String Selectors worked OK in 2017, nogo in 2018

[Charlie Pierson]

I have 2 string selectors which used to work fine in 2017, but appear non-functional in 2018.

What they output is the NC code for indexing and wcs selection according to workofs$

workofs$ is set manually when I create the planes I am going to machine with.

I put some troubleshooting lines in the post to track the value of workofs$ and it doesn't move from 1 even if the plane used has changed to a value of 2 or 3.

Worked slick in 2017 and most likely the last two versions of X.

 

MAZAK HCN4000 w/ Matrix control , eia programmed:

 

Selectors Listed:

# wcs string selector from view manager workofs$    01-21-2013
sw1        : ""       # Dummy Entry
sw2        : "618"    # Work coordinate system for B0
sw3        : "617"    # Work coordinate system for B90
sw4        : "616"    # Work coordinate system for B270
sw5        : "615"    # Work coordinate system for other
swkno ??
fstrsel  sw1 workofs$ swkno 5 -1

 

# B index string selector from view manager workofs$    01-21-2013
sindx1        : "q"       # Dummy Entry
sindx2        : "B0."    # G151 Index code for B0
sindx3        : "B90."    # G151 Index code for B90
sindx4        : "B270."    # G151 Index code for B270
sindx5        : "B___"    # G151 Index code for other
sindexto ??
fstrsel  sindx1 workofs$ sindexto 5 -1

 

post code in psof$ and ptlchg$:

      "G151", *sindexto, e$
      "G65P", *wcs_sel , e$
      "G54.1P", 35, *swkno, e$    # 01/21/2013

NC output when workofs$ =2: should be

G151B90.

G65P whichever sub my wcs selector code is stored

G54.1P#617

but all I get is :

G151B0.

G65P whichever sub my wcs selector code is stored

G54.1P#618

Any ideas ??

Something happen to variable workofs$ in 2018 ???

Settings issue ??

[Charlie Pierson]

Never mind , after 1.5 days of troubleshooting, I ask for help here and the problem magically goes away !!!

Must have been something wrong w/ my planes.

I re-assigned them and all was well functionally.

I re-assigned them back and all is now hunky-dorey.

Sounds like a job for Scully and Mulder.

I guess sometimes all you have to do is ask !!!