[Fighter]

I've never been able to get a "repeat" with a "step" to work properly.

It always cuts the part, makes the step, then steps back and cuts the first part again. If I request four repetitions, it steps foreword, and then back to the first part three more times.

I program an incremental step, but what am I missing?

I have no clue how to program a part using Conversational, so the part is programmed using G-code and the "repeat" is programmed using the Conversational. (6) Could that be the problem?

Since I don't "read and understand" Conversational programming, I find the examples in the manual to be EXTREMELY confusing!

N1T2M6
N2M3S3300
N3G0X0.4375Y-0.4375
N4G0Z.125
N5G1F10.0X0.4715
N6G1Z0.0
N7G2F30.0X0.4205Y-0.4669Z-0.0483I0.4375J-0.4375
N8G2Y-0.4081Z-0.0967I0.4375J-0.4375
N9G2X0.4715Y-0.4375Z-0.145I0.4375J-0.4375
N10G2X0.4205Y-0.4669I0.4375J-0.4375
N11G2Y-0.4081I0.4375J-0.4375
N12G2X0.4715Y-0.4375I0.4375J-0.4375
N13G0Z0.125
N14G0Y-1.9375
N15G1F10.0Z0.0
N16G2F30.0X0.4205Y-1.9669Z-0.0483I0.4375J-1.9375
N17G2Y-1.9081Z-0.0967I0.4375J-1.9375
N18G2X0.4715Y-1.9375Z-0.145I0.4375J-1.9375
N19G2X0.4205Y-1.9669I0.4375J-1.9375
N20G2Y-1.9081I0.4375J-1.9375
N21G2X0.4715Y-1.9375I0.4375J-1.9375
N22G0Z0.125
N23G0X0.0Y-0.4375
N24G1F8.0Z-0.145
N25G2F25.0X0.875I0.4375J-0.4375
N26G1Y-1.9375
N27G2X0.0I0.4375J-1.9375
N28G1Y-0.4375
N29G0Z0.125
N30(6)X.9/F5T4 (.9 step in X only starting from N5)
N31M30
E


The example in the manual shows:

N0330 ( ) -- --
N0340 (0) X2, Y18, Z.1,
N0350 (3) X8, Y4, Z-1, R.75, W.1,
D1, C1, G0, F10
N0360 (6) X5/, Y-.75/, F350, T2 (they do an X and Y step starting from N0350)
N0370 ( ) -- --


Thanks!!

[garychipmaker]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that has had this problem. My manuals show that the steps have to be incremental.

[Fighter]

Yes, I saw your post on the other forum last week.

I remembered reading that, and programmed the step in incremental, but it didn't work.

Over the past few years I have tried the "Repeat" many times with no luck, other than one time in the beginning, and I can't for the life of me remember how I got it to work! I remember spending most of the day fighting with it before it did though! It still didn't seem to work correctly, but it made the step.

[garychipmaker]

Hi I ran this program for step and repeat just to check it would work . It's the same as the program you posted from the manual I just downsized the program because my Y axis doesn't have have that much travel.
N1 (9) M03 T1 $
N2 (0) X1 Y1 $
N3 (3) X3 Y2 Z-.1 W.1 R.25 D1 C1 G7 F40 $
N4 X4/ Y2/ F3 T2 $
N5 (0) Z.1 $
N6 (9) M30 $
This was all done in conversational