Post Processor comments to header

[CMDesign]

Hello, 

I am using an older version of mastercam X3 from 2007. I use an assortment of older machines so every post I've had to edit to make it work, however, I am having some trouble getting my edits to do what I want this time and after looking everywhere and spending several hours trial error all I have is error.. 

What I want to do is move some of the comments around. I want to remove the properties - " " from the operation manager from showing up before a tool change to save memory. I want to move it to the header area under "program number", "created on", and above "material". I have tried an assortment of ways but nothing works so far. How would I go about this? 

The reason I want it moved above is because I'm not always the one running the machine so we always check the program for which machine it's supposed to be used on so we don't crash. The issue is that I have to manually add this line in ever single time and it's a little tedious OR I  completely forget... 

For the life of me I can't figure out what to do because any time i move the line comment$ and pcan it removes all the checked (from machine file check boxes) to my comment area but leaves them on consecutive tools ... 

If anyone can help that would be great. 

[Craig-B]

Can you share the pheader post block from your post, and the current NC output and  modified NC output "what you would like it  to look like"?

[CMDesign]

Thanks for the reply Craig, 

I attached my header code with a jpeg of what I'm looking for. Basically I want to take machine name and group comment and move it to the header and remove it from above every tool. I'm just playing around with some formatting and set up sheets to make it easier for operators as we do a lot of custom work, small runs and lots of revision changes. We also have a lot of different machines too. So for me to manually edit where the datum is in the program or enter the wrong machine means someone has a problem.

mastercam pheader.txt

mastercam pcomment.txt

[Werktuigbouwer]

Try the following adjustments

sav_commentfilter : 0 # variable to save the commentfilter

pheader$         #Call before start of file                         
      if wcs_mode <> two, # Yes, read 'mi1' to set 'wcs_mode'
        [
        if mi1$ = zero | mi1$ = one,  # Get Work Coordinate System mode setting
          wcs_mode = mi1$   # 'G92' output modes w/ 'G28' retracts
        else, wcs_mode = two   # 'E' fixture offset mode
        ]
      else, wcs_mode = two # 'E' fixture offset mode
      "%", e$
      n$, *progno$, "(", sprogname$,")", e$
      sav_spc = spaces$
      spaces$ = 0
      #*progno$, sopen_prn, sprogname$, sclose_prn, e$
      n$, sopen_prn, sspace, "CREATED ON - ", day$, "-", month$, "-", year$, " AT - ", ptime, sspace, sclose_prn, e$
      #n$, sopen_prn, sspace, "PROGRAM NAME - ", sprogname$, sclose_prn, e$
      #n$, sopen_prn, sspace, "DATE=DD-MM-YY - ", date$, " TIME=HH:MM - ", time$, sclose_prn, e$ #Date and time output Ex. 12-02-05 15:52
      #n$, sopen_prn, sspace, "DATE - ", month$, "-", day$, "-", year$, sclose_prn, e$  #Date output as month,day,year - Ex. 02-12-05
      #n$, sopen_prn, sspace, "DATE - ", *smonth, " ", day$, " ", *year2, sclose_prn, e$ #Date output as month,day,year - Ex. Feb. 12 2005
      #n$, sopen_prn, sspace, "TIME - ", time$, sclose_prn, e$  #24 hour time output - Ex. 15:52
      #n$, sopen_prn, sspace, "TIME - ", ptime sclose_prn, e$  #12 hour time output 3:52 PM
      spathnc$ = ucase(spathnc$)
      smcname$ = ucase(smcname$)
      stck_matl$ = ucase(stck_matl$)
      snamenc$ = ucase(snamenc$)
	  
	  #********************************** Added lines*****************
	  sav_commentfilter = comm_filter$ 	# save comm_filter
	  comm_filter$ =1110011111			# set comment filter
	  comment$ 							# add comments
	  comm_filter$ = sav_commentfilter 	# restore comment filter
	  #********************************** End of change **************
	  
      #n$, sopen_prn, sspace, "MCX FILE - ", *smcpath$, *smcname$, *smcext$, sspace, sclose_prn, e$
      #n$, sopen_prn, sspace, "NC FILE - ", *spathnc$, *snamenc$, *sextnc$,sspace, sclose_prn, e$
      n$, sopen_prn, sspace, "MATERIAL - ", *stck_matl$, sspace, sclose_prn, e$
      spaces$ = sav_spc


pcomment2       #Output Comment from manual entry
      scomm$ = ucase (scomm$)
      if gcode$ = 1005, n$, no_spc$, sopen_prn, scomm$, sclose_prn, e$  #Manual entry - as comment
      if gcode$ = 1006, n$, scomm$, e$                                  #Manual entry - as code
      if gcode$ = 1007, sopen_prn, scomm$, sclose_prn                   #Manual entry - as comment with move NO e$
      if gcode$ = 1026, scomm$                                          #Manual entry - as code with move NO e$
	  if gcode$ = 1053,
	    [
		n$, *e$
		n$, no_spc$, sopen_prn, scomm$, sclose_prn, e$  #Group name
		n$, *e$
		]
      if gcode$ = 1008, n$, no_spc$, sopen_prn, scomm$, sclose_prn, e$  #Operation comment
      #if gcode$ = 1051, n$, no_spc$, sopen_prn, scomm$, sclose_prn, e$  #Machine name
      #if gcode$ = 1052, n$, no_spc$, sopen_prn, scomm$, sclose_prn, e$  #Group comment
      if gcode$ = 1054, n$, no_spc$, sopen_prn, scomm$, sclose_prn, e$  #File Descriptor

Greetz Jan

[Grimes]

haha, i like to use a lot of "#" at the beginning of those lines. theyre are just variables from mastercam. who actually changes the material lol. i could post my header mods ive made, rather novice if you ask me.

[CMDesign]

Perfect, thanks @Werktuigbouwer for the input. I will give it a try and see what happens. We have been swamped with work and I'm the only programmer/operator/IT but this gives some ideas of where to look. I was trying to juggle a few of the comments around but it kept giving me everything but what I wanted. haha. BTW I think my formatting was off and that is why I couldn't get it to work the way I wanted... So thanks for the input!

@Grimes HAHA I change my material LOL 

 

[Grimes]

if i were you id dump all the n$, except at a tool change, its easier to move through the program on a fadal.