On the dura, is the issue that it just moves the decimal instead of converting the values? That's just a parameter change.
I don't recall the dura using tc controls, i thought those started with td? I may be wrong, it's been a while since i saw one of those in the wild. 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, 2:21 PM Ralph Stirling <ralph.stirl...@wallawalla.edu> wrote: > I forbid G20 on the Mori Duraturn in my lab for that exact reason. It has > a Fanuc 0i-TC. I figure 21st century engineering students should develop > some feel for metric measurements anyway. Just to be safe I also require > G21 on our Mori NVX mill even though it uses a Mits control that handles it > better. > > -- Ralph > > On Jul 16, 2021 9:11 AM, Todd Zuercher <to...@pgrahamdunn.com> wrote: > CAUTION: This email originated from outside the Walla Walla University > email system. > > > 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.< > https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pgrahamdunn.com%2Findex.php&data=04%7C01%7Cralph.stirling%40wallawalla.edu%7Cfbcd3391855548c9fb0808d948744cc8%7Cd958f048e43142779c8debfb75e7aa64%7C0%7C1%7C637620486609683146%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=6aFWrgW7S5RrjTYlDRZtghl1oQRnLHYJnxE4K1tFpkc%3D&reserved=0 > > > 630 Henry Street > Dalton, Ohio 44618 > Phone: (330)828-2105ext. 2031 > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.sourceforge.net%2Flists%2Flistinfo%2Femc-users&data=04%7C01%7Cralph.stirling%40wallawalla.edu%7Cfbcd3391855548c9fb0808d948744cc8%7Cd958f048e43142779c8debfb75e7aa64%7C0%7C1%7C637620486609683146%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=aMuCUwk%2FQ3zgr2I6DnJCpqL3DusQeoX9D%2FI2aJPvAwI%3D&reserved=0 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
