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I/O trouble with Mazak QT10 - Mazatrol T-Plus

curtyy

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Hey Guys.

I recently started in this company. We have a 1996 Mazak QT10 with Mazatrol T-Plus control.
Before I started the machine was moved and some smart guy decided to cut off the RS232 cable.
I had no information or knowledge how to do it but I have set it as my personal goal to make it work again.

Here is what i have:
-Win xp desktop with a db9 serial socket
-DNC cable from a CNC-Shop (Pinout should be right since it was listed for this control and the seller confirmed it)
-Ncnet lite software from cadem

I have found several sources of parameters to try from.
My current user parameters are as following
Baud 4800
2 Stop bits
No parity
8 data bits
XON/XOFF handshaking
No DC CODE parity
IO wait time 5

The Machine gives me 5 options for data transmission:
CMT I/O
TAPE I/O
DNC I/O
PRINT OUT
COMPUTER I/O

With CMT i get 551 CMT MIS-CONNECTED error
With Tape i get NO TAPE READER PUNCHER OPTION
With DNC i get NO DNC OPTION
I havent tried Print out since i assume its for a physical copy of the program
The only partial success i had is downloading a program via COMPUTER I/O but the programm looks like a complete mess.
Here is an actual sample i managed to get out of the machine:


00(MG3-
G0Z.9
G
GA0B00D000
G3H60.5K0.M.NP
GH00.K0.M0.N0P00
G5
G6
G
G
G9
G0
G300P0(5353000.50.Z.S000U.005.0030.0
G30PMA
G36PA5S300S3500.00U0.06..
G0
N.5Z0.0.0Z0.
G
G30P3AB0.5Z0.S300S3500.00U0.06..
G0
NA0.030.995Z0.55
NA0.0.Z0.50.9996Z.55
N3A0.0.5Z.955
G
G30PD0
G5P3M0A0B00K0S00.
G5P9M0A0B00K5S06.
G5P9M0AB00K5S0.
G5P36M0A0B00KS06.
G5P36M0AB00KS0.
M30

Obviously when i try to re-upload it to the machine i get an error but i haven't really tapped into that since i would like to get a real program out of the machine as a start.

I tried playing around with the Software parameters on the computer, the COM port via the device manager on windows and the parameters on the machine.
Sometimes i managed to get a complete different kind of mess.

Problem is i can't find any information on the internet on COMPUTER I/O. Everybody seems to use CMT or TAPE for mazatrol and EIA programs.
I don't even know which parameter section actually affects the COMPUTER I/O (I have DV1 - DV8 in my user parameters and i know that DV1 is for CMT and DV2 is for Tape)
When i select COMPUTER I/O i have the following options:
LOAD TAPE -> NC
PUNCH NC -> TAPE
COMPARE NC= TAPE

Since it says TAPE i suspect DV2 will affect this but I am not sure.

Again i worked out all this information in the last couple of weeks and that is really all my expirience with I/O.
I would greatly appreciate if anyone had an idea what else i could try. I already spent way too much time and nerves on weekends for this
 
If you're trying to transfer Mazatrol programs you need a special program to do it.
Mazview is the cheapest, and works well.
Griffo Bros also has a program, but its quite pricey.
 
Yep gotta have a "CALL" program and a "SAVE" program. When I ran Mazak they had a system that used Predator and and a wireless transmitter called DIGI.
 








 
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