Thanks Todd Is there an easy way for me to check on the console if the ladder is editable, as is?
Also, if I want to ditch the controller at a later stage, are the Fanuc servo drives interfaceable to EMC? Regards Roland On Mon, 19 Oct 2020 at 15:42, Todd Zuercher <to...@pgrahamdunn.com> wrote: > If your Fanuc machine came with PLC editing installed and enabled, then > doing that part will be relatively simple. (All of the Fanuc machines I'm > currently working with have). But that doesn't mean that yours does. We > have Fanuc machines from 3 different manufactures all built around the same > time period (2001-2006) and they all have different Ladder editing > packages. Some I have to look at and edit the ladder through the control's > user interface, others require a separate ladder editing program (that did > come installed on the machine.) The trickier part might be finding unused > IO points to physically connect to the control. if there are unused io > pins available, it might not be much more than adding wires to un used pins > on plugs. But it could get expensive if new io modules need to be added to > the control. > > Todd Zuercher > P. Graham Dunn Inc. > 630 Henry Street > Dalton, Ohio 44618 > Phone: (330)828-2105ext. 2031 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roland Jollivet <roland.jolli...@gmail.com> > Sent: Monday, October 19, 2020 3:45 AM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: [Emc-users] OT: Fanuc 0M setup > > [EXTERNAL EMAIL] Be sure links are safe. > > Hi All > > I'm looking at getting a small VMC that has a Fanuc 0M controller on it. > > Much to my chagrin, I found out that there is no I/O on the machine. (for > fixtures, probes etc.) I was expecting a Harting plug on the side. > So any functionality has to be 'enabled' and hardware added and brought > out to a plug. > > So the hardware side is easy enough, to add a few relays, but then this > functionality still has to be enabled in the controllers ladder logic. > > So does anyone know if this is easy to do? Maybe just a password and do it > from the user keypad? > Or does one need special cables and codes for a secret society? > > Roland > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
