Fh450s

[Comicus]

How did you set the parameters to use the card ?

[sagespecialized]

param 6030 gets set to 198.
no file extension on the programs on the card.
use % at begining and end of sub prog.

i only have the code for the tool path as a sub. all positioning and tool changes are in the main. good luck

[Ox]

It sounds like your pulling multiple progs off the card eh?

What control?

On my 18i it says that you can only pull one off the card at a time. Like main on card could pull multiple subs off memmory, but not the other way around. Nor could you pull a main and sub both off the card.

You say CF card, so I am hoping that this is an 8-10 yr old machine? I would hope that a new model would have USB?

I have never pulled off the card, but I have overloaded the maxx file size when loading from the card and had it write to two consecutive files. That was wierd...


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Think Snow Eh!
Ox

[sagespecialized]

I use the compact flash card for sub prog overflow storage on large progs where subs don't fit in the control, like surfacing large parts. I run a FMS system so I use the program in the cell controller to load work coord, call tools etc, just when I need a sub from the card I call M198 instead of M98.

Both my machines are 2007-08 models w/ Fanuc 31I controls. no usb.

[Ox]

I'm still unclear:

You CAN pull more than one file # off the card during one cycle?


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Think Snow Eh!
Ox

[sagespecialized]

the way I prog.
one tool = one work coord.= one sub prog.
same tool = next work coord. = next sub prog. and so on...

I can have unlimited # of subs on the card and use my main prog which is in the machine control to pull the sub that needs to run next.

[Ox]

OK - so your pulling many files - but at diff times.

The way that I read the ??? for the 18i was that you could only pull 1.

Did I mis-interpret on the 18i? Have done this on older controls? Or is this a newer feature?


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Think Snow Eh!
Ox