M42 (high gear for tap)

[Rory]

Hello again,

On the Haas control you have the option of ridgid tapping in high gear by placing an M42 on the line just before the M03/M04.

I have done this with great success on taps under .5 dia.

I know that in the post we can identify the tool dia. and I could set up some logic like the following:

if tldia < = .5, n, "M42", e

But the problem is that I dont want the machine always in High gear.

So I need for the post to know that it is a tapping operation for it to output the "M42".

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Rory

[gstephens]

make sure getnextop = 1

if tldia < = .5 & opcode = 3 & nextdc = 3, n, "M42", e

[Rory]

I tried the following combo:

if tldia < = .5 & drillcyc = 3, n, "M42", e

But it didnt work like it should.

 

if tldia < = .5 & opcode = 3 & nextdc = 3, n, "M42", e

This does exactly what I need it to do!

Thanks much.

Rory