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Mach Discussion => Mach4 General Discussion => Topic started by: a3dcreator on September 05, 2017, 09:17:15 PM
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Unfortunately the DOCS dont say what version of Fanuc mach4 industrial runs. (unless i missed it somehow)
id like to know where and what the system variable names are.
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Mach4Industrial emulates the Fanuc 21i control using memory model C.
Mach4Hobby emulates a sub-set of that.
Steve Stallings
www.PMDX.com
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We won't ever say that it is 100% compatible with any Fanuc. It has similar functionality and most Fanuc 21i stuff works. But Mach 4 can also do things that a Fanuc 21i can't. For example, both G76 lathe threading cycle formats are accepted in Mach 4 where only one is accepted on a 21i. Mach 4's dwell (G04) can be HAAS style or Fanuc style, etc...
So no, the manual will never say this, officially. But a person familiar with running a Fanuc 21i type machine will feel right at home in Mach 4.
Peter Smid has a good book on G code programming. And also a book on Macro B. These two books were used during the development of Mach 4.
Steve
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thank for the info guys!