Fanuc with Renishaw Probe

[Lonnie.Cady]

Anyone using he current probing with fanuc and renishaw?

What has your experience been so far?

[Laurens-3DTechDraw]

@Lonnie.Cady

I know you need to ask your rep if you get both the Renishaw and Manual Guide I cycles. 

Because there are Doosan Manual Guide I cycles as well for measuring.

[Lonnie.Cady]

Yes I get both, for renishaw GUI option is basically the Inspection plus macros which cover inspection also.  

http://www.renishaw.com/en/gui-for-fanuc-cnc-machine-tool-controls--30852

Was more curious about a working post processor

[al.whatmough]

@AchimN have we created one?

if not, I should just be a matter for using the probing code from the Haas post as it is also the Renishaw cycles.

[AchimN]

Yes, this is implemented into the generic fanuc post.

[Lonnie.Cady]

@AchimN Not a big deal but on the new Doosan with Fanuc the Renishaw inspection plus macros are "embedded" and can't be called with a G65. They are called with M165.  Not sure what other machines are affected.

[LibertyMachine]

My Mori w/Fanuc runs the G65 calls. I don't have anything bad to say about them (the way the post handles it), other than they are not terribly well optimized. Better safe than sorry though, really

[Lonnie.Cady]

Yep HAAS were the same way with G65.  They told me they were embedded so they can't be seen any longer or edited.  That was the reason for the change to M165 it sounded like a pretty recent change.  I have never owned a doosan until now so I can say if it has always been that way.

[Steinwerks]

Are the M165 calls output the same as G65? If so it should be easy to change the post to suit. If and when you get the manual see if you can get a digital version (PDF) and share it here.

[Lonnie.Cady]

I called Renishaw and got the Renishaw Doosan Fanuc GUI manuals directly from them.  That is how I knew they were M165 instead of G65, other than that they are identical.  G65 can't call embedded macros.  I believe that M165 requires a license code and G65 did not.  This appears to be their way to lock out the feature on new machines.

I had already looked into the post and a pretty simple change.

I can't post the books here.  When I called Renishaw to see where to download them they said  they specifically do not put them on the website.

They gave me 3 books

REN GUI for part probe

REN GUI for tool setter

Renishaw Inspection plus.

[Laurens-3DTechDraw]

Do you have the black screen on the machine or fanuc grey?

[Lonnie.Cady]

not sure what you mean?

What difference would it make?

[Laurens-3DTechDraw]

Curious. And going towards the "black" screen might be what also inlcudes going to M165.

But from this screenshot, I would assume that it is the case for all OEM installed packages(The M165).

[Lonnie.Cady]

That black screen you see is not a fanuc control, it is an app for a windows based tablet or windows based control to generate the probing codes for on machine probing.

[Laurens-3DTechDraw]

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@Lonnie.Cady wrote:

That black screen you see is not a fanuc control, it is an app for a windows based tablet or windows based control to generate the probing codes for on machine probing.

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You can actually have that installed on your CNC control as long as it's windows based.

Which our 31i-B5 is for example. But I'm not sure about yours.

[Lonnie.Cady]

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@Laurens-3DTechDraw wrote:

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@Lonnie.Cady wrote:

That black screen you see is not a fanuc control, it is an app for a windows based tablet or windows based control to generate the probing codes for on machine probing.

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You can actually have that installed on your CNC control as long as it's windows based.

Which our 31i-B5 is for example. But I'm not sure about yours.

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Thats what I said 🙂  windows tablet app connected to control or windows based control.