X4 mpmaster dwell

[Justin Beebe at Folsom Tool]

When I use a dwell in a G82 drilling cycle I enter 2000 in the field for dwell. My post gives me P2000. and the decimal point causes the machine to alarm. How can I get it to post P2000 without the decimal point. Using X4mpmaster

 

Thanks

[Rob @ Target Machine]

Add a new fs2 statement for use with dwell$

 

code:

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#Default english/metric position format statements

fs2 1 0.7 0.6 #Decimal, absolute, 7 place, default for initialize (

fs2 2 0.4 0.3 #Decimal, absolute, 4/3 place

fs2 3 0.4 0.3d #Decimal, delta, 4/3 place

#Common format statements

fs2 4 1 0 1 0 #Integer, not leading

fs2 5 2 0 2 0l #Integer, force two leading

fs2 6 3 0 3 0l #Integer, force three leading

fs2 7 4 0 4 0l #Integer, force four leading

fs2 8 5 0 5 0l #Integer, force five leading

fs2 9 0.1 0.1 #Decimal, absolute, 1 place

fs2 10 0.2 0.2 #Decimal, absolute, 2 place

fs2 11 0.3 0.3 #Decimal, absolute, 3 place

fs2 12 0.4 0.4 #Decimal, absolute, 4 place

fs2 13 0.5 0.5 #Decimal, absolute, 5 place

fs2 14 0.3 0.3d #Decimal, delta, 3 place

fs2 15 0.2 0.1 #Decimal, absolute, 2/1 place (feedrate)

fs2 16 1 0 1 0n #Integer, forced output

fs2 17 1.4 1.3lt #Decimal, absolute, 4/3 trailing

fs2 18 0 3 0 3 #No decimal, absolute, 3 place(dwell)<------- I copied fs2 11 and removed the decimal points

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Then change the format statement for dwell$ to use our new format: fs2 18

 

code:

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fmt  N  4   n$          #Sequence number

fmt X 2 xabs #X position output

fmt Y 2 yabs #Y position output

fmt Z 2 zabs #Z position output

fmt X 3 xinc #X position output

fmt Y 3 yinc #Y position output

fmt Z 3 zinc #Z position output

fmt A 11 cabs #C axis position

fmt A 14 cinc #C axis position

fmt A 14 cout_i #C axis position

fmt A 4 indx_out #Index position

fmt R 14 rt_cinc #C axis position, G68

fmt I 3 iout #Arc center description in X

fmt J 3 jout #Arc center description in Y

fmt K 3 kout #Arc center description in Z

fmt K 2 lead #Helical lead

fmt R 2 arcrad$ #Arc Radius

fmt F 15 feed #Feedrate

fmt P 18 dwell$ #Dwell <------------------------Change to fmt P 18

fmt M 5 cantext$ #Canned text

fmt 4 mr8$ #HSM

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HTH

[Tony35]

change this in the post

 

fmt P 7 dwell$ #Dwell #CHANGED NO DECIMAL OUTPUT FROM 11 TO 7 TK

[Justin Beebe at Folsom Tool]

Mastercam Guru,

 

I was hoping you would chime in. I'm still not sure I understand what you mean. Do I just add this line:

 

fs2 18 0 3 0 3 #No decimal, absolute, 3 place(dwell)<------- I copied fs2 11 and removed the decimal points

 

then change this line:

 

fmt P 18 dwell$ #Dwell <------------------------Change to fmt P 18

 

thanks again

[Rob @ Target Machine]

[chime in]

Here's a better way.

 

From the X4 Mpmaster post:

 

Search for dwell$. You should be able to find this section.

 

code:

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fmt  F  15  feed        #Feedrate

fmt P 11 dwell$ #Dwell <-- The 11 here refers to a fs2 statement number 11

fmt M 5 cantext$ #Canned text

fmt 4 mr8$ #HSM

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Ok, we can see that dwell$ is using the format described by fs2 11

 

Search for fs2. You should be able to find this section.

 

code:

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

# Format statements - n=nonmodal, l=leading, t=trailing, i=inc, d=delta

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

#Default english/metric position format statements

fs2 1 0.7 0.6 #Decimal, absolute, 7 place, default for initialize (

fs2 2 0.4 0.3 #Decimal, absolute, 4/3 place

fs2 3 0.4 0.3d #Decimal, delta, 4/3 place

#Common format statements

fs2 4 1 0 1 0 #Integer, not leading

fs2 5 2 0 2 0l #Integer, force two leading

fs2 6 3 0 3 0l #Integer, force three leading

fs2 7 4 0 4 0l #Integer, force four leading

fs2 8 5 0 5 0l #Integer, force five leading

fs2 9 0.1 0.1 #Decimal, absolute, 1 place

fs2 10 0.2 0.2 #Decimal, absolute, 2 place

fs2 11 0.3 0.3 #Decimal, absolute, 3 place

fs2 12 0.4 0.4 #Decimal, absolute, 4 place

fs2 13 0.5 0.5 #Decimal, absolute, 5 place

fs2 14 0.3 0.3d #Decimal, delta, 3 place

fs2 15 0.2 0.1 #Decimal, absolute, 2/1 place (feedrate)

fs2 16 1 0 1 0n #Integer, forced output

fs2 17 1.4 1.3lt #Decimal, absolute, 4/3 trailing

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fs2 11 0.3 0.3 #Decimal, absolute, 3 place

 

This means that dwell$ will be rounded to 3 decimal places(123.4567 would be 123.456 dropping the 7)

 

We want only the 123 part dropping the rest. fs2 4 describes what we are looking for.

 

fs2 4 1 0 1 0 #Integer, not leading

 

So just change the 11 to a 4.

 

 

code:

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fmt  F  15  feed        #Feedrate

fmt P 4 dwell$ #Dwell <------change 11 to 4

fmt M 5 cantext$ #Canned text

fmt 4 mr8$ #HSM

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You can't go wrong this way.

 

Nothing after the decimal can come out.

 

If you type in 2000.5 you will get 2000

 

HTH

 

[/chime out]

[Justin Beebe at Folsom Tool]

Mastercam Guru,

 

It works just as you said. Thanks for your help. I really appreciate you sharing your post knowledge and the way you explain why the things you are doing actually work.

 

Thanks again,

 

[chime out]