markp
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- Joined
- Oct 7, 2006
- Location
- Petaluma CA 94952
I just setup a DMG DMC103V machine here and am trying to figure out the very basic laser toolsetter. I have no docs for it, DMG wont provide any docs either even though their technicians installed and set the system up back in 2001. I found a few M codes referenced to the system in paperwork in the original technician setup files that came with the machine.
If I enter
M91
Txx
M6
With tool Txx in the spindle, the machine opens the laser shutters, moves to tool to the center of the table and drops it down into the laser, going through a cycle at the tip. L=1 appears in green at the top of the screen. After measurement, some red text flashes too quick to read and L=1 shows in red then the tool returns to the tool change position in Z.
The tool offset in Z for that tool in the tool table changes to the distance from the spindle face to the tool tip. It also seems to reset the WCS to zero as I didnt ever set it before.
For those with these systems, how do you usually use this Z data? How do you calculate the distance from the laser to the work to set the Z work offset? There is also a calibrate mode M92. With that you can calibrate the Z offset (I think).
If I enter
M91
Txx
M6
With tool Txx in the spindle, the machine opens the laser shutters, moves to tool to the center of the table and drops it down into the laser, going through a cycle at the tip. L=1 appears in green at the top of the screen. After measurement, some red text flashes too quick to read and L=1 shows in red then the tool returns to the tool change position in Z.
The tool offset in Z for that tool in the tool table changes to the distance from the spindle face to the tool tip. It also seems to reset the WCS to zero as I didnt ever set it before.
For those with these systems, how do you usually use this Z data? How do you calculate the distance from the laser to the work to set the Z work offset? There is also a calibrate mode M92. With that you can calibrate the Z offset (I think).