M98 repeat on a Fanuc OTb controlled Conquest 42.

[Houndogforever]

I have an old 1988 Hardinge Conquest lathe with a Fanuc OTb control.

I'm trying to run bar stock and it works fine until it gets to the end of the bar.
Then it keeps on going.

I have M99 as the last line in my program to make it return to line 1 and start again.
I want to add a counter to this and have it stop after 25 parts which is getting close to the bar end.

There is no L on this machine, which is what I thought the counter address was.

How do I set this up to run 25 repeats and stop?

 

[dandrummerman21]

I don't have a 0tb manual, but an 0tc/0td book says M98PLLLLxxxx

Where LLLL is the number of repeats and xxxx is your sub program.

so M98P00251111 would call program 1111 25 times.

 

[CITIZEN F16]

Even though they are common to many machines M codes are assigned by the MTB, on my Takisawa M12 is the code to count. To set you hit Diag/Param button once then page down arrow. Set the number with MDI. Mine I believe is a Fanuc OT revision C.

 

[CITIZEN F16]

Even though they are common to many machines M codes are assigned by the MTB, on my Takisawa M12 is the code to count. To set you hit Diag/Param button once then page down arrow. Set the number with MDI. Mine I believe is a Fanuc OT revision C.

No need for a subprogram, I think that way is better in case you stop it before it runs the whole 25.

 

[DouglasJRizzo]

There are a few ways.
If you want a simple count, #500+#500+1 would do it.
If you wanted to count and stop - there's a macro for that.
If you want an "L" - and none is on the "limited" keyboard, use a text editor.