Post debug question

[dwsz71]

quote:

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N120 G55 X-2.3656 Y1.26 Z2.0 pcomment$ p__3:741 152.

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what is this: p__3:741?

 

and the rest of the line doesn't really resemble a "comment" either.

 

Anyone?

[Nathan G. Baldwin]

Dave,

What you are seeing there is coming from the box in your Control def under NC output. it's the button to enable post debug information.

 

The specific output can be switched within the post under the bug 1-4 settings to tell you different things

for example, the pcomment$ is the post block being executed calling for this line of the program to be printed. this is set by bug 2, which when set to a number above 0 calls for the exact collumn to put this in, say collumn 30.

 

other outputs can include the postline no. and the line number from the NCI file.

 

you can also turn this off by de-selecting the "enable post debug information" button, or set the fastposting to yes from within the post, as the post in fastmode disables the reading of the bug values.

 

HTH

[Tim Johnson]

I'm not sure what the p_3: is , but the 741 is your post line number (probably where your "pcomment$" is)

[Ed Partlow Jr. from CNC Software]

Dave,

 

You may have noticed the many places in your post where your code is grouped between two square brackets. The technical term for this is an “Implied Postblock”. Implied postblocks are most commonly found following “if” statements. When MP processes your post internally, implied postblocks are treated just like independent postblocks rather than as a nested section of code.

 

When data is output from within an implied postblock and debugging is turned on, MP is unable to give you the name of the implied postblock, because it does not have one. What MP gives us is a postblock number such as “p__3” and the starting line of the implied postblock “741”.

 

If you go to line 741 of your post, you should find the opening square bracket that begins the associated implied postblock.

 

I hope this helps.

 

Ed

[dwsz71]

Excellent.

 

Thanks Ed, Tim and Nathan.