USB & LAN Connect - Mazak Mazatrol T Plus

USB & LAN Connect - Mazak Mazatrol T Plus

Overview 

This article is for USB and/or LAN Connect hardware and includes settings, parameters, and instructions to communicate to Mazak Mazatrol T Plus controls. 

Controls

  1. Mazatrol T Plus
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 

EIA Programs

Alert
All models of USB and/or LAN Connect support transferring of EIA programs.

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

Mazak Parameters

  1. Press far-left softkey
  2. Press PARAM.
  3. Set the following values per parameter:
    1. I1
      1
      I11
      1
      I2
      3
      I13
      0
      I3
      0
      I14
      0
      I5
      3
      I15
      0
      I6
      3
      I16
      0
      I7
      0
      I24
      0
      I8
      60


      I10
      1


  4. Press OK 

Sending and Receiving Programs

Send to CNC

  1. From CNC Machine Control 
    1. Press far left softkey
    2. Press PROGRAM softkey
    3. Press PROGRAM FILE softkey
    4. Press DATA I/O softkey
    5. Press TAPE I/O softkey
    6. Press ALL LOAD NC <- TAPE
    7. Press START softkey
  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 USB LAN Connect
      1. For USB LAN Connect only, choose USB Files (USB flash drive) or SD Files (FTP)
    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 USB LAN Connect
      1. For USB LAN Connect only, choose USB Files (USB flash drive) or SD Files (FTP)
    3. Press Start
  2. From Machine Control 
    1. Press far left softkey
    2. Press PROGRAM softkey
    3. Press PROGRAM FILE softkey
    4. Press DATA I/O softkey
    5. Press TAPE I/O softkey
    6. Press PUNCH NC -> TAPE softkey
    7. Type the work number
    8. Press INPUT button
    9. Press START softkey

Mazatrol Programs

Alert
Only "Mazak" models of USB and/or LAN Connect support transferring of Mazatrol programs.

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 "8 data, no parity, 2 stop bit"
  4. Press Flow Control
    1. For older controls, set to "CMT Ver 1"
    2. For newer controls, set to "CMT Ver 2"
    InfoIf CMT Ver 1 doesn't work, try CMT Ver 2, and vice versa.
  5. Press EOB Delay (End-of-block delay) 
    1. Select "No Delay"
  6. Press EOB Char (End-of-block character) 
    1. Select "None/binary"
  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

Mazak Parameters

  1. Press far-left softkey
  2. Press DATA I/O
  3. Press CMT
  4. Press PARAM.
  5. Set BAUDRATE to "9600"

Sending and Receiving Programs

Send to CNC

  1. 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
  2. From CNC Machine Control 
    1. Press far left softkey
    2. Press DATA I/O softkey
    3. Press CMT softkey
    4. Press LOAD CMT -> NC softkey
    5. Type the work number
    6. Press INPUT button
    7. Press START softkey

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 CNC Machine Control
    1. Press far left softkey
    2. Press DATA I/O softkey
    3. Press CMT softkey
    4. Press SAVE NC -> CMT softkey
    5. Type the work number
    6. Press INPUT button
    7. Press START softkey

Additional Resources

For general installation and operating instructions, refer to the appropriate guide for your hardware model.

USB LAN Connect Pendant Model

  1. USB LAN Connect Installation Guide
  2. USB LAN Connect Operation Guide.

USB Connect Portable Model 

  1. USB Connect Operation Guide