Okuma Prog call help

[T_MALENA]

Hi Guys, I'm wanting to call a main program inside a main program, I'm drawing a blank at the moment. I know I've done it before but cant remember how. I don't want to "schedule" the prog with pselect. Want to be able to see this program in the program select list.

 

So something like this

 

Main Programs:

 

EM1234.MIN

%

(SAMPLE)

G0G90X0Y0

G1

G2

ETC...

M30

%

 

EM4321.MIN

%

(SAMPLE -2)

G0G90X0Y0

G1

G2

ETC...

M30

%

 

then the program to call the main programs

 

BOTH.MIN

%

(RUN BOTH PROG)

CALL EM1234.MIN or (PSELECT EM1234.MIN?)

CALL EM4321.MIN or (PSELECT EM4321.MIN?)

M30

%

 

Its simple to call the program & have it end as a sub with RTS, and simple to PSELECT with a .SDF but how do you call a functional program inside a program?

 

TIA

[Greg Williams]

Never seen that before, As fas as I am aware you cannot call a program from a program, But hey I could be wrong.

 

I think you will need to have the subprograms at the bottom of the main file or in a *.SUB or *.SSB file with RTS at the end

[Mr. M]

I'm not quite understanding your goal. How is this different then a schedule program?

BOTH.MIN

%

(RUN BOTH PROG)

CALL EM1234.MIN or (PSELECT EM1234.MIN?)

CALL EM4321.MIN or (PSELECT EM4321.MIN?)

M30

%

[T_MALENA]

Greg - thats what I was thinking, but coulda sworn I did it before.

 

Mr.M - I want to be able to program select the same way you call a .MIN program. A .SDF program is called differently. What I have is aprox. 20 programs(that are only ones that run) in a dedicated robot cell, 10 programs are 1st op & 10 are 2nd op. I want to have a program that calls the op10 & op20 robot program so a operator can run it when needed(disable the robot 1st). That way they run the same program as the robot, not having a "robot" prog set & a "manual" prog is the goal.

The robot programs cannot be modified I need to do the changes & program calls with my "new" program.

[chris m]

I do not think that you can call a .MIN file from a .MIN file, but I'll be interested to learn if someone knows different.

 

C

[Mr. M]

Same here, I doubt I would use it often but it would be good to know anyhow