Quick question on offset posting. Not working right

[honeybunches]

For some unknown reason I cannot get my offsets to post out. My post is setup for subs but when I set the misc values variable to "0", it acts ac a normal post and has worked fine. When I change my offset in either the WCS page or in planes in an operation, the program spits out G54 and that is it no matter what I do. I am thinking I have some settings goofed up somehow. Any ideas where to check first to see if this is a post issue or just a MC setting issue?

[Rob @ Target Machine]

Set mi1$ to 2 for normal offset output.

[honeybunches]

Am I on something today then? If a post is setup for subs, it will not output normally without modding the post?

[honeybunches]

I did actually test subs and it is no longer starting with the offset I enter. Ie, if I enter 110, and set my subs output to 3, it will output paths on 110, 111, and 112. As of now, it it totally ignoring my planes settings and starting with G54 every time.

[Rob @ Target Machine]

E-mail me.

 

I'll take a look at your post if you want.

 

[honeybunches]

Which email would I be sending to?

[Rob @ Target Machine]

mastercamguru (at) comcast.net

[honeybunches]

In Route! Thanks so much. Still not thinking this is a post issue but someone else may have got into it...

[Rob @ Target Machine]

You may be right, but I need to see the post to evaluate the logic. This may be a MD/CD issue as you may suspect. We'll see.

[honeybunches]

Just curious if you got my email?

[Rob @ Target Machine]

Yes, I did. I'm really busy with some ECO's right now, but I'll make some time to check it out after work tonight.

[Rob @ Target Machine]

Here's what's going on.

 

The offset # in the planes dialog needs to be a number between 1 and 26.

 

code:

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p_wcs_sof   # Check for out of range wcs

if workofs$ < 1, workofs$ = 1

if workofs$ > 26, workofs$ = 1

*sgwcs

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Here's the string select table:

 

code:

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# Work coordinate system code string select

sgw0 G54 # Work coordinate system G code #0

sgw1 G54 # Work coordinate system G code #1

sgw2 G55 # Work coordinate system G code #2

sgw3 G56 # Work coordinate system G code #3

sgw4 G57 # Work coordinate system G code #4

sgw5 G58 # Work coordinate system G code #5

sgw6 G59 # Work coordinate system G code #6

sgw7 G110

sgw8 G111

sgw9 G112

sgw10 G113

sgw11 G114

sgw12 G115

sgw13 G116

sgw14 G117

sgw15 G118

sgw16 G119

sgw17 G120

sgw18 G121

sgw19 G122

sgw20 G123

sgw21 G124

sgw22 G125

sgw23 G126

sgw24 G127

sgw25 G128

sgw26 G129

 

sgwcs # Work coordinate system G code

 

fstrsel sgw0 workofs$ sgwcs 27 -1

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If you need to use G54 - G59 enter 1 - 6

G110 - G129 enter 7 - 26

 

I tried it out and it works fine for me.

 

Were you entering 110,111,112.ect. for your offsets?

[honeybunches]

Thanks again for taking time out to look at that. I feel like a complete idiot but I have been doing so much lathe stuff lately that I totally forgot. I need to slap my self now.

 

 

Thanks again.

[Rob @ Target Machine]

Anytime.