HUGE Mazak fully automated 5 axis laser cutter for pipes/tubes/profiles/

Any chance you used program numbers O9xxx or O8xxx .This needs parameter setting (3202) to edit from CNC
google for Fanuc manual B–63525EN/02 page 405 & 428
It should be in EDIT mode and EDIT key enabled.
However you may not be able to delete the active foreground program , the program number which usually shows on top right of the screen.
Could you able to select different program to foreground or not? only the foreground program Number will run in Auto.
The last selected or ran program only will be active as foreground program till you select another program to foregraound.
There is Background edit . it is different 

 

sivaraj wrote:

Any chance you used program numbers O9xxx or O8xxx .
 

No, from 5000-9000 are subroutines.

sivaraj wrote:

It should be in EDIT mode and EDIT key enabled.
 

Yes, of course.

sivaraj wrote:

Could you able to select different program to foreground or not? only the foreground program Number will run in Auto.
 

Yes, i can choose any existing program, and no, this one runs everything from the first program in memory, as noted in the manual.
This i understand why, it is a fully automated machine, so can have multiple programs run consecutively, for different materials and cuts.
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My conclusion is there must be some setting that enables deleting those files/programs as a safety feature as not to accidentally delete them, i just have to find it.
Again, having the manual for the old control while the machine has new controls causes much more confusion than help.

I may be able to help if you can tell me which control(s) are on it. 160i could be L, P, LA, PA, LB, PB. I think those were all the versions of the 160i that would be on such a machine.

Thank you Erick, i am not sure but i think it was the LB version, but if possible wait till i confirm that as i am not near it nor is the person that uses it.
Thank you very much for the offer.

Did you solve your problems with this machine?

Yes, the networking part, we were misled badly and chased our tails by having the laptop wired to the console while the network required for file transfers was at the back of the main electronics cabinet! That is 6 hours i will never get back! I kept wondering why W2K has an IP set and the Mazak software has another IP set...now i know.
So now it can be used properly with the laptop, but i would still like to be able to use it without the laptop attached since i already figured out how to copy stuff to it, so i will report the exact model when they get back from Germany in a few days.
Thank you very much for everything.