Fanuc cycle time variable?

[J Coulston]

Does anyone know if there is Fanuc variable for part cycle time? I can calculate it with the 3000 series timers but thought it would be cleaner if I could just pull the variable.

 

 

Thanks

[cunder]

#3001 and #3002 function as a timer

the first is milliseconds and the other is hours

 

Fanuc 16 anyways.

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

I think you're going to have to use the 3000's. I'm not finding that variable anywhere.

I would use #3012 (Current hour, minute, and second) and calc from that.

[J Coulston]

I will use the 3000 parameters. Thought there might variable, guess not.

 

Thank you

[Craig-B]

You can try this with #3012 Like James said or make it as a macro and call it up at the start and end of file.

O1000(Sample)

#100=#3012(Start of file)

------------

part program

------------

------------

------------

#101=#3012(End of file)

#103=[#101-#100](Total time)

M30

[Bryan Johnson]

That is exactlt what I have been looking for.

 

Thank you for the info. I pluged it in this morning and it worked perfect.

 

My 16i has a cycle time on the setting page, but it only resets with M30, and the way I run my pallet changer, it never reads a M30 (only M99).

[mayday]

anyone know of a way to capture the variable at the end of cycle and output the time to a file?

I'm going to use this on our matrix contols.

[robk]

quote:

---

You can try this with #3012 Like James said or make it as a macro and call it up at the start and end of file.

O1000(Sample)

#100=#3012(Start of file)

------------

part program

------------

------------

------------

#101=#3012(End of file)

#103=[#101-#100](Total time)

M30

---

Wes, what Craig suggested above will work great on a Matrix...

To store it to a file you could just do something like this;

 

POPEN

DPRNT [CYCLE*TIME*IS*#103[60]*SECONDS]

PCLOS

 

The file will be stored in c:MC_sdgprint

[mayday]

Thanks Rob,

I actualy just got the book out and found that.

(who da thunk) I dont have a print directory under c:MC_sdg in the machine so I'll create one and test it out. this will be great because we are always doing time studies on jobs and with about 40 Mazaks on the floor it will be a lot easier to just pull the time through the network

[robk]

quote:

---

I dont have a print directory under c:MC_sdg in the machine so I'll create one and test it out

---

The print file will get created when you'll run the macro... You have to remember to delete it after you're done with the info you need because you will keep on adding to the same file.

[robk]

Sorry Wes... I'll have to learn how to read. You said "directory" not file