Coolant Options - DISABLE M code with non-xstyle coolant

[ThickChips]

Hi,

I hate x-style coolant for a single reason:  its cumbersome. Instead of a single dropdown, there are two to worry about.

The Before, With, After is excessive for probably 90% of machining centers. With is the most used condition. 

 

My problem:

I want a simple On/Off for 3 modes:

FLOOD M08/M09

MIST M73/M74

THRU M88/M89

The post is only written for M08/M09 and M88/M89 - meaning that M73/M74 is not supported. 

Which means using "traditional" coolant mode, I cannot specify the disable code (grayed out), as seen in this image.

 

 

My question:

Is it possible through the machine definition general parameters to achieve a simple on/off for all 3 modes i specify without physically editing the post? Or am I stuck with this bulky and over-engineered way of turning coolant on or off. 

 

 

Thanks

 

[ThickChips]

Update:

 

While I can uncheck x-style and modify the disable code (m74) as seen below, it does not post correctly. I suspect this isn't possible without post modification, but would be glad to hear your thoughts thanks.

 

[CNC CHRIS]

try unchecking "support coolant using coolant value in post processor". 

[neurosis]

You'd likely have to edit your post.  If you're going to try to do that, make a backup just in case.

This is one of the easier post edits. Search through your post for something that looks like this. It should be self explanatory after that.

Edit: I should probably add that I'm using the MpMaster post. The ease of fixing this could depend on which post you're using and how it's set up.

# Coolant M code selection
sm09    : "M09"      #Coolant Off (Use sm09_0 through sm09_2)
sm08    : "M08"      #Coolant Flood
sm08_1  : "M12"      #Coolant Mist
sm08_2  : "M50"      #Coolant Tool
sm09_0  : "M09"      #Coolant Flood Off
sm09_1  : "M09"      #Coolant Mist Off
sm09_2  : "M09"      #Coolant Tool Off
scoolant : ""        #Target for string

[nickbe10]

3 hours ago, ThickChips said:

Is it possible through the machine definition general parameters to achieve a simple on/off for all 3 modes i specify without physically editing the post?

Yes, you can have custom entries in x coolant. And you can get rid of some of the choices. Not sure about Before, With and After.

It's been a while, I will review my x coolant code this weekend and do a post if you still haven't had any help. I am not using my posts at this job. All 5 ax with DWO at the moment.