Program Zero

[dlenardu]

I have a milltronics partner 1 with Cent V controller. I was wondering if anyone can tell me how I can set a fixed zero for a part. I have been using the Floating zero option on the soft keys for all of my programming. The problem I am having is that if I do not get finished with a part and shut the machine down I then have to rezero the part. What I was wanting would be to be able to leave the part in the jig come back the next day and finish it up without having to rezero it in. When I was in school we had a Haas and with it you set the zero for the program then no matter what if you ran that program it went to where it was suppose to go everytime. I'm not sure how to do that on this machine.

Thanks for your help

[chipsinpan]

If you are programming in Cent 5 conversational , one of your first lines should be misc/work coord . use the f3 key to toggle to work 1.
then you should be using the jog/handwheel to locate and set your x/y zeroes .
In G code , work 1 is G54
every time you fire up the machine , you have to home it , as long as you call up g54 , you will go back to the same zero pionts .

BTW you also have 5 more work coord if you jig up multiple parts

[dlenardu]

Ok, I'll try that. thanks I really appreciate it

[ZZZZ]

Check your Jog and HDW menus to be sure that the offset buttons say G54 and not FLZ.
If they say FLZ, you will have to change a MISC set-up parameter.

To change between the FLZ and the G54 options, go to F1-Parms, F1-Setup, F1-Level.
At the Validation Code: prompt, type in PROTO3 enterand then at Access Level: type another 3. More buttons will appear.

Press F5-Misc, arrow down to the Software Options section and look for the line
Use FLZ instead of G54 which you can F3-Togl to YES/NO.

Remember that all offsets are additive: Floating Zero offsets and/or tool length offsets used at the same time as Work Coordinate offsets can sometimes surprise you with unexpected moves, but can also be a quite valuable technique.

[jpawelk]

Originally Posted by chipsinpan If you are programming in Cent 5 conversational , one of your first lines should be misc/work coord . use the f3 key to toggle to work 1. then you should be using the jog/handwheel to locate and set your x/y zeroes . In G code , work 1 is G54 every time you fire up the machine , you have to home it , as long as you call up g54 , you will go back to the same zero pionts . BTW you also have 5 more work coord if you jig up multiple parts

Just an FYI... There are 60 work coordinates. Don't forget about the subsets.

[Mortek]

I have a 1997 VM16 machine, Cent. VI control, how do you find and activate the subset work positions.

[jpawelk]

MDI....
For an example, if you want to use G54(work coordinate 1) subset 2, you would type in G542 in MDI. This will then change the active work coordinate. You can view the values in the work coordinates by pressing F7(PARMS), F2(COORD) from the main menu.