[KaesynCAM_Tech]

:drowning:

Hello again, I have to admit, that I am not an Okuma person at all but I am trying to learn. I do know that on a fanuc controller or any other controller
known to man, all you have to do is M98 Pxxxx then, M99 at the end of the 2nd program and BAM, your program is merged. I have 2 programs, that I need to merge as 1. V1531-1A.min and V2531-2B.min. How do I go about making them run one after the other. I do not totally understand the whole scheduled program thing, like I said in the beginning I am not an Okuma guy at all. I truely appreciate all that will put forth there valuable time and effort to answer this.

Slainte,

Sean

[OkumaWiz]

Take a look at this thread:


http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=87913

It runs through how to use the schedule program and reasons why you may want to use it.

[Goldorak]

but schedule programming is an option on older controller

[g-codeguy]

:drowning:

Hello again, I have to admit, that I am not an Okuma person at all but I am trying to learn. I do know that on a fanuc controller or any other controller
known to man, all you have to do is M98 Pxxxx then, M99 at the end of the 2nd program and BAM, your program is merged. I have 2 programs, that I need to merge as 1. V1531-1A.min and V2531-2B.min. How do I go about making them run one after the other. I do not totally understand the whole scheduled program thing, like I said in the beginning I am not an Okuma guy at all. I truely appreciate all that will put forth there valuable time and effort to answer this.

Slainte,

Sean

Sean, what you describe with M98 Pxxxx M99 is not referred to as a 'merge' as far as I know. What you described is running a subprogram from within another program (either the main one or another subprogram). I went looking for an example for you only to discover that the gentleman who programs our Okuma with OSP700L control apparently doesn't know how to use subprograms on the Okuma. No reflection on his abilities as he is an excellent machinist, and (naturally) because of this a good programmer.

I seldom program the Okuma, but I know this program has been run and sent back. It works fine. I included my comments from the header. You won't need them except for "V1 sets the work shift".


V1 SETS THE WORK SHIFT.
SET V2 TO EQUAL THE NUMBER OF PARTS THAT CAN BE MADE WITHOUT HITTING THE CHUCK.
V2 WILL EQUAL 5 UNTIL YOU GET TO THE LAST SET OF PARTS.
ROUGH TURNS .235 FOR EACH PART.




N1VZOFZ=V1 (1ST PART)
CALL O100
CALL O106
M1
N2VZOFZ=V1-.232 (2ND PART)
CALL O106
M1
N3VZOFZ=V1-.464 (3RD PART)
CALL O106
M1
N4VZOFZ=V1-.696 (4TH PART)
CALL O106
M1
N5VZOFZ=V1-.928 (5TH PART)
CALL O106
VZOFZ=V1
G0X30.Z30.
M02
O100
G0X8.Z30.M42 (ROUGH TURN)
G50S2500
G97S735T0101M3M61
G0X4.16Z.5M8
G96S800
Z.005
G1X2.3F.01
G0X3.961Z.03
G1Z-V2*.235F.012
X3.98
G0Z.06
G1X3.814Z.02F.03
Z-V2*.235F.012
X3.83
G0Z.06
G1X3.667Z.02F.03
Z-V2*.235F.012
X4.1F.02
G0Z2.
X3.Z30.
M1
N400 (ROUGH BORE)
G97S1150T0404M3M61
G0X2.655Z.5M8
G96S800
Z.03
G1Z-V2*.235F.012
X2.63
G0Z.06
G1X2.85Z.03F.03
Z-V2*.235F.012
X2.83
G0Z.06
G1X3.045Z.03F.03
Z-V2*.235F.012
X3.02
G0Z.06
G1X3.24Z.03F.03
Z-V2*.235F.012
X2.5F.02
G0Z1.
X7.Z30.
M1
RTS
O106 (EWA-10295 SUBPROGRAM)
N200 (FINISH TURN)
G97S1045T0202M3M61
G0X3.657Z.03M8
G96S1000
G1Z-.1213F.004
G3X3.637Z-.1453L.034F.002
G1X3.6086Z-.1595
X3.69F.01
Z-.055F.05
X3.657Z-.0447F.005
G2X3.637Z-.0207L.034F.002
G1X3.6156Z-.01
G2X3.5676Z0L.034
G1X3.16F.0045
G0Z1.
X3.Z30.
M1
N600 (FINISH BORE)
G97S925T0606M3M61
G0X3.309Z.5M8
G96S800
Z.03
G1X3.246Z-.088F.008
G0Z.06S1000
G1X3.41Z.03F.03
X3.3753Z.01F.015
Z0F.002
G2X3.2981Z-.0296L.04
G1X3.2527Z-.1143F.004
G2X3.2505Z-.1226L.032F.001
G1Z-.16F.004
X3.22F.01
G0Z1.
X2.5Z30.
M1
N800 (ID BACK CHAMFER)
G97S1147T0808M3M61
G0X3.2Z.5M8
G96S600
Z-.14
G1X3.22Z-.1473F.015
X3.2505F.003
G2X3.2541Z-.1515L.006F.001
G1X3.2643Z-.1566
X3.2F.02
G0Z1.
X8.Z30.
M1
N1100 (CUT-OFF)
G97S310T1111M3M61
G0X3.73Z-.2265M8
G96S300
G1X3.7F.02
X3.2Z-.2245F.0025
G0X4.
Z1.
X8.Z30.
M1
RTS
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EDIT: Please note that in VZOFZ it is the capital letter O, not the number zero!

[broby]

:drowning:

Hello again, I have to admit, that I am not an Okuma person at all but I am trying to learn. I do know that on a fanuc controller or any other controller
known to man, all you have to do is M98 Pxxxx then, M99 at the end of the 2nd program and BAM, your program is merged. I have 2 programs, that I need to merge as 1. V1531-1A.min and V2531-2B.min. How do I go about making them run one after the other. I do not totally understand the whole scheduled program thing, like I said in the beginning I am not an Okuma guy at all. I truely appreciate all that will put forth there valuable time and effort to answer this.

Slainte,

Sean

Sean, are actually wanting to run one program after the other, where each program is kept in it own file (use a schedule program in that case) or do you want to create a single file that has both the other programs joined (merged) into it?
To create a merged file use the PIP Copy function:
PIP
Copy
Enter first filename then "," (comma) the second filename followed by ";A"
For example:
PIP CO V1531-1A.MIN,V2531-2B.MIN;A
Program V1531-1A.MIN will now have the second program "Appended" to the end of the first program.

But if your problem is to have one program run then followed by another program run, your best choice it to use Schedule programming. Refer to the reference stated before.
Cheers
Brian.