GBeaman
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Jun 13, 2006
- Location
- Marble Falls, TX
Hello all,
Back in the day of this RoboDrill the control didn't come stock with a complete alpha-numeric keyboard. Programming and set up is a real pain as you have to select letters from a scrolling soft key menu.
Here is the solution:
My machine is a 1997 T14ia with a 16i control
So I thought I had it all figured out. I had an extra keyboard from my Mits controlled Mori lathe. It used a honda connector that plugged right into what seems to be a parallel keyboard input on the control pendant card. It input numbers and letters into the MDI field as expected, but some of the letters didn't correspond exactly. My lathe keyboard had a slightly different lettering arrangement since it was for a lathe. The second row of keys read X,Z,C,Y in the likely order of use. So I chalked this up to why the key strokes didn't correspond.
I found this MDI keyboard and honda connector on ebay very reasonable:
They go right together on the RoboDrill but my keys still don't match the key strikes on the keyboard. Even though the keyboard I purchased is a mill type with XYZ on the second row. Furthermore the numbers don't seem to work at all and the page keys don't match, for example when I press the program key it might take me to position screen.
I guess I thought I had it licked and I don't. Does fanuc/fujitsu have some different kind of keystroke protocol that has changed over the years? I am in over my head. Maybe I just need the right part number for the keyboard and to begin my search again.
Here is a shot of the part number for the keypad I bought.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks
Greg
Back in the day of this RoboDrill the control didn't come stock with a complete alpha-numeric keyboard. Programming and set up is a real pain as you have to select letters from a scrolling soft key menu.
Here is the solution:
My machine is a 1997 T14ia with a 16i control
So I thought I had it all figured out. I had an extra keyboard from my Mits controlled Mori lathe. It used a honda connector that plugged right into what seems to be a parallel keyboard input on the control pendant card. It input numbers and letters into the MDI field as expected, but some of the letters didn't correspond exactly. My lathe keyboard had a slightly different lettering arrangement since it was for a lathe. The second row of keys read X,Z,C,Y in the likely order of use. So I chalked this up to why the key strokes didn't correspond.
I found this MDI keyboard and honda connector on ebay very reasonable:
They go right together on the RoboDrill but my keys still don't match the key strikes on the keyboard. Even though the keyboard I purchased is a mill type with XYZ on the second row. Furthermore the numbers don't seem to work at all and the page keys don't match, for example when I press the program key it might take me to position screen.
I guess I thought I had it licked and I don't. Does fanuc/fujitsu have some different kind of keystroke protocol that has changed over the years? I am in over my head. Maybe I just need the right part number for the keyboard and to begin my search again.
Here is a shot of the part number for the keypad I bought.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks
Greg