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GE Fanuc Automation

Computer Numerical Control Products

Series 15i Model B

Series 150i Model B

Operator’s Manual

GFZ-63784EN-1/01

June 2002

GFL-001

Warnings, Cautions, and Notes as Used in this Publication

Warning

Warning notices are used in this publication to emphasize that hazardous voltages, currents, temperatures, or other conditions that could cause personal injury exist in this equipment or may be associated with its use.

In situations where inattention could cause either personal injury or damage to equipment, a Warning notice is used.

Caution

Caution notices are used where equipment might be damaged if care is not taken.

Note

Notes merely call attention to information that is especially significant to understanding and operating the equipment.

This document is based on information available at the time of its publication. While efforts have been made to be accurate, the information contained herein does not purport to cover all details or variations in hardware or software, nor to provide for every possible contingency in connection with installation, operation, or maintenance. Features may be described herein which are not present in all hardware and software systems. GE Fanuc Automation assumes no obligation of notice to holders of this document with respect to changes subsequently made.

GE Fanuc Automation makes no representation or warranty, expressed, implied, or statutory with respect to, and assumes no responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, sufficiency, or usefulness of the information contained herein. No warranties of merchantability or fitness for purpose shall apply.

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SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

This section describes the safety precautions related to the use of CNC units.

It is essential that these precautions be observed by users to ensure the safe operation of machines equipped with a CNC unit (all descriptions in this section assume this configuration). Note that some precautions are related only to specific functions, and thus may not be applicable to certain CNC units. Users must also observe the safety precautions related to the machine, as described in the relevant manual supplied by the machine tool builder. Before attempting to operate the machine or create a program to control the operation of the machine, the operator must become fully familiar with the contents of this manual and relevant manual supplied by the machine tool builder.

CONTENTS

1.	DEFINITION OF WARNING, CAUTION, AND NOTE.........................	s-2
2.	GENERAL WARNINGS AND CAUTIONS .............................................	s-3
3.	WARNINGS AND CAUTIONS RELATED TO PROGRAMMING ........	s-5
4.	WARNINGS AND CAUTIONS RELATED TO HANDLING .................	s-8
5.	WARNINGS RELATED TO DAILY MAINTENANCE...........................	s-11

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DEFINITION OF WARNING, CAUTION, AND NOTE

This manual includes safety precautions for protecting the user and preventing damage to the machine. Precautions are classified into Warning and Caution according to their bearing on safety. Also, supplementary information is described as a Note. Read the Warning, Caution, and Note thoroughly before attempting to use the machine

WARNING

Applied when there is a danger of the user being injured or when there is a damage of both the user being injured and the equipment being damaged if the approved procedure is not observed.

CAUTION

Applied when there is a danger of the equipment being damaged, if the approved procedure is not observed.

NOTE

The Note is used to indicate supplementary information other than Warning and

Caution.

- Read this manual carefully, and store it in a safe place.

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GENERAL WARNINGS AND CAUTIONS

WARNING

1.Never attempt to machine a workpiece without first checking the operation of the machine. Before starting a production run, ensure that the machine is operating correctly by performing a trial run using, for example, the single block, feedrate override, or machine lock function or by operating the machine with neither a tool nor workpiece mounted. Failure to confirm the correct operation of the machine may result in the machine behaving unexpectedly, possibly causing damage to the workpiece and/or machine itself, or injury to the user.

2.Before operating the machine, thoroughly check the entered data.

Operating the machine with incorrectly specified data may result in the machine behaving unexpectedly, possibly causing damage to the workpiece and/or machine itself, or injury to the user.

3.Ensure that the specified feedrate is appropriate for the intended operation. Generally, for each machine, there is a maximum allowable feedrate.

The appropriate feedrate varies with the intended operation. Refer to the manual provided with the machine to determine the maximum allowable feedrate.

If a machine is run at other than the correct speed, it may behave unexpectedly, possibly causing damage to the workpiece and/or machine itself, or injury to the user.

4.When using a tool compensation function, thoroughly check the direction and amount of compensation.

Operating the machine with incorrectly specified data may result in the machine behaving unexpectedly, possibly causing damage to the workpiece and/or machine itself, or injury to the user.

5.The parameters for the CNC and PMC are factory-set. Usually, there is not need to change them. When, however, there is not alternative other than to change a parameter, ensure that you fully understand the function of the parameter before making any change.

Failure to set a parameter correctly may result in the machine behaving unexpectedly, possibly causing damage to the workpiece and/or machine itself, or injury to the user.

6.Immediately after switching on the power, do not touch any of the keys on the MDI panel until the position display or alarm screen appears on the CNC unit.

Some of the keys on the MDI panel are dedicated to maintenance or other special operations. Pressing any of these keys may place the CNC unit in other than its normal state. Starting the machine in this state may cause it to behave unexpectedly.

7.The operator's manual and programming manual supplied with a CNC unit provide an overall description of the machine's functions, including any optional functions. Note that the optional functions will vary from one machine model to another. Therefore, some functions described in the manuals may not actually be available for a particular model. Check the specification of the machine if in doubt.

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WARNING

8.Some functions may have been implemented at the request of the machine-tool builder. When using such functions, refer to the manual supplied by the machine-tool builder for details of their use and any related cautions.

NOTE

Programs, parameters, and macro variables are stored in nonvolatile memory in the CNC unit. Usually, they are retained even if the power is turned off.

Such data may be deleted inadvertently, however, or it may prove necessary to delete all data from nonvolatile memory as part of error recovery.

To guard against the occurrence of the above, and assure quick restoration of deleted data, backup all vital data, and keep the backup copy in a safe place.

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WARNINGS AND CAUTIONS RELATED TO PROGRAMMING

This section covers the major safety precautions related to programming. Before attempting to perform programming, read the supplied operator's manual and programming manual carefully such that you are fully familiar with their contents.

WARNING

1.Coordinate system setting

If a coordinate system is established incorrectly, the machine may behave unexpectedly as a result of the program issuing an otherwise valid move command.

Such an unexpected operation may damage the tool, the machine itself, the workpiece, or cause injury to the user.

2.Positioning by nonlinear interpolation

When performing positioning by nonlinear interpolation (positioning by nonlinear movement between the start and end points), the tool path must be carefully confirmed before performing programming. Positioning involves rapid traverse. If the tool collides with the workpiece, it may damage the tool, the machine itself, the workpiece, or cause injury to the user.

3.Function involving a rotation axis

When programming polar coordinate interpolation or normal-direction (perpendicular) control, pay careful attention to the speed of the rotation axis. Incorrect programming may result in the rotation axis speed becoming excessively high, such that centrifugal force causes the chuck to lose its grip on the workpiece if the latter is not mounted securely.

Such mishap is likely to damage the tool, the machine itself, the workpiece, or cause injury to the user.

4.Inch/metric conversion

Switching between inch and metric inputs does not convert the measurement units of data such as the workpiece origin offset, parameter, and current position.

Before starting the machine, therefore, determine which measurement units are being used. Attempting to perform an operation with invalid data specified may damage the tool, the machine itself, the workpiece, or cause injury to the user.

5.Constant surface speed control

When an axis subject to constant surface speed control approaches the origin of the workpiece coordinate system, the spindle speed may become excessively high. Therefore, it is necessary to specify a maximum allowable speed. Specifying the maximum allowable speed incorrectly may damage the tool, the machine itself, the workpiece, or cause injury to the user.

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6.Stroke check

After switching on the power, perform a manual reference position return as required. Stroke check is not possible before manual reference position return is performed. Note that when stroke check is disabled, an alarm is not issued even if a stroke limit is exceeded, possibly damaging the tool, the machine itself, the workpiece, or causing injury to the user.

7. Tool post interference check

A tool post interference check is performed based on the tool data specified during automatic operation. If the tool specification does not match the tool actually being used, the interference check cannot be made correctly, possibly damaging the tool or the machine itself, or causing injury to the user. After switching on the power, or after selecting a tool post manually, always start automatic operation and specify the tool number of the tool to be used.

8. Absolute/incremental mode

If a program created with absolute values is run in incremental mode, or vice versa, the machine may behave unexpectedly.

9.Plane selection

If an incorrect plane is specified for circular interpolation, helical interpolation, or a canned cycle, the machine may behave unexpectedly. Refer to the descriptions of the respective functions for details.

10.Torque limit skip

Before attempting a torque limit skip, apply the torque limit. If a torque limit skip is specified without the torque limit actually being applied, a move command will be executed without performing a skip.

11.Programmable mirror image

Note that programmed operations vary considerably when a programmable mirror image is enabled.

12.Compensation function

If a command based on the machine coordinate system or a reference position return command is issued in compensation function mode, compensation is temporarily canceled, resulting in the unexpected behavior of the machine.

Before issuing any of the above commands, therefore, always cancel compensation function mode.

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WARNINGS AND CAUTIONS RELATED TO HANDLING

This section presents safety precautions related to the handling of machine tools. Before attempting to operate your machine, read the supplied operator's manual and programming manual carefully, such that you are fully familiar with their contents.

WARNING

1.Manual operation

When operating the machine manually, determine the current position of the tool and workpiece, and ensure that the movement axis, direction, and feedrate have been specified correctly. Incorrect operation of the machine may damage the tool, the machine itself, the workpiece, or cause injury to the operator.

2.Manual reference position return

After switching on the power, perform manual reference position return as required. If the machine is operated without first performing manual reference position return, it may behave unexpectedly. Stroke check is not possible before manual reference position return is performed. An unexpected operation of the machine may damage the tool, the machine itself, the workpiece, or cause injury to the user.

3.Manual numeric command

When issuing a manual numeric command, determine the current position of the tool and workpiece, and ensure that the movement axis, direction, and command have been specified correctly, and that the entered values are valid.

Attempting to operate the machine with an invalid command specified may damage the tool, the machine itself, the workpiece, or cause injury to the operator.

4.Manual handle feed

In manual handle feed, rotating the handle with a large scale factor, such as 100, applied causes the tool and table to move rapidly. Careless handling may damage the tool and/or machine, or cause injury to the user.

5.Disabled override

If override is disabled (according to the specification in a macro variable) during threading, rigid tapping, or other tapping, the speed cannot be predicted, possibly damaging the tool, the machine itself, the workpiece, or causing injury to the operator.

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WARNING

6.Origin/preset operation

Basically, never attempt an origin/preset operation when the machine is operating under the control of a program. Otherwise, the machine may behave unexpectedly, possibly damaging the tool, the machine itself, the tool, or causing injury to the user.

7.Workpiece coordinate system shift

Manual intervention, machine lock, or mirror imaging may shift the workpiece coordinate system. Before attempting to operate the machine under the control of a program, confirm the coordinate system carefully.

If the machine is operated under the control of a program without making allowances for any shift in the workpiece coordinate system, the machine may behave unexpectedly, possibly damaging the tool, the machine itself, the workpiece, or causing injury to the operator.

8.Software operator's panel and menu switches

Using the software operator's panel and menu switches, in combination with the MDI panel, it is possible to specify operations not supported by the machine operator's panel, such as mode change, override value change, and jog feed commands.

Note, however, that if the MDI panel keys are operated inadvertently, the machine may behave unexpectedly, possibly damaging the tool, the machine itself, the workpiece, or causing injury to the user.

9.Manual intervention

If manual intervention is performed during programmed operation of the machine, the tool path may vary when the machine is restarted. Before restarting the machine after manual intervention, therefore, confirm the settings of the manual absolute switches, parameters, and absolute/incremental command mode.

10.Feed hold, override, and single block

The feed hold, feedrate override, and single block functions can be disabled using custom macro system variable #3004. Be careful when operating the machine in this case.

11.Dry run

Usually, a dry run is used to confirm the operation of the machine. During a dry run, the machine operates at dry run speed, which differs from the corresponding programmed feedrate. Note that the dry run speed may sometimes be higher than the programmed feed rate.

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WARNING

12.Cutter and tool nose radius compensation in MDI mode

Pay careful attention to a tool path specified by a command in MDI mode, because cutter or tool nose radius compensation is not applied. When a command is entered from the MDI to interrupt in automatic operation in cutter or tool nose radius compensation mode, pay particular attention to the tool path when automatic operation is subsequently resumed. Refer to the descriptions of the corresponding functions for details.

13.Program editing

If the machine is stopped, after which the machining program is edited (modification, insertion, or deletion), the machine may behave unexpectedly if machining is resumed under the control of that program. Basically, do not modify, insert, or delete commands from a machining program while it is in use.

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WARNING

1.Memory backup battery replacement

When replacing the memory backup batteries, keep the power to the machine (CNC) turned on, and apply an emergency stop to the machine. Because this work is performed with the power on and the cabinet open, only those personnel who have received approved safety and maintenance training may perform this work.

When replacing the batteries, be careful not to touch the high-voltage circuits (marked and fitted with an insulating cover).

Touching the uncovered high-voltage circuits presents an extremely dangerous electric shock hazard.

NOTE

The CNC uses batteries to preserve the contents of its memory, because it must retain data such as programs, offsets, and parameters even while external power is not applied.

If the battery voltage drops, a low battery voltage alarm is displayed on the machine operator's panel or screen.

When a low battery voltage alarm is displayed, replace the batteries within a week. Otherwise, the contents of the CNC's memory will be lost.

Refer to the Maintenance manual for details of the battery replacement procedure.

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WARNING

2.Absolute pulse coder battery replacement

When replacing the batteries, be careful not to touch the high-voltage circuits (marked and fitted with an insulating cover).

Touching the uncovered high-voltage circuits presents an extremely dangerous electric shock hazard.

NOTE

The absolute pulse coder uses batteries to preserve its absolute position.

If the battery voltage drops, a low battery voltage alarm is displayed on the machine operator's panel or screen.

When a low battery voltage alarm is displayed, replace the batteries within a week. Otherwise, the absolute position data held by the pulse coder will be lost.

Refer to the Maintenance manual for details of the battery replacement procedure.

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3.Fuse replacement

For some units, the chapter covering daily maintenance in the operator's manual or programming manual describes the fuse replacement procedure.

Before replacing a blown fuse, however, it is necessary to locate and remove the cause of the blown fuse.

For this reason, only those personnel who have received approved safety and maintenance training may perform this work.

When replacing a fuse with the cabinet open, be careful not to touch the high-voltage circuits (marked

and fitted with an insulating cover).

Touching an uncovered high-voltage circuit presents an extremely dangerous electric shock hazard.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS..........................................................................				s-1
I GENERAL
1	GENERAL ..............................................................................................			3
	1.1	GENERAL FLOW OF OPERATION OF CNC MACHINE TOOL ...................		5
	1.2	NOTES ON READING THIS MANUAL..........................................................		7
II OPERATION
1	GENERAL ............................................................................................			11
	1.1	MANUAL OPERATION................................................................................		12
	1.2	TOOL MOVEMENT BY PROGRAMING – AUTOMATIC OPERATION.......		14
	1.3	AUTOMATIC OPERATION..........................................................................		16
	1.4	TESTING A PROGRAM ..............................................................................		18
		1.4.1 Check by Running the Machine ............................................................................		19
		1.4.2 How to View the Position Display Change without Running the Machine ..........		21
	1.5	EDITING A PART PROGRAM.....................................................................		22
	1.6	DISPLAYING AND SETTING DATA............................................................		23
	1.7	DISPLAY......................................................................................................		27
		1.7.1	Program Display ....................................................................................................	27
		1.7.2	Current Position Display .......................................................................................	29
		1.7.3	Operator Message Display.....................................................................................	30
		1.7.4	Alarm Display........................................................................................................	30
		1.7.5 Parts Count Display, Run Time Display ...............................................................		31
		1.7.6	Graphic Display.....................................................................................................	32
	1.8	DATA INPUT/OUTPUT................................................................................		33
2	OPERATIONAL DEVICES ...................................................................			34
	2.1	SETTING AND DISPLAY UNITS.................................................................		35
		2.1.1	9.5"/10.4" LCD Unit..............................................................................................	36
		2.1.2	MDI Unit ...............................................................................................................	37
		2.1.3	MDI Unit (Full-keyboard) .....................................................................................	38
		2.1.4 MDI Unit (Main Panel A/B) for Machine Operator's Panel..................................		39
	2.2	EXPLANATION OF THE KEYBOARD.........................................................		40
	2.3	OPERATION SCREEN DISPLAY................................................................		42
	2.4	OPERATIONS SUPPORTED BY EACH OPERATION SCREEN ...............		43

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2.5	FUNCTION KEYS AND SOFT KEYS ..........................................................			44
	2.5.1	General Screen Operations ....................................................................................		44
	2.5.2	Function Keys........................................................................................................		45
	2.5.3	Soft Keys ...............................................................................................................		46
	2.5.4	Function Selection Keys........................................................................................		46
	2.5.5	Chapter selection keys...........................................................................................		47
		2.5.5.1	Position ..............................................................................................................	47
		2.5.5.2	Program..............................................................................................................	48
		2.5.5.3	Offset/Setting .....................................................................................................	49
		2.5.5.4	System................................................................................................................	50
		2.5.5.5	Messages ............................................................................................................	51
		2.5.5.6	Drawing..............................................................................................................	51
	2.5.6 Key Input and Input Buffer....................................................................................			52
		2.5.6.1	Inserting characters ............................................................................................	52
		2.5.6.2	Deleting characters.............................................................................................	53
	2.5.7	Warning Messages.................................................................................................		54
2.6	LANGUAGE SELECTION............................................................................			55
2.7	EXTERNAL I/O DEVICES ...........................................................................			56
	2.7.1	FANUC Handy File...............................................................................................		58
	2.7.2	FANUC Floppy Cassette .......................................................................................		58
	2.7.3	FANUC FA Card...................................................................................................		59
2.8	POWER ON/OFF.........................................................................................			60
	2.8.1 Turning on the Power ............................................................................................			60
	2.8.2	Power Disconnection.............................................................................................		61
3 MANUAL OPERATION ........................................................................				62
3.1	MANUAL REFERENCE POSITION RETURN.............................................			63
3.2	JOG FEED...................................................................................................			65
3.3	INCREMENTAL FEED.................................................................................			67
3.4	MANUAL HANDLE FEED............................................................................			68
3.5	MANUAL FEED IN A SPECIFIED DIRECTION...........................................			70
3.6	MANUAL NUMERIC COMMAND ................................................................			72
3.7	MANUAL ABSOLUTE ON AND OFF...........................................................			79
3.8	EFFECT OF MANUAL INTERVENTION .....................................................			86
3.9	THREE-DIMENSIONAL HANDLE FEED.....................................................			87
	3.9.1 Handle Feed Interruption in the Longitudinal Direction of the Tool ....................			88
	3.9.2 Handle Feed in the Transverse Direction of the Tool ...........................................			92
	3.9.3	Rotational Handle Feed and Interruption Around the Center of the Tool Tip...... 96
	3.9.4 Control Point Compensation in Three-dimensional Handle Feed.........................			99
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3.10CHANGING TOOL LENGTH COMPENSATION

	IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF THE TOOL ..............................	101
3.11	TOOL HOLDER OFFSET ..........................................................................	102
3.12	ROTARY AXIS ORIGIN COMPENSATION
	AND ROTARY AXIS OFFSET ...................................................................	103
3.13	PRECAUTIONS DURING 3-DIMENSIONAL HANDLE FEED ...................	104
3.14	DISPLAYING THE COORDINATES OF THE TOOL TIP ..........................	108

3.15DISPLAYING PULSE VALUES AND AMOUNT OF MOVEMENT

BY MANUAL INTERRUPT.........................................................................

110

3.16MANUAL INTERRUPTION FUNCTION

	FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL COORDINATE CONVERSION		..................112
4 AUTOMATIC OPERATION ................................................................			114
4.1	DNC OPERATION .....................................................................................		115
4.2	MEMORY OPERATION.............................................................................		116
4.3	MDI OPERATION ......................................................................................		117
4.4	SELECTION OF EXECUTION PROGRAMS.............................................		120
	4.4.1	Program Number Search......................................................................................	120
	4.4.2 Search by Sequence Number...............................................................................		121
	4.4.3	Rewind.................................................................................................................	122
4.5	EXECUTING AUTOMATIC OPERATION..................................................		123
4.6	STOP/TERMINATION OF AUTOMATIC OPERATION .............................		124
4.7	PROGRAM RESTART...............................................................................		127
4.8	OUTPUT OF PROGRAM RESTART M, S, T AND B CODES...................		138
4.9	BLOCK RESTART.....................................................................................		141
4.10	TOOL WITHDRAWAL AND RETURN.......................................................		149
4.11	RETRACE..................................................................................................		162
4.12	ACTIVE BLOCK CANCEL .........................................................................		172
4.13	MANUAL HANDLE INTERRUPT...............................................................		174

4.14MANUAL INTERVENTION AMOUNT RETURN

	DURING AUTOMATIC OPERATION.........................................................	177
4.15	SIMULTANEOUS AUTOMATIC AND MANUAL OPERATION..................	178
5 TEST OPERATION ............................................................................		181
5.1	MACHINE LOCK AND AUXILIARY FUNCTION LOCK .............................	182
5.2	DRY RUN...................................................................................................	184
5.3	SINGLE BLOCK.........................................................................................	186

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6 SAFETY FUNCTIONS........................................................................		188
6.1	EMERGENCY STOP .................................................................................	189
6.2	OVERTRAVEL...........................................................................................	190
6.3	STROKE CHECK.......................................................................................	192
6.4	STROKE LIMIT CHECK PRIOR TO PERFORMING MOVEMENT ...........	197

7 ALARMS AND SELF DIAGNOSTC FUNCTIONS ..............................			200
7.1	CHECKING WITH THE DIAGNOSIS SCREEN.........................................		201
	7.1.1	DI/DO Monitor Function.....................................................................................	203
	7.1.2	Waveform Diagnosis Function............................................................................	203
7.2	INTERNAL POSITION COMPENSATION DATA DISPLAY FUNCTION...		204
7.3	COORDINATE SYSTEM RELATED DATA DISPLAY ...............................		214
7.4	PERIODIC MAINTENANCE SCREEN.......................................................		215
7.5	MAINTENANCE INFORMATION SCREEN...............................................		226

8 EDITING PROGRAMS .......................................................................			227
8.1	INPUTTING AND OUTPUTTING PROGRAMS.........................................		228
	8.1.1	Inputting Programs ..............................................................................................	228
	8.1.2	Outputting Programs............................................................................................	236
	8.1.3	Collating Programs ..............................................................................................	245
	8.1.4 Keys and Program Encryption.............................................................................		248
	8.1.5 Stored Program Lengths and Number of Registerable Programs........................		253
8.2	CURSOR ...................................................................................................		254
	8.2.1	Cursor/Editing Units/Words................................................................................	254
	8.2.2	Positioning the Cursor .........................................................................................	255
8.3	PROGRAM NUMBER SEARCH ................................................................		256
8.4	WORD SEARCH/ADDRESS SEARCH .....................................................		258
	8.4.1	Word Search ........................................................................................................	258
	8.4.2	Address Search ....................................................................................................	260
	8.4.3	Search Repeat Function.......................................................................................	261
8.5	INSERTING WORDS AND BLOCKS ........................................................		262
8.6	CHANGING WORDS AND BLOCKS.........................................................		263
	8.6.1	Overwriting Words ..............................................................................................	263
	8.6.2 Replacing Words and Character Strings..............................................................		264
	8.6.3	Replacing Addresses............................................................................................	268
8.7	DELETING WORDS AND BLOCKS ..........................................................		270
8.8	CUTTING AND PASTING..........................................................................		271
	8.8.1	Basic Operations..................................................................................................	271
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	8.8.2 Copying, Moving, and Deleting Words and Blocks............................................	275
8.9	CANCELING THE EFFECTS OF EDITING WORDS AND BLOCKS ........	276
8.10	COPYING PROGRAMS ............................................................................	278
8.11	MERGING PROGRAMS............................................................................	279
8.12	DELETING PROGRAMS ...........................................................................	280
8.13	RESTORING A DELETED PROGRAM .....................................................	282
8.14	BACKGROUND EDITING..........................................................................	283
8.15	EDITING TWO PROGRAMS SIMULTANEOUSLY ...................................	285
8.16	EDITING PROGRAMS IN OPERATION....................................................	287
8.17	CONDENSING THE PROGRAM MEMORY..............................................	288
8.18	CREATING PROGRAMS USING THE MDI PANEL..................................	290
8.19	PLAYBACK................................................................................................	291
8.20	AUTOMATICALLY INSERTING SEQUENCE NUMBERS.........................	295
8.21	STAMPING THE MACHINING TIME.........................................................	296
9 SETTING AND DISPLAYING DATA ..................................................		299
9.1	DISPLAYING AND SETTING TOOL OFFSET VALUES ...........................	300
9.2	DISPLAYING AND SETTING WORKPIECE ORIGIN OFFSETS ..............	307
9.3	DISPLAY AND SETTING OF SETTING PARAMETERS ..........................	311
9.4	DISPLAYING AND SETTING CUSTOM MACRO VARIABLE VALUES....	317

9.5INPUT/OUTPUT OPERATION OF CUSTOM MACRO

COMMON VARIABLES .............................................................................	321
9.6 DISPLAYING AND SETTING PARAMETERS...........................................	325

9.7DISPLAYING AND SETTING PITCH ERROR COMPENSATION DATA ..332

9.8	MANUAL TOOL LENGTH MEASUREMENT.............................................	333
9.9	MANUAL WORKPIECE ORIGIN SETTING...............................................	337
9.10	TOOL LENGTH/WORKPIECE ORIGIN MEASUREMENT........................	343
9.11	MENU SWITCHES ....................................................................................	362
9.12	DISPLAYING AND SETTING TOOL LIFE MANAGEMENT DATA............	364

9.13DISPLAYING AND SETTING THE SOFTWARE OPERATOR'S PANEL..374

9.14DISPLAYING AND SETTING TOOL OFFSET DATA BASED

	ON TOOL NUMBERS................................................................................	377
9.15	FLOATING REFERENCE POSITION SETTING .......................................	387
9.16	SERVO SPINDLE SCREEN ......................................................................	389
9.17	COMMUNICATION SETTING SCREEN ...................................................	390
9.18	HIGH-SPEED HIGH-PRECISION MACHINING SETTING SCREEN........	393
9.19	CALCULATION KEY..................................................................................	400
9.20	POWER MATE CNC MANAGER FUNCTION...........................................	403

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9.21	MODEM CARD SETTING SCREEN..........................................................	410
9.22	CHANGING ACTIVE OFFSET VALUE WITH MANUAL MOVE ................	413
9.23	DO SIGNAL OUTPUT BY SOFT KEY .......................................................	418
9.24	AUTOMATIC FEEDRATE CONTROL BY AREA.......................................	419
9.25	DIAMETER ENTRY FOR TOOL COMPENSATION VALUE .....................	422
10 DISPLAY ............................................................................................		423
10.1	PROGRAM DISPLAY ................................................................................	424

10.2PROGRAM AND SEQUENCE NUMBER DISPLAY, STATUS DISPLAY, AND DATA SETTING AND INPUT/OUTPUT OPERATION WARNING

DISPLAY....................................................................................................	431
10.3 PROGRAM AND SEQUENCE NUMBER DISPLAY ..................................	432

10.4STATUS DISPLAY AND DATA SETTING AND INPUT/OUTPUT

	OPERATION WARNING DISPLAY ...........................................................	433
10.5	CURRENT POSITION DISPLAY ...............................................................	437
	10.5.1 Presetting the Current Position............................................................................	442
	10.5.2 Presetting a Workpiece Coordinate System ........................................................	444
10.6	OPERATOR MESSAGE DISPLAY............................................................	446
10.7	ALARM MESSAGE DISPLAY....................................................................	448
10.8	TOOL PATH DRAWING ............................................................................	450
10.9	OPERATING MONITOR SCREEN............................................................	463

10.10DISPLAY AND SETTING OF THE PARTS COUNTS,

	OPERATING TIME, AND CLOCK .............................................................		465
10.11	BACKGROUND DRAWING.......................................................................		468
10.12	FLOPPY DIRECTORY SCREEN...............................................................		487
10.13	MEMORY CARD SCREEN........................................................................		493
10.14	SUB SCREENS .........................................................................................		499
10.15	HELP FUNCTION ......................................................................................		510
	10.15.1	Help Menu ...........................................................................................................	511
	10.15.2	Alarm Help ..........................................................................................................	512
	10.15.3	G Code Help ........................................................................................................	515
	10.15.4 Moving the Cursor between the Ordinary Operation Screen and the Help
		Screen ..................................................................................................................	517
	10.15.5	Notes 518
10.16	DIRECTORY DISPLAY / PUNCH FOR EACH GROUP ............................		519
10.17	PROGRAM NAME 48 CHARACTERS ......................................................		523
10.18	FINE TORQUE SENSING .........................................................................		526
10.19	2-LCD-UNIT CONNECTION FUNCTION ..................................................		538

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	10.20	αi SERVO AND SPINDLE INFORMATION SCREENS.............................	540
11	CLEARING THE SCREEN .................................................................		541
	11.1	CLEARING THE SCREEN ........................................................................	542
		11.1.1	542
		11.1.2 Automatic Erase Screen Display .........................................................................	543
12	INPUTTING/OUTPUTTING DATA......................................................		544
	12.1	FILES	545
	12.2	SPECIFYING ............PARAMETERS REQUIRED FOR INPUT/OUTPUT	547
		12.2.1 .....................................................................................	547
		12.2.2 ...........................................................................	548
	12.3	INPUTTING .........................................AND OUTPUTTING PROGRAMS	551
		12.3.1 ............................................................................................	551
		12.3.2 ................................................................................................	557
	12.4	INPUTTING .....................AND OUTPUTTING SYSTEM PARAMETERS	561
		12.4.1 ............................................................................	561
		12.4.2 ...............................................................................	563
	12.5	INPUTTING ..........................AND OUTPUTTING TOOL OFFSET DATA	564
		12.5.1 ................................................................................Outputting Tool Offset Data	564
		12.5.2 ..................................................................................Inputting Tool Offset Data	566

12.6INPUTTING AND OUTPUTTING WORKPIECE ZERO POINT

OFFSET DATA ..........................................................................................	567
12.6.1 Outputting Workpiece zero point offset data ......................................................	567
12.6.2 Inputting System Parameters ...............................................................................	569
12.7 INPUTTING AND OUTPUTTING CUSTOM MACRO VARIABLE .............	570
12.7.1 Outputting Custom Macro Variable ....................................................................	570
12.7.2 Inputting Custom Macro Variable.......................................................................	572

12.8INPUTTING AND OUTPUTTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL ERROR

COMPENSATION DATA ...........................................................................		573
12.8.1	Outputting Three-dimensional Error Compensation Data...................................	573
12.8.2	Inputting Three-dimensional Error Compensation Data .....................................	575

12.9INPUTTING AND OUTPUTTING TOOL OFFSET DATA

BY TOOL NUMBER...................................................................................		576
12.9.1	Outputting Tool Offset Data by Tool Number ....................................................	576
12.9.2	Inputting Tool Offset Data by Tool Number.......................................................	578
12.10 INPUTTING AND OUTPUTTING FIXTURE OFFSET DATA.....................		579
12.10.1	Outputting Fixture Offset Data............................................................................	579
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12.10.2 Inputting Fixture Offset Data	.............................................................................. 581

12.11INPUTTING AND OUTPUTTING ROTARY HEAD DYNAMIC TOOL

OFFSET DATA ..........................................................................................		582
12.11.1 Outputting Rotary Head Dynamic Tool Offset Data...........................................		582
12.11.2	Inputting Rotary Head Dynamic Tool Offset Data..............................................	584
12.12 OUTPUTTING SYSTEM CONFIGURATION DATA ..................................		585
12.12.1	Outputting System Configuration Data ...............................................................	585

12.13INPUTTING AND OUTPUTTING DATA

		USING THE FLOPPY DIRECTORY SCREEN ..........................................	587
	12.14	INPUTTING AND OUTPUTTING DATA
		USING THE MEMORY CARD SCREEN ...................................................	588
	12.15	EXTERNAL I/O EQUIPMENT CONTROL .................................................	589
	12.16	SCREEN HARD COPY FUNCTION ..........................................................	590
13	AXIS CONTROL.................................................................................		592
	13.1	AXIS CONTROL BY THE PMC .................................................................	593
	13.2	MIRROR IMAGE........................................................................................	594
14	ABSOLUTE-POSITION DETECTION ................................................		597
III MAINTENANCE
1	INVESTIGATION OF TROUBLE GENERATION SITUATION ...........		603
	1.1	DISPLAY OF SYSTEM CONFIGURATION SCREEN ...............................	604
	1.2	SYSTEM LOG SCREEN............................................................................	606
		1.2.1 Displaying the Contents of Memory ...................................................................	608
APPENDIX
A	STATUS WHEN TURNING POWER ON, WHEN RESET ..................		611

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1.GENERAL

1 GENERAL

Operator’s Manuals consist of the PROGRAMMING Manual and

OPERATION Manual.

About this Operator’s Manual

OPERATOR’S MANUAL (PROGRAMMING) (B-63784EN)

I. GENERAL

Describes chapter organization, applicable models, related manuals, and notes for reading this manual.

II. PROGRAMMING

Describes each function: Format used to program functions in the NC language, characteristics, and restrictions..

APPENDIX

Lists tape codes, valid data ranges, and alarms.

OPERATOR’S MANUAL (OPERATION) (B-63784EN-1)

I. GENERAL

Describes chapter organization, applicable models, related manuals, and notes for reading this manual.

II. OPERATION

Describes the manual operation and automatic operation of a machine, procedures for inputting and outputting data, and procedures for editing a program.

III. MAINTENANCE

Describes investigation of trouble generation situation. APPENDIX

Status when turning power on, when reset

Some functions described in this manual may not be applied to some products. For detail, refer to the DESCRIPTIONS manual (B- 63782EN).

This manual does not describe parameters in detail. For details on parameters mentioned in this manual, refer to the manual for parameters (B-63790EN).

This manual describes all optional functions. Look up the options incorporated into your system in the manual written by the machine tool builder.

Applicable product name

The models covered by this manual, and their abbreviations are:

Product name		Abbreviations
FANUC Series 15i-MB	15i-MB		Series 15i
FANUC Series 150i-MB	150i-MB		Series 150i

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Special symbols

This manual uses the following symbols:

P_ : Indicates a combination of axes such as X_ Y_ Z (used in PROGRAMMING.).

;: Indicates the end of a block. It actually corresponds to the ISO code LF or EIA code CR.

Related manuals

The table below lists manuals related to MODEL B of Series 15i, and Series 150i. In the table, this manual is marked with an asterisk (*).

Table 1 (a) Related Manuals

Manual name	Specification
Manual name	number
	number
DESCRIPTIONS	B-63782EN
CONNECTION MANUAL (HARDWARE)	B-63783EN
CONNECTION MANUAL (FUNCTION)	B-63783EN-1
OPERATOR'S MANUAL (PROGRAMMING)	B-63784EN
OPERATOR'S MANUAL (OPERATION)	B-63784EN-1	*
MAINTENANCE MANUAL	B-63785EN
PARAMETER MANUAL	B-63790EN

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1.GENERAL

1.1 GENERAL FLOW OF OPERATION OF CNC MACHINE TOOL

When machining the part using the CNC machine tool, first prepare the program, then operate the CNC machine by using the program.

(1)First, prepare the program from a part drawing to operate the CNC machine tool. How to prepare the program is described in the OPERATOR’S MANUAL (PROGRAMMING).

(2)The program is to be read into the CNC system. Then, mount the workpieces and tools on the machine, and operate the tools according to the programming. Finally, execute the machining actually. How to operate the CNC system is described in the OPERATOR’S MANUAL (OPERATION).

Part	Part
drawing	programming
	CNC	MACHINE TOOL
PROGRAMMING		OPERATION

Before the actual programming, make the machining plan for how to machine the part.

Machining plan-

1.Determination of workpieces machining range

2.Method of mounting workpieces on the machine tool

3.Machining sequence in every machining process

4.Machining tools and machining

Decide the machining method in every machining process.

	Machining process	1	2	3
Machining procedure		Feed	Side	Hole
Machining procedure		cutting	cutting	machining
1.	Machining method :
Rough
Semi
Finish
2.	Machining tools
3.	Machining conditions :
Feedrate
Cutting depth
4.	Tool path

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Tool

Side cutting

Face cutting

Hole machining

Prepare the program of the tool path and machining condition according to the workpiece figure, for each machining.

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1.2 NOTES ON READING THIS MANUAL

NOTE

1The function of an CNC machine tool system depends not only on the CNC, but on the combination of the machine tool, its magnetic cabinet, the servo system, the CNC, the operator's panels, etc. It is too difficult to describe the function, programming, and operation relating to all combinations.

This manual generally describes these from the stand-point of the CNC. So, for details on a particular CNC machine tool, refer to the manual issued by the machine tool builder, which should take precedence over this manual.

2Headings are placed in the left margin so that the reader can easily access necessary information.

When locating the necessary information, the reader can save time by searching though these headings.

3Machining programs, parameters, variables, etc. are stored in the CNC unit internal non-volatile memory. In general, these contents are not lost by the switching ON/OFF of the power. However, it is possible that a state can occur where precious data stored in the non-volatile memory has to be deleted, because of deletions from a maloperation, or by a failure restoration.

In order to restore rapidly when this kind of mishap occurs, it is recommended that you create a copy of the various kinds of data beforehand.

4This manual describes as many reasonable variations in equipment usage as possible. It cannot address every combination of features, options and commands that should not be attempted.

If a particular combination of operations is not described, it should not be attempted.

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