bostomatic variables

[gary dunn]

any of you bosto guys know anything about the variable setup on these bosto machines ?

[sbrooks]

Hi Gary what are you looking for?I run and programed bosto's for 10 years.Were i use to

work we used variables all the time.

[gary dunn]

ummm, when i type in .079, i think, but could be wrong, the variable should say 079 .

that is, we're strictly mm here and i have read in the manual that there is 3 place deciaml for

metric. however, it always drops off the zero.

therefore it says just 79 . any ideas ? what am i missing. it also displays 4 decimal

places so if i put in 100 and hit return, i get 1000000. the kicker is, the .079 that shows up as just 79, actually moves .079. i am offsetting

on palets from a G60 position(center of the palet)

it looks wierd as heck but i works. i was just wondering why it seems to read different than it displays.

[sbrooks]

Bosto's in there var page don't display a decimal point at all. You have to know were the decimal point should be. For inch it 4 places and mm it's 3 places. If in the variable page there is a 1 at v1 that in mm is .001 and in inch .0001. You can also program with out a decimal point.