Macro Question

[Acro Engineering]

In creating macros and adding messages or errors, can multiple messages be displayed? Can you line break error messages so they don't run off the screen?

IE.

 

IF[#18NE#17]THEN#3000=1(THIS LINE WILL RUN OFF THE SCREEN IF IT IS TO LONG)

 

IF[#18NE#17]THEN#3006=1(LINE 1 OF WARNING; LINE 2 OF WARNING; LINE 3 OF WARNING)

[Matthew Hajicek - Singularity]

I would say make each line a separate #3000 command.

 

IF[#18EQ#17]GOTO#1010

#3006=1(LINE 1 OF WARNING)

#3006=1(LINE 2 OF WARNING)

#3006=1(LINE 3 OF WARNING)

N1010

[Acro Engineering]

Always assumed this would give multiple warnings that would show one at a time but I'll try it and see?

[Acro Engineering]

Didn't work... Based on the Fanuc manual, I am going to assume it can not be done?

[Matthew Hajicek - Singularity]

Sorry, that was my best guess.

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

I won't say it's not possible, but I'll say I've NEVER even once seen multiple lines for alarm messages. This could be why FANUC always gives cryptic alarm messages due to the limitation of display charachers on a line.

 

When I know I'm going to be creating alarms, I usually have then down at the bottom, not on the conditional statement line so I can maximize the length of the message). See below;

 

IF[#18NE#17]GOTO9901

(PROGRAM IS HERE)

M30

 

(ALARMS BELOW)

N9901

#3000=1(24 CHAR MAX. DISP. PER LN)

N9902

#3000=2(24 CHAR MAX. DISP. PER LN)

N9903

#3000=3(24 CHAR MAX. DISP. PER LN)

N9904

#3000=4(24 CHAR MAX. DISP. PER LN)

N9905

#3000=5(24 CHAR MAX. DISP. PER LN)

 

%

 

This is a much cleaner way to address alarms IMHO.

 

HTH