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This machine has been running fine. I needed to move the table in MDI mode so I pressed the X- button and the machine gave a "Heat Stop by Overload" error. I have seen that error before so I...

Thanks for the quick reply. APT was working with the standard floppy (3.5" 720 kb discs) drives but I was having trouble with the drives failing so I had USB drives put in my computer (NEC 9801). ...

I have been having trouble loading the APT software on my Sodick A280 machine. I press F7 to start the program and I get two lines of Janapese characters (which I can't read). If I press "enter" or...

Thanks for the reply. On the "disk" screen there are 4 choices. User Format, User Copy, System Copy and System Version Update. I have tried all 4 choices and I cannot write to a new disk. If I...

This machine has a NEC PC9801UV computer and I am trying to initialize a floppy disk to copy system to it. When I select "user initialize" it says put disk in drive 2 and hit enter. I do that and...

Thanks for the info. Heidenhain has two programs for the data transfer. They are TNCremoNT and TNCserver and they are free. I will definately look into Dolphin CAD/CAM though for the CAM capability....

I have a Bridgeport Series II R2C3 CNC mill with a Heidenhain TNC 145 C control. The control has a V.24 (RS-232-C) interface. What do I need (software, drivers, etc) on my laptop (windows XP) to...

Thanks for the info. Right now Sodick is out-of-stock, should be getting one next week. Just to get me running again for now I'll turn HEAT off and be very very carefull.

Thanks again

I did all of the mechanical checks and they are ok. I first swaped the outputs and then swaped the servopacks themselves and the problem stayed with the one drive so I am sure I have isolated the...

When I first bring up the machine in the morning and I jog the x-axis (+X & -X on the keyboard) I get a "heat stop by overload" error message. If I proram a move in MDI or find the edge of a part in...

"A circle point" was the problem. When I went into the parameters the number was 00000020. Not sure where the decimal point is and is this number in inches or micro meters. When I first changed it...

Quite often when I program a radius G02 and G03 I get the message "There is a different radius between starting point and end point." The coordinates I use (for X, Y, I & J) are from an AutoCAD...

I used your code and the program runs great. I just made several cuts with different comp values and the hole came out exactly to size.

Thanks!!!

The hole diam is .130 inch and the edge of the hole is .050 inch from the edge of the part. The code I used is as folows:

G90
G54
G92X0.0Y0.0
G41H007
G01X0.100
G03X0.100Y0.000I.065J0.0...

I have been trying to program wire radius compensation (G41 or G42) on a Sodick A280 machine for a circle and I keep getting the message "Offset approach is impossible with arc instruction." Radius...

That was it. Thanks

I am trying to enter the machine parameters into my control. Numbers go in fine but some of the parameters require a "ON" or "OFF." I can enter "ON" but I can't seem to find a way to enter "OFF." ...