We just had a probe added to an '08 VF3SS, the Haas tech came out and installed both the table and spindle probes and V2.8 Renishaw cycles on it.
After they left we removed the table probe to install a large mag chuck and run some parts, everything appeared to be working as expected. Probe touches things, numbers change, parts were turning out good.
Next project was to wire up some solenoids to the aux M-Codes, which was when I noticed something peculiar... Operator was running a cycle and while I was behind the machine making a lit of fittings I needed to get the valve plumbed I saw the indicator lamp on the valve triggered by M23/53 was lit, a few seconds go by and it turns off. I asked the operator what part of the program he had just run and he said probing, so we single-block through the program and sure enough on the first line that calls a probe cycle "G65 P9810 etc..." the valve turns on. This is strange because the probe is connected to the second relay socket on the I/O which would be M22/52. I looked through all of the Renishaw cycles and never saw M23/53, nor M22/52 called anywhere. I checked parameters to see if there was any sort of alias codes and came up with nothing. I then read the operators manual and came across "M59 Set Output Relay." M59 Pnn can be used to trigger "nn" relay, where M21=#1132, 22=1133, etc... And G69 Pnn turns it off. I see several instances of M59/69 P1133 which makes sense because M22/52 relay is what the probe is connected to, but I also see a few P1134's which should be my M23/53 relay...
My first question is why would they be activating an unused relay socket in the first place? The tech I spoke with was also stumped; he said they use M59 for diagnostics and 1133 was labeled as "probe" and 1134 is labeled as a "spare"
The next question is, can I safely remove those lines and maintain probe functionality and gain back control of my relay?
TL;DR
The probe is connected to M52, and it runs correctly but somehow the cycle also activates M53, which is unused
Nowhere is the probe cycles is there an M53 called, but there are some "diagnostic test" lines that turn it on/off using M59 P1134
Why are there lines calling an empty relay in these off-the-shelf cycles?
Am I going to smash the probe into the table, or is it going to spontaneously combust if I delete these lines?
After they left we removed the table probe to install a large mag chuck and run some parts, everything appeared to be working as expected. Probe touches things, numbers change, parts were turning out good.
Next project was to wire up some solenoids to the aux M-Codes, which was when I noticed something peculiar... Operator was running a cycle and while I was behind the machine making a lit of fittings I needed to get the valve plumbed I saw the indicator lamp on the valve triggered by M23/53 was lit, a few seconds go by and it turns off. I asked the operator what part of the program he had just run and he said probing, so we single-block through the program and sure enough on the first line that calls a probe cycle "G65 P9810 etc..." the valve turns on. This is strange because the probe is connected to the second relay socket on the I/O which would be M22/52. I looked through all of the Renishaw cycles and never saw M23/53, nor M22/52 called anywhere. I checked parameters to see if there was any sort of alias codes and came up with nothing. I then read the operators manual and came across "M59 Set Output Relay." M59 Pnn can be used to trigger "nn" relay, where M21=#1132, 22=1133, etc... And G69 Pnn turns it off. I see several instances of M59/69 P1133 which makes sense because M22/52 relay is what the probe is connected to, but I also see a few P1134's which should be my M23/53 relay...
My first question is why would they be activating an unused relay socket in the first place? The tech I spoke with was also stumped; he said they use M59 for diagnostics and 1133 was labeled as "probe" and 1134 is labeled as a "spare"
The next question is, can I safely remove those lines and maintain probe functionality and gain back control of my relay?
TL;DR
The probe is connected to M52, and it runs correctly but somehow the cycle also activates M53, which is unused
Nowhere is the probe cycles is there an M53 called, but there are some "diagnostic test" lines that turn it on/off using M59 P1134
Why are there lines calling an empty relay in these off-the-shelf cycles?
Am I going to smash the probe into the table, or is it going to spontaneously combust if I delete these lines?
