Modifying Set-Up Sheets

[Aaron]

To any of you post code gurus out there. I am trying to modify the mill.set file so that it will output exactly which post processor got used by MC to generate the G-code. I think what I need is the character string that maps to the lower left corner of the Job Set-up window that lists the Post that is (was) being used. My current code looks like this (keep in mind that I have not done this before):

 

ppostname #Post Program Used

??something here to define ppostname??

 

pmachtyp #Output Machine Type

if ppostname,

[

if ppostname = "MPMASTER_TAKUMI",

"TAKUMI", e

if ppostname = "MPMASTER_FADAL",

"FADAL", e

if ppostname = "MPMASTER_OKUMA",

"OKUMA", e

 

#if mi1 = 1, #Takumi Indicator

#"TAKUMI", e

#if mi2 = 2, #Fadal Indicator

#"FADAL", e

#if mi1 = 3, # Okuma Indicator

]

.

.

.

 

"Machine: ", pmachtyp, e #Machine Type in Header

 

As you can see I was using a different approach by directing the set up sheet to look at the misc. integer values. It works, however I want the setup sheet to tell me what Post got used, not which one I think I used . I think that I need to define the variable "ppostname" to grab the post that was used from the job setup. Any suggestions or tips??? Or am I trying to see the chicken before the egg?

Thanks in advance.

-aaron-

[Roger Martin from CNC Software]

First you must make sure the PST is requesting the system to create an OPS (Operation Parameters) file.

 

See this setting in your PST ->

 

1502. Write operation information to binary file (.ops)? y

 

 

# Now you need to declare a string variable to hold the PST name ->

 

spostname # Declare a STRING variable to hold the PST name

 

# Now add this code to the PPARAMETER postblock.

(If this postblock does NOT exist in your PST - just add it)

 

code:

---

pparameter

 

if prmcode = 10055, spostname = sparameter # Capture the PST name

# Note that this 'spostname' string includes the FULL path to the PST

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[ 02-25-2003, 01:24 PM: Message edited by: Roger Martin from CNC Software ]