Rotary, need A+ moves only

[Threept82]

Hi Guys.

I was reading some older posts on rotary output

and could use a hand. I need my code to post out only positive rotations " A45. A315. no A- numbers. With "MC X" I'm sure it is more than just do this to the post. Anyone know how I could do this without screwing up something else?

[Matthew Hajicek - Singularity]

I've done it in the post. It's fairly simple, just test for negative moves, figure the equivalent positive move, and add it in. Oh, and you'll need to add your own variables for current and previous rotary positions to keep them separate from the original one that you're referencing.

[john316]

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Depending on what postprocrssor you are using, you can set it in the post. I'm using MpMaster and have the rotary settings like this:

 

one_rev : 1 #Limit rotary indexing between 0 and 360? (0 = No, 1 = Yes)

 

One older horizontal we have takes only positive rotation values and, as far as I can remember, that was the only setting I changed.

 

HTH

 

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[john316]

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Try this one in your Toolchange / NC output Variable Formats

 

fmt A 4 cabs #C axis position- was 11

fmt A 4 cinc #C axis position- was 14

 

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