[stohner210]

Hi, i am trying to get my code on to a floppy after i generate it in fusion 360. i am using a mac the a usb floppy drive and can't get the code to transfer over to the floppy. I am using the haas generic post in fusion and i open it fine and read it not the desk top but not once it is transfer to the floppy, the machine is 2003 tm1. When i load the disk in the machine i can pull a file up but there is no code in the file. i am using a SABRENT floppy to usb. i can transfer other document on the disk and read them but no the post from fusion.

[djm77]

What file extension is your program saved under? .tap .nc etc.


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[stohner210]

Not to sure the only thing i can seem to find about it is under kind it says texteditor document.

[elfrench]

Is there code in the file when you save it to a harddrive on the mac?

[stohner210]

yes it is. i just went out and bought a cheap pc laptop to try just to run fusion for the cam. i just really want to play with my new toy.

[elfrench]

When you copy the file from the harddrive to the floppy, does it still show the data when read from the mac but not from the CNC machine?

[stohner210]

I can't get it to show any info.

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[stohner210]

the first pic is when i try to read the disc, i can only get any info if direct read from the disc once saved to a folder i can't reopen it even on the laptop

[elfrench]

The gcode files are just simple ASCII text files, so I don't think your problem is with Fusion 360. What do you get if you type the gcode in a text editor, then save it to the floppy?

[cygnus x-1]

I haven't used the floppy on my TM-1 in ages (serial transfer is more reliable), but I know the Haas controller is pretty fussy about file names. I'm pretty sure the file names can only contain numbers and no letters or other characters.

I always name my files to whatever the program number is (first line in the file) but without the leading O or zeros. So your program "O00002" would be named "2.nc". I think "00002.nc" would also be fine.


On the MAC, it looks like it's trying to execute your program like a shell script instead of opening it with a text editor. I'm not familiar with MACs so I can't really help you there.


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[stohner210]

Thanks for the help guys I gave up on the floppy and connected with the serial cable port.