I have had this system for almost 18 months and have just now got it connected and powered up. I have been impressed so far but I have run into a couple of glitches
1st when I load a program with an M84, the machine runs the tap cycle as it regenerates the toolpath display. I have only loaded a single hole for testing so I don't know if it will do it for every threaded hole in the program, but my guess is it will.
2nd This is an old Bridgeport R2C3 machine which has a pneumatic brake to hold the spindle for tool changes. I set up a brain to turn off the brake when the spindle is on. This works normally, but not with the M84 cycle. This not a big deal as I can disable the brake manually.
How can I stop the M84 from cycling on regen?
Thanks
Cliff