.
S2000
G4 P100.
S50

M99 P100 (GO TO END OF PROGRAM)

N501
M97 P602 (EDIT SUB NUMBER AS NEEDED 602 THRU 605)
M99

N602
(TM1 TABLE WARMUP START X- Y+)
(MOVE DOWN RIGHT Y MINUS)
G1 X-14.99 Y4.99 Z4.49
G1 X10. Y2. Z-3.
G1 X14.99 Y-4.99 Z-11. (EDIT AS NECESSARY CLEARS VISE HANDLE)
G1 X10. Y2. Z-3.
G1 X-14.99 Y4.99 Z4.49
M99

N603
(TM1 TABLE WARMUP START X- Y-)
(MOVE DOWN RIGHT Y +)
G1 X-14.99 Y-4.99 Z4.49
G1 X10. Y2. Z-3.
G1 X14.99 Y4.99 Z-11. (EDIT AS NECESSARY CLEARS VISE HANDLE)
G1 X10. Y2. Z-3.
G1 X-14.99 Y-4.99 Z4.49
M99

N604
(TM1 TABLE WARMUP START X+ Y+)
(MOVE DOWN LEFT Y -)
G1 X14.99 Y4.99 Z4.49
G1 X-10. Y-2. Z-3.
G1 X-14.99 Y-4.99 Z-11. (EDIT AS NECESSARY CLEARS VISE HANDLE)
G1 X-10. Y-2. Z-3.
G1 X14.99 Y4.99 Z4.49
M99

N605
(TM1 TABLE WARMUP START X+ Y-)
(MOVE DOWN LEFT Y +)
G1 X14.99 Y-4.99 Z4.49
G1 X-10. Y-2. Z-3.
G1 X-14.99 Y4.99 Z-11. (EDIT AS NECESSARY CLEARS VISE HANDLE)
G1 X-10. Y-2. Z-3.
G1 X14.99 Y-4.99 Z4.49
M99

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N100 (**TABLE IS CENTERED AND SPINDLE IS WARMED UP**)
(**************WARM UP IS COMPLETE***********)
(******** ARE MACHINES GREASED ***********)
M5
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