Gentlemen, I remember the good old days when I learned to run the cnc controls Fanuc 5T and GE 1050 mill control. I could be running in AUTO mode. Hit single block to stop the program processing at the end of the currently processing block. Switch to MDI to input a control command OR MAN/STEP to do some thing with the machine. As long as I did not hit the reset button I could switch back to AUTO, hit cycle start and the machine would take off as if I had done nothing in MDI or MAN. It was not unheard of for the operator to change a modal command or position the machine incorrectly and when the cycle start button was pushed the machine would do something unexpected but that was the operator's fault not the machine. This was very convenient for a competent operator. I believe many machines function in this manner today.
Another 'feature' I have found hardly useful is to be able to hit feed hold, switch to MAN, move the machine to change a broken tool, reset the TLO, switch back to AUTO, hit cycle start to restart where the machine was put in feed hold. When they first put this in the controls I thought this would be very cool. I found I used it so seldom I did not learn to use it at all. If you are watching the machine process properly you will be able to change tools prior to tool breakage in almost all cases. I did run a machine once, I don't remember the control, that I could change the TLO or Work Piece Coordinates and the machine would complete the currently processing block as prior but the next block would incorporate the changes I had made. I DID LIKE THIS. thanks Stuart -- Addressee is the intended audience. If you are not the addressee then my consent is not given for you to read this email furthermore it is my wish you would close this without saving or reading, and cease and desist from saving or opening my private correspondence. Thank you for honoring my wish. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
