ALARMSMazatrol Assistant
CRITICALAlarm code
1838

CUTTING PT CTRL FORMAT ERROR (WNo., NNo., BNo.)

What it means

1. In the G43.8 mode, an I/J/K address was specified or in the G43.9 mode, an address of a rotary axis was specified. 2. In a block that contains a G49 command, other commands were specified. 3. A rotary axis command was specified in circular interpolation mode. 4. In the G43.8 or G43.9 mode, an axis feed command of other than the controllable axes (axes specified with K114, K115, K116, K121 and K125) was specified. 5. For an argument of a P command, a value other than 0, 1 and 2 was specified.

What to do
  1. 1Correct the program.
  2. 21.
  3. 3In the G43.8 mode an I/J/K address cannot be specified, and in the G43.9 mode a rotary axis command cannot be specified.
  4. 42.
  5. 5Specify a G49 command in a block without other commands.
  6. 63.
  7. 7A rotary axis command cannot be specified in circular interpolation mode.
  8. 84.
  9. 9In the G43.8 or G43.9 mode, specify an axis feed command of only the controllable axes (axes specified with K114, K115, K116, K121 and K125).
  10. 105.
  11. 11Specify 0, 1 or 2 for an argument of a P command.
Codebook — decoded
BError typeRegistered Data — program or tool data error
J (L)Stop statusunspecified
P (S)Clearingunspecified
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