Re: Bridgeport Interact 412/Heidenhain TNC 151 HELP

you are correct program must start at 0 and in lines 1,2,3,4,5,6
or you get what you are getting have you looked at the program
before you up load to conrol. your post maybe putting invalad data
into program. 151 control will not accept comments in program
there is a program called renumber that will fixed programs that are
not numbered correctly I have it but not at home. i can get it on
monday if you need it what program do you use to transfer from pc to
control. if you use blockwise which is drip feed with out actually
loading into machine memory it does not care if numbers are correct
only that progam starts at line 0 if you need any more help just
email me jhtkcarn@...
--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Lawrence" <monkeyrt@h...>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am a new student learning CNC programming/machining. I am

working on

> a Bridgeport Interact 412 VMC with the Heidenhain TNC 151

controller,

> and using MasterCam Version 8. So far everything is going well,

except

> for one problem.
>
> The manual says that the Heidenhain has two running modes. One

mode is

> "Program run 1-block," (top row, middle button) meaning that
> it will
> run one block of code at one time. In order to advance to the next
> line of code, I will have to push the "cycle start" button.
> This I
> understand.
>
> The other mode is "Program run-full sequence," (top row, 2nd
> button
> from right) meaning that it "should" run the complete file by
> pushing
> the "cycle start" button only once.
>
> My problem is that when I upload the file into the Heidenhain
> controller, and then go to the "Program run-full sequence"
> mode, I
> still have to manually push the "cycle start" button each
> time so it
> can go to the next line of code. According to the manual, it is
> supposed to run though all the lines automatically. It seems like

it

> is running in the "run 1-block" mode all the time.
>
> I have also noticed that when the file is uploaded into the
> controller, the program lines start at #0 (Begin PGM 100), and then
> there is a big gap and the program begins much later (around line
> 70-or so depending on the program). I tried to delete the extra

gap,

> but the controller will not allow me to do so.
>
> If I were to go to "Program-full sequence" and upload
> directly from
> the computer, the machine will run perfectly, but the down side is
> that the file is not stored into the Heidenhain controller. It

must be

> uploaded every time. In this mode, I also notice that the code

starts

> at line 100 (instead of 0) and it goes straight through to the end
> (without any gaps). The machine works perfectly this way.
>
> I was thinking maybe I am using the wrong post-processor? Or there
> might be some kind of setting on the Heidenhain that I don't know
> about?
>
> I do also have a picture of the Heidenhain controller buttons
> available.
>
> I really appreciate any help you can provide.
>
> Thank you in advance!
> Larry