Roland RML post processor issue

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I was using HSMXpress in SolidWorks 2016 and the Roland RML post processor worked fine. Recently I have upgraded to SolidWorks 2018 SP3 and now Roland RML post processor fails to process... I get the following message in a text file in addition to the failed nc file:

"

Information: Configuration: Roland RML
Information: Vendor: Roland DG
Information: Posting intermediate data to 'C:\Users\User\Desktop\CNC\HSMXpress\3.prn'
Error: Failed to post process. See below for details.
...
Loading locale from 'C:\Program Files\HSMXpress\locales\english_us.xml'
Code page changed to '1252 (ANSI - Latin I)'
Start time: Monday, June 18, 2018 8:01:39 AM
Loading locale from 'C:\Program Files\HSMXpress\posts\common.en.lang'
Code page changed to '20127 (US-ASCII)'
Post processor engine: 4.2.1 41941
Configuration path: C:\Program Files\HSMXpress\posts\roland rml.cps
Include paths: C:\Program Files\HSMXpress\posts
Configuration modification date: Friday, April 20, 2018 12:56:40 PM
Output path: C:\Users\User\Desktop\CNC\HSMXpress\3.prn
Checksum of intermediate NC data: fc7221210f84ba40d5246addf5f6c3eb
Checksum of configuration: 4e02bf775efc2285f46035467ce6c866
Vendor url: http://www.rolanddg.com
Legal: Copyright (C) 2012-2017 by Autodesk, Inc.
Generated by: HSMXpress 2019 R1.43015
...
Error: Spindle speed exceeds maximum value.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Error: Failed to invoke function 'onSection'.
Error: Failed to invoke 'onSection' in the post configuration.
Error: Failed to execute configuration.
Stop time: Monday, June 18, 2018 8:01:39 AM
Post processing failed.

"

Please help, any ideas on what is wrong or how to fix it are greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Best regards

Ladislav Antal

[AchimN]

Error: Spindle speed exceeds maximum value.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Your desired spindle speed is out of range.

[matty.fuller]

I noticed this issue a few times when trying out the new Machine Configurations in Fusion - there's a lot of default values that will cause errors if you don't update them, and the default spindle speed is 10k RPM. Worth checking the machine config, if you have one set up / in use.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the replies. I changed the settings but unfortunately this didn't solve the issue.

I can post with the same settings using the Roland ISO post processor. It's only the RML which doesn't work...

[AchimN]

The minimum and maximum spindle speeds depend on the choosen machine type.

  case "mdx-15/20":
    rapidFeed = 15.0 * 60;
    step = 0.025;
    sMin = 6500;
    sMax = 6500;
    break;
  case "mdx-40":
    rapidFeed = 50.0 * 60;
    step = 0.01;
    sMin = 4500;
    sMax = 15000;
    break;
  case "mdx-50":
    rapidFeed = 60.0 * 60;
    step = 0.01;
    sMin = 4500;
    sMax = 15000;
    break;
  case "mdx-540":
    rapidFeed = 125.0 * 60;
    step = 0.01;
    sMin = 3000;
    sMax = 12000;
    break;

There will be an updated version of the post with improved error messages available shortly:

https://cam.autodesk.com/hsmposts?p=roland_rml

[Anonymous]

This may be a daft question but how do I select the correct machine type?

[matty.fuller · Accepted solution]

For the Roland RML post you can select it as one of the user properties when posting out:

[Anonymous]

Ah, nice. It works now. Thanks a lot, have a nice day!