Using Misc. Reals in a post.

[MIL-TFP-41]

Hey all...I know there is a easy way around this but I can't seem to figure it out.

 

One of the machines we have here is a big Horizontal boring mill. The spindle retracts out as the "W" axis. Typically, we run the "W" out to 5 or 10 inches & then drill or face or do whatever. What I would like to do is configure a Misc. Real value for the "W" retract amount. Right now I am using a variation of the MPMASTER post for this machine.

 

On a different machine, a high speed 5 axis trunion type, it has a different variation of high speed cutting. You turn on high speed by a "HONR*" command. The * is a number, 1 thru 10, dealing with the resolution or tolerance of your cut....for example, if you are roughing, the command might be "HONR2" and for finishing it might be "HONR8". I would like to configure a Misc. Real to put in the number 1~10. The post on this machine is the MPGEN5X.

 

Thanks all for you help

[mayday]

here is what i did for a quill extenion on our bridge mill, close to what you want anyway ?

 

# mi4 - 0 = Quill home position, M80 Output

# 1 = Quill extend by entering 81, 82, 83 in mi4, Output, M81, M82, or M83

 

 

# --------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Quill Extention with mr4

# --------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

pquillext

 

if mi4 = 1,

[

sav_mr4 = mr4,

*sav_mr4, e

]

mi4 = 0

 

in psof and ptlchg add in pquillext (or your name used)

 

pcan1, pbld, n, *sgcode, *sgabsinc, pfxout, pfyout,

*speed, *spindle, pgear, pwcs, pquillext, strcantext, e

[mayday]

in your post.txt change this area so you see it in your tool parm page

 

[misc reals]

1. "Misc. real [1]"

2. "Misc. real [2]"

3. "Misc. real [3]"

4. "Extend - 81 = 7.88, 82 = 13.79, 83 = 19.7"

5. "Misc. real [5]"

6. "Misc. real [6]"

7. "Misc. real [7]"

8. "Misc. real [8]"

9. "Misc. real [9]"

10. "Misc. real [10]"

[wyfs2fat]

JMC,

 

We added a "mr5" to our horizontals.

 

This is what we changed or added in four areas of the post. As Mayday stated, ,we changed our .txt file that corresponds with the post to say spindle w-axis extension.

 

fmt W 18 mr5 #W position output

 

 

ptlchg_com #Tool change common blocks

pcom_moveb

c_mmlt #Multiple tool subprogram call

#pn, ";", peob, e #9/18/03

#ptoolcomment

 

pwcs

ptoolcomm

#G51 stages tool

#pbld, pn, "G51", *t, peob, e

#pbld, pn, "M06", peob, e

#pn, ";", peob, e

pcan

#if zretr > 0, pbld, pn, *sgcode, *zretr, *sccomp, pfmax, peob, e

#else, pbld, pn, *sgcode, "Z+0", *sccomp, pfmax, *sm92, peob, e

#pbld, pn, *sgcode, pfzout, next_tool, *sccomp, pfmax, scoolant, peob, e

if t > 0, pbld, pn, "TOOL DEF ", *t, peob, e

pbld, pn, "TOOL CALL ", *t, *sgplane, *speed, peob, e

pcan1, pbld, pn, *sgcode, mr5, pgear, strcantext, *sccomp,

 

 

205. Default miscellaneous real variable 5 (mr5)? -4.0

 

 

1605. Default miscellaneous real variable 5 (mr5) (metric)? -101.6

 

HTH,

Greg

[MIL-TFP-41]

thanks to both...exactally what I was looking for