Need Help!- Tool Change/index Problem

[JMO09]

Hello all. Im new to this site and to Okuma's so help me out a bit
we just got a okuma & howa 2SP-15HG and im running into problems with the machine going into an alarm when it tries to index to another tool-i know why its going into the alarm but cant figure out how to fix it!
I programmed it to go to the home position then have an offset cancel t0100-then going to the tool change command t0303 but if i have any offsets in the wear page it pulls the machine off of home position to whatever the wear offset is set at-hence the alarm!! it works fine if i put all of my offsets into the geo page and leave the wear page set at 0.0!!
SO... WHAT GIVES???

[JMO09]

Bump

[Algirdas]

You try this: change tool with zerro offsset, as "t0300" and next You command G00 positioning with tool offset already: G00 Z2 X50 T0303.
good luck

[JMO09]

This is what ive tried so far
program#
N001 M127
N002 M17
N003 M126
N005 G20 G99
#3004=2
N010T0101 (ive tried BOTH T0100 AND T0104 before this line and it didnt work)
the meat of the program
G28 U0.0 W0.0
M01
N030T0303 (Ive tried BOTH T0300 AND T0304 before this line and it didnt work)

It is going into an alarm in tool 1 also if there are any wear offsets in tool 1! it is moving to the exact distance of the offset being made! ive tried putting command T0304(BECAUSE OFFSET 04 WILL BE AT 0.0) so it would at least index then i had the T0303 right after - it STILL went into the alarm(EX 260 TURRET CONDITION ILLEGAL)

[Superman]

Reading your code, It seems that you are taking up compensation when the turret is right on the machine limits.

As it is suggested try taking up the compensation while moving toward the workpiece from Home pos.
or
move inside the limits, then toolchange with comp, then move to workpiece

[Algirdas]

look, as superman said:
N001 M127
N002 M17
N003 M126
N005 G20 G99
#3004=2 [what's this?]
N010 G00 X500 Z500 T0101 [the turret must go to software limit, I think]
G00 X100 Z2 T0101 [turret goes to worpiece with tool offset already]
...
the meat of the program
...
M01

this expression:
"and it didnt work" says nothing. Post error code or description of machine behaviour.
and one more question: what is tool offset amount? where is "zerro tool"? why do You use offset #4 for zerro offset?

[budgieW]

Tool offsets should be T010101 for tool 1 T121212 for T12 etc

M66 will let the turret index at any position

[Algirdas]

Tool offsets should be T010101 for tool 1 T121212 for T12 etc

wrong. You can use whatever offset for whatever tool You need on Okuma. It's normal to use two offsets for grooving and cut-off inserts. Drills could have even more offsets- one Z for tip, second Z for cylindrical line edge, one X for drilling, second X for cutting (chamfering) and so on. Important is to undestand where in command T010203 is tool number, tool offset number and insert radius compensation number. This is messed up in Okuma manuals, unfortunatelly

M66 will let the turret index at any position

very good solution. and with M60 (I guess, maybe M61 or other) it's possible to index turret while axes are moving and spindle is rotating