Haas Toolsetter Problem Solved

I was getting the cryptic error message GOTO OR P LINE NOT FOUND when I tried to set tool lengths. It was quite the mystery, and some people suggested my WIPS macros were corrupted and that I needed to load them. I show how to do just that, and the I found the problem. Haas toolsetter problem solved!

[@ydna]

yeah that happens sometimes. good to keep the files available if needed, like you said.
If I may make a suggestion, since you have an umbrella toolchanger, you may benefit from adjusting the "retract" height used during the tool probe cycles. The default height is machine home, but the tool might collide with a tall object like the rotary housing, so instead I changed it to Z4.250 inches which is much higher up. The value would be different for your ISO20 umbrella but still a few inches I hope.
It's found within the program o9023, search down for line N40 then it's a couple lines below as G28Z91Z0 which you can swap out for a G53G90Zxx.xx. The tool will still retract to machine home at the end, but it would be above the OTS which should be fine.

[@MrRock861261]

How are you enjoying that removable tool setter mount

[@johnyoungquist6540]

It's funny they don't have a signal integrity indicator and diagnose the problem properly. Other probe systems do. I built a touch probe for a milling machine 30 years ago and I put a touch light and a receive light on the panel. You turned on the probe with a light flash and it transmitted an IR modulated carrier with 6 LEDs around the probe body. The carrier was always on touched or not so you could easily tell if you had a signal. It measured features and output CAD system data that created an actual drawing of the part. Simple primitives like circle, arc, rectangle, lines were supported. I used it to create aircraft instrument panels. Instrument panels are tough to measure because of all the different shapes at semi random locations and an outside profile that is arbitrary too. All the control logic on the machine was written in the controllers macro language which had a lot of exotic capabilities that no one used or understood. You could even call subroutines recursively.

[@pcsmachineworks]

You can view and monitor the skip signal and other inputs in the diagnostic page and do just this on any Hass. Usually, when there are any problems with a renishaw system it's a low battery issue. The way he has his tool setter mounted at an odd angle is likely the main reason for his issues. The ir transmitter/reciever on the tool setter is oriented such that it must align with either the x or y axis as there are blind spots by design. There are also some documented cases of inaccurate diameter measurements when the tool setter is rotated as such due to the 3 point contacts within the probe.

[@kevinreardon2558]

It's a common mistake. A conflict between interests. The folks who design this thing would never assume someone would want to video it. They would never check if this system would work without the safety door being open. How do you solve this type of problem? Be aware of it. Always assume if something you are doing is failing is due to somebody not thinking it was needed. Where I work, we either categorize it as "it just plain don't work that way" or "product enhancement" .

[@dass1333]

It is hard to track down invisible problems. No click crunch bang snap.
Lol a Quantum problem, by observing you change the ability to function.