op.cmn.cycle_time

[arenner]

Hello. I am trying to use this operation parameter and gather the information. My operation name is "op". Before "op.cmn.cycle_time" I threw in:

 

code:

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 operation_manager (&op, OPMGR_GET, &eptr, &succf); 

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However, when I look at the data (that I output to a text file), I get 0.000 for any operation's cycle time. I noticed in the SDK that this parameter is the "calculated cycle time for nci section". Even though I specify the correct "op", do I somehow need to specify the nci file name?

 

I have searched the forums for this, and found people saying that getting the cycle time is hard, but no one discusses this particular op_common struct parameter.

 

Any suggestions are appreciated (I'm running X2, MR2).

[arenner]

Does anyone have any idea about this issue? Anyone use this function before?

[Jon Griffin CNC Software]

That parameter appears to be unused. I know that in highfeed we don't use it, and instead calculate all cycle times as we go.

 

In our own source code, I find no real references to it, so it will always be 0.0 (it's initialized).

 

It looks like the sort of thing that was put in when somebody thought we'd do that, and then a better solution appeared and we did something else, but it was never taken out. Look elsewhere for your needs.