The 180i is an earlier windows version of a Fanuc, so I'm sure it's got some quirks 😅
Phil T. The Feral Engineer Check out my LinuxCNC tutorials, machine builds and other antics at www.youtube.com/c/theferalengineer Help support my channel efforts and coffee addiction: www.patreon.com/theferalengineer On Fri, Jul 16, 2021, 12:14 PM Todd Zuercher <to...@pgrahamdunn.com> wrote: > I need to voice some frustration. So pardon the OT post > > Fanuc is making me pull my hair out. You'd think a cnc control built > within the last 20 years could handle switching between G20 and G21 modes! > It's a flippin command line code that can be issued in a file for goodness > sakes! > > We bought a used machine that was being used in G21 mode. And I've been > banging my head on this thing for a week. Can't figure out why all of the > work coordinates are so screwed up, reset them and then they are messed up > again, G91G28 commands won't work and keep over traveling (but G90G53 does) > and the home positions keep moving around. Turns out its all because a > stupid Fanuc 180iM control built in 2003 can't handle switching between G21 > and G20 modes without 3 power cycles, a couple of parameter changes and > completely resetting all the work coordinate systems settings. FOR > REAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Even Mach3 can do this right! If this is the case why > even have G20/G21 available as a G-code! It should only be a parameter > setting that can't be changed from a file. This is even more annoying than > G92 or jogging a paused program, at least a power cycle can fix those screw > ups. > > Todd Zuercher > P. Graham Dunn Inc.<http://www.pgrahamdunn.com/index.php> > 630 Henry Street > Dalton, Ohio 44618 > Phone: (330)828-2105ext. 2031 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
