Check 1ST PECK-SUBSEQUENCE PECK, MINIUM PECK

[PcRobotic]

Hi,

  We have some old, old and old mastercam programs and when we use that old program to open with X6 or X7 some of the values change and that's why I did write the value check. 

 

   I did everything so far and the only issue I have is 1ST PECK in the CUT PARAMETERS.  I would like to write like this:

 

If 1st peck >  (TOOL DIA ÷ 3)  then show message.

 

   I know how to make construct the alarm message and the only issue is I can't get the TOOL DIA value works in this case.  I don't know why.

 

 

   Please help, thank you.

[Guest]

You may have to grab the tool dia at the tool change and store it in a created variable.

 

tl_dia = tldia$

tl_dia = tldia/3

 

Depending on where it's being read out, it may be already changed and make sure your using the correct variable

 

 

If peck1$ > tl_dia, Error message

[PcRobotic]

Hi JParis,

   I tried as you instructed and it got an error message that "LABLE NOT BEEN DEFINED" where do I define the tl_tia?

 

To have a better understanding, below here is my statement.  Thank you.

 

 

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         tool_dia = tldia$
         tool_dia = tldia/3
         if (peck1$ > tool_dia, [if mprint(speckcheck, 2) = 2, exitpost$] # Check Drill Peck
 

[Guest]

Hi JParis,

   I tried as you instructed and it got an error message that "LABLE NOT BEEN DEFINED" where do I define the tl_tia?

 

To have a better understanding, below here is my statement.  Thank you.

 

 

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         tool_dia = tldia$

         tool_dia = tldia/3

         if (peck1$ > tool_dia, [if mprint(speckcheck, 2) = 2, exitpost$] # Check Drill Peck

You have to define it, it is a created variable

 

fmt 2 tl_dia

[PcRobotic]

Oh, I know why already.....

 

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tool_dia = tldia$
tool_dia = tldia/3  ----------------------- it is missing $  tldia$/3
if (peck1$ > tool_dia, [if mprint(speckcheck, 2) = 2, exitpost$] # Check Drill Peck.

 

 

Thank you, I got it JParis.

[Guest]

yup, missing $ will do that

[PcRobotic]

Hi JParis,

   I posted with single toolpath the it worked, when I post with many others then it started to have false warning even though my peck is under 30% of the tool dia.  Do you know why?

 

 

 

Thanks.

[Guest]

You may need some additional logic in there....If you only want to check certain things you'll need to restrict it via some logic to only check what you want...

 

 

Tough to say for certain without exactly seeing what you did and the parameters of what you do and don't want checked

[EX-wccprogrammer]

PcRobotic, on 31 Jul 2014 - 1:49 PM, said:

Hi JParis,

   I posted with single toolpath the it worked, when I post with many others then it started to have false warning even though my peck is under 30% of the tool dia.  Do you know why?

 

 

 

Thanks.

 

The same code that you put into psof needs to be put in ptlchg.  This will update your variable for each tool.

[EX-wccprogrammer]

If you are having problems with multiple toolpaths on the same tool, I would suggest creating a variable to hold the value of peck1$.  In ptlchg0, you could specify my_peck = peck1$.  That would give you more reliable calculations when checking for the error message.

[PcRobotic]

Thanks JParis andEx-wccprogrammer,

   This is what I did and I hope I can get some help to point out what I really did wrong.

 

AT...

# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Toolchange / NC output Variable Formats
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------

fmt "D" 2 tool_dia

 

Right after that I added..........

 

ptlchg_errorpop #Pop-up common toolchange errors

         errorcheck = 1
          [
         tool_dia = tldia$
         tool_dia = tldia$/3
            if opcode$=3 & peck1$ > tool_dia, [if mprint(speckcheck, 2) = 2, exitpost$] # Check Drill Peck
          ]

 

Then....

#Root Mastercam location
sroot      : ""
stemp      : ""
smpname    : "APPS\MP.DLL"
smcamdir   : "%MCAMDIR%"
spostname_sav : ""

#Launch HTML.set during posting
launch_set : 0           # Autorun .SET Setup Sheet Template [0=No,1=Yes]
sset     : "HTML.SET"      # Name of the .SET Setup Sheet template file to be used
sdll     : ""              # Path/Name of the MP.DLL to be called

spath_in : ""                 # Will be the "path\name" of the NCI input file
spath_out : ""                # Will be the "path\name" of the DOC output file
spath_set : ""                # Will be the "path\name" of the .SET file
sparams : ""                  # Will be the command parameter line passed to the DLL
sextdoc  : ".DOC"          # .SET file extension
sspace   : " "             # Contains a SPACE character
ssq      : "'"             # Contains a Single Quote character
sdq      : '"'             # Contains a Double Quote character

# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Error Checks
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------

speckcheck = "CUT# "+sOpSeqNo+" * Tool May Break"+no2asc(13)+"TOOL#"
             +" ("+s20001+")"+no2asc(13)+no2asc(13)+"Confirm in CUT PARAMETERS"
             +no2asc(13)
             +"You have: "+no2str(peck1$)+" in 1ST PECK box"
             +no2asc(13)
             +no2asc(13)+"In order to avoid tool breaks from pecking,"
             +no2asc(13)+"peck must be 1/4 or 1/3 of TOOL DIAMETER is max Q value."
             +no2asc(13)
             +no2asc(13)
             +"Click OK to proceed posting."+no2asc(13)
             +"Click CANCLE to abort posting."+no2asc(13)

[crazy^millman]

Can you have a plus sign in a Mastercam post to start a line or is that an error from copy and paste? Everything else looks okay, but that makes me question where you are.

[PcRobotic]

What do you mean Crazy Millman?

Plus sign in MasterCam Post, can you be more pacific.

Thanks.

[PcRobotic]

you mean the individual file as "+MASTERCAM.PST" you meant like this?

[crazy^millman]

speckcheck = "CUT# "+sOpSeqNo+" * Tool May Break"+no2asc(13)+"TOOL#"
             +" ("+s20001+")"+no2asc(13)+no2asc(13)+"Confirm in CUT PARAMETERS"
             +no2asc(13)
             +"You have: "+no2str(peck1$)+" in 1ST PECK box"
             +no2asc(13)
             +no2asc(13)+"In order to avoid tool breaks from pecking,"
             +no2asc(13)+"peck must be 1/4 or 1/3 of TOOL DIAMETER is max Q value."
             +no2asc(13)
             +no2asc(13)
             +"Click OK to proceed posting."+no2asc(13)
             +"Click CANCLE to abort posting."+no2asc(13)

Right here are you seeing this in your post?

[PcRobotic]

Hi Crazy Millman,

   So do I need to add anything beside these?

 

speckcheck = "CUT# "+sOpSeqNo+" * Tool May Break"+no2asc(13)+"TOOL#" +" ("+s20001+")"+no2asc(13)+no2asc(13)+"Confirm in CUT PARAMETERS" +no2asc(13) +"You have: "+no2str(peck1$)+" in 1ST PECK box" +no2asc(13) +no2asc(13)+"In order to avoid tool breaks from pecking," +no2asc(13)+"peck must be 1/4 or 1/3 of TOOL DIAMETER is max Q value." +no2asc(13) +no2asc(13) +"Click OK to proceed posting."+no2asc(13) +"Click CANCLE to abort posting."+no2asc(13)

[PcRobotic]

If you are having problems with multiple toolpaths on the same tool, I would suggest creating a variable to hold the value of peck1$.  In ptlchg0, you could specify my_peck = peck1$.  That would give you more reliable calculations when checking for the error message.

Hi Ex-wccprogrammer,

   Where do I define my_peck = peck1$?

 

 

I know that I have to put in the PTLCHG0, do I have to define as a variable? at somewhere else for my_peck? 

 

Thanks.

[EX-wccprogrammer]

There are two different ways to define a numeric variable.  The first way is to create an unformatted variable.  You can use this method if you are not going to post the value of the variable.  It is defined like this:

 

my_peck : 0

 

The second way is to define a formatted variable.  By formatting, the data is configured to be output to the nc file by selecting the type of format from the list of available formats.  A letter prefix can also be specified.  It is defined like this:

 

fmt  "Q" 2  my_peck         #Peck1$ output
 

[PcRobotic]

Thanks EX-WccProgrammer, i did as you said and it worked.

 

I specified the

 

fmt "Q 2 my_peck