progname prompt trouble

[machtek]

Hi all, I need some help adding a user prompt for program number (asks while posting) I am working in 9.1 today trying to get some posts ready for updatepost.dll for x2.

 

I am very new to post modifying so please help me with the abc's. I know I have to put a "fq2" statement somewhere then call it later but that is as far as my expertise goes.

 

Thanks in advance

Dennis

[Guest]

you need to format your questions

 

code:

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fq 1 stock       "Amount of stock to remove:"

fq 2 ball_dia "Probe ball dia size:"

fq 3 work_set "Work Offset 1=G54, 2=G55, 3=G56, etc:"

fq 4 probe_pos "Probe Depth "Z":"

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and then trigeer then and capture the required info whcih will also require a formatted variable

 

code:

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fmt   2 stock

fmt 2 ball_dia

fmt 2 work_set

fmt 2 probe_pos

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code:

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if mi5$ = 1,

[

"(" "SET BLOCK DELETE OFF TO BYPASS", ")", e$

"(" "THIS SECTION AFTER SETTING Z HEIGHT", ")", e$

pfbld, "(" "#180 = X TOUCH POSITION", ")", e$

pfbld, "(" "#181 = Y TOUCH POSITION", ")", e$

pfbld, 35, no_spc$, "180", 61, 35, no_spc$, "5021", e$

pfbld, 35, no_spc$, "181", 61, 35, no_spc$, "5022", e$

q1

pfbld, "(" "#170 = TOP STOCK REMOVAL", ")", e$

q2

pfbld, "(" "#171 = PROBE BALL SIZE", ")", e$

q3

pfbld, "(" "#172 = WORK OFFSET", ")", e$

q4

pfbld, "(" "#173 = PROBE HEIGHT", ")", e$

pfbld, 35, no_spc$, "170", 61, *stock, e$

pfbld, 35, no_spc$, "171", 61, ball_dia, e$

pfbld, 35, no_spc$, "172", 61, work_set, e$

pfbld, 35, no_spc$, "173", 61, probe_pos, e$

pfbld, "M98 P8889", e$

]

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[machtek]

Thanks John,

 

There are too many other things going on for me to make sense of the example you sent.

 

I understand the format comment

I don't understand the trigger

I also don't unserstand the mi5 block, what is pfbld.

 

My format statement will read:

fq 2 "Input Main Program Number"

 

then I want to call it from within mc9 as the program is being posted. I think I will call it in psof and don't know how to use it. I have tried many combinations so far, none of them right.

 

Thanks

Dennis

[Guest]

the fq 1 line is where you define you question

 

the q1

 

line will trigger it to ask question 1

 

some of that code in that example is part of what I was doing and not really relevant to your use.

 

If you are trying to use letters and numbers you might have to define the variable a a string instead of a numerical format.

 

I have to look that one up, defining input as a string.

 

 

So in your case it might be

 

sprg_name ""

 

fq1 sprg_name "SET PROGRAM NAME"

 

q1

 

pbld, "(", sprg_name, ")", e$

 

 

something like that should get it.

[machtek]

Not trying to use letters, I have the fq defined, when I put q where I think it should go, I get an error stating q2 not defined. How will I define variable q2?

Thanks

[Guest]

Can you send me your post so I can have a look at what you are doing?

[machtek]

John, you've got mail

[Guest]

I still haven't seen anything.

 

Which email addy did you use?

[machtek]

I sent it to the one at cncprogrammingsolutions, if you need me to send it to another mine is

 

[email protected]

 

Thanks

[Guest]

You've got mail

[machtek]

John, you have more mail

 

Thanks

Dennis

[Guest]

Would you mind sending me an email with nothing attached?

 

Just a quick text email.

 

Do you have an IT security system in place? I am wondering if they are hanging up your email with attachments.

[machtek]

And yet more mail John

[machtek]

I sent it again in "reply" mode.

[Guest]

This is nuts machtek, I suspect it's IT on your end since I am getting other emails.

 

I sent my gmail address your welcome to try that one instead.

[machtek]

And off to the second email add

[Guest]

Your email server seems a bit funky.

 

I can send to you on my cncprogrammingsolutions.com but I cannot receive from you.

 

I can received from you gmail but I cannot mail you back using gmail

 

[machtek]

Be nice if that were the only thing funky round here.

[Guest]

Mail Dennis

 

Let me know if this is what you were looking to do.

 

We can move it at this point it is all coded in.

 

 

I added a check, I saw you tried to do that, it will check for a program # if the variable is blank it will add a 1111

[machtek]

Thank you John, I will have to review it tomorrow. I'm sure I will have a couple of questions.

 

Thanks

Dennis