Need help from Mazak gurus

[somename75]

I am starting to use the probe a bit on our new machine. It is an FH6800 with a M640 control. The renishaw macros write values to a variable table, when I then re-write them to different variable numbers so I can output all the data at once. This control allows us to save the entire variable table as a text file on the hard drive by going through the data I/O. What I am trying to do from there is to find a way to automate this process and the best bet so far looks to be with a key emulating macro. The problem with those is launching them. So what this all boils down to is this simple question: Does anyone know of a way to launch a dos script or windows app from within an EIA program? I hope that makes a little sense. Thanks for your help

[Guest SAIPEM]

It can't be done.

 

Try using DPRINT from an EIA Macro.

[crazy^millman]

Agreed the best thing would be get expaned varaibles on the machine installed and then wrtie them to the machine control and then pass them throug hthe program and use them on the fly as you need them to do the work of the macro as you are using it.

 

HTH

[somename75]

Thanks for your replys guys, I have gotten the Dprints to work alright, but the formating sucks and there is nothing that can be done about that. I was looking for a way to get the whole variable table out of the control, from there I could use an excel template to organize and interpret the data in a way that would be much easier to maintain. If there are any more ideas please keep them coming.

[Guest SAIPEM]

Get a book on Macro B and then research using the DPRINT statement.

 

There is a LOT you can do with the formatting.

[Psychomill]

SAIPEM has a good suggestion here. You can't really change the "layout" of how DPRINT outputs, but you can add notes and comments to the outputs so that you can "read" the data instead of just looking at a bunch of numbers and variables.

 

[Guest]

I've got a DPRNT macro at work that will show you some of what is available to format DPRNT statements, if you're interested.