USB & LAN Connect - Fanuc 16, 18, 21, 0i, 30i, 31i, 32i

USB & LAN Connect - Fanuc 16, 18, 21, 0i, 30i, 31i, 32i

Overview 

This article is for USB and/or LAN Connect hardware and includes settings, parameters, and instructions to communicate to Fanuc 16, 18, 21, 0i, 30i, 31i, 32i controls. 

Controls

  1. Fanuc 16-M, 16-T, 16i-M, 16i-T, 16i-MB, 16i-TB, 160i-MB, 160i-TB, 160is-MB, 160is-TB
  2. Fanuc 18-M, 18-T, 18i-M, 18i-T, 18i-MB, 18i-TB, 180i-MB, 180i-TB, 180is-MB, 180is-TB
  3. Fanuc 21-M, 21-T, 21i-M, 21i-T, 21i-MB, 21i-TB, 210i-MB, 210i-TB, 210is-MB, 210is-TB
  4. Fanuc 0i-M, 0i-T, 0i-MB, 0i-TB, 0i-MC, 0i-TC, 0i-MD, 0i-TD, 0i-MF, 0i-TF
  5. Fanuc 30i Model A, Model A5, Model B, Model B5
  6. Fanuc 31i Model A, Model A5, Model B, Model B5
  7. Fanuc 32i Model A, Model A5, Model B, Model B5
  8. Essentially any Fanuc control manufactured since the late 90s
Warning
Notate or take a picture of any parameters before you change them

Connections

  1. Physically connect the USB/LAN Connect to the Fanuc control 
    1. Connect black 8-pin cable to bottom of the USB/LAN Connect 
    2. Connect tan 25-pin adapter to black 8-pin cable on the other end 
    3. Connect gray 4-pin cable from screen into board (if using internal USB/LAN Connect) 
    4. Remove yellow and silver gender changer from tan 25-pin adapter; plug into machine serial port 
    5. Attach USB stick or SD card to unit 
  2. Plug the power supply into the USB/LAN Connect 
    1. Screen should come on once powered 

Parameters and Settings

USB/LAN Connect Settings

Info
USB/LAN Connect has three buttons, left, middle, and right. Depending on the screen, these can either be softkeys that reference a digital button on the screen or up (left), down (right), and select (middle) buttons. 
  1. Press Setup from the main menu 
  2. Press Baud Rate
    1. Select "9600"
  3. Press Data/Par/Stp (Data/Parity/Stop bits) 
    1. Select "7, even, 2"
  4. Press Flow Control
    1. Select "SW XON/XOFF"
  5. Press EOB Delay (End-of-block delay) 
    1. Select "No Delay"
  6. Press EOB Char (End-of-block character) 
    1. Select "CR LF"
  7. Press Start Tx (Transmission start character) 
    1. Select "None"
  8. Press End Tx (Transmission end character) 
    1. Select "None"
  9. Press Start Rx (Receive start character) 
    1. Select "Automatic"
  10. Scroll down and press Okay

Fanuc Parameters

  1. Put control in MDI mode
  2. Press OFFSET/SETTING (aka OFS/SET) button until you see the SETTING (HANDY) page
    1. If you do not see the SETTING (HANDY) page, either press the SETTING softkey or press OFFSET/SETTING until you do see it
  3. Set PARAMETER WRITE (PWE) to "1"
  4. Set PUNCH CODE or OUTPUT CODE to "1"
  5. Set I/O CHANNEL to "0"
  6. Press SYSTEM button
  7. Press PARAMETER softkey
  8. Set the following parameters
    1. 0000 to "XXXXXX10" ("X" means do not change)
    2. 0020 to "0"
    3. 0100 to "00000000"
    4. 0101 to "10000001"
    5. 0102 to "0"
    6. 0103 to "11"
  9. Press OFFSET/SETTING button
  10. Set PARAMETER WRITE (PWE) to "0"
  11. Press RESET button to clear alarm

Sending and Receiving Programs

Send to CNC

  1. From CNC Machine Control 
    1. Press PROGRAM or PROG key 
    2. Enter EDIT mode (either a rotary switch or button) 
    3. Press [OPRT] softkey 
    4. Press + softkey on far right (you may need to press this a few times) 
    5. Press READ or F INPUT
    6. Press EXEC
    7. “LSK” will start flashing 
  2. From USB/LAN Connect 
    1. Start at the main menu 
    2. Press USB to CNC on the USB Connect, or File to CNC on the LAN Connect
    3. Find the program you want to send, then press the middle button 
    4. Press Start
    5. Program will now be sent into the machine

Receive from CNC

  1. From USB/LAN Connect 
    1. Start at the main menu 
    2. Press CNC to USB on the USB Connect, or CNC to File on the LAN Connect
    3. Press Start
  2. From Machine Control 
    1. Press PROGRAM or PROG key 
    2. Enter EDIT mode (either a rotary switch or button) 
    3. Select the program you want to send to your USB stick or LAN connection 
    4. Press [OPRT] softkey 
    5. Press + softkey on far right (you may need to press this a few times) 
    6. Press PUNCH or F OUTPUT
      1. Specify the filename if required 
    7. Press EXEC


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