[Kevinmetal]

Hey all, first time posting but have been referring to this site for years.
I am having a problem with activating my parts counter to track tooling usage.
Here is the situation:
We run all of our horizontal mills with a base program on the main screen which reads:

O1000
(PGM,(PROGRAM SELECT & PALLET SHUTTLE ))
N5M911
N10M98P#101(PROGRAM FOR PALLET #1)
N15M912
N20M98P#102(PROGRAM FOR PALLET #2)
N25M99

We put the program for pallet 1 in macro 101, pallet 2 in macro 102.
We also program offline in EIA then upload, so we do not usually describe tools in the panel unless they are "Large" or "Heavy".
I have been trying to track how many parts a drill has run, I go into tool offset, tool data, edit, tool data assign, call the tool out as a drill and assign it a generic letter. Now my book is telling me that I can use M999: ending after parts count and work No. search, or M998: Ending after parts count and work No. After the M998 or M999 you add S111 (number of parts to be executed) or <111> (program to be executed next) then Q1 to execute part count. When I end with M998 Q1 it jumps to the start of that current program. When I end with M998 <1000> Q1, the program jumps to the top of program 1000 and cycle stops. I am trying to get this to continue as a cycle when it jumps back to the 1000 program, or just count the parts with out these codes or with a different code somehow. Confusing right? My panel is tracking cutting time for me but not part counts. If anyone can give me some tips or ideas, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Kevin

[Shawntimna]

hey dude, I have the same machine. I track the number of parts by using some traditional macro statements.
example - once the tool run , usually before my optional stop , I'll use a statement like this
#601=#601+1.
which basically adds 1.0 to the contents of#601
or if the tool runs multiple parts , say 20 , I'll use this
#601=#601+20.
I can view variable #601 whenever I want to see how many parts or cycles have run on any particular tool
I use #600 variables and relate them to tools ... t1 for #601 , t2 for #602 , etc....
I also set tool life limits using some "IF" statements & "LE" "GOTO" ...... if your interested I could send you some more details .
I'm an EIAer also .... who uses mazatrol really? LOL .... I just want a rigid fast machine with a good spindle ... I don't care about fancy machine controls with silly tool data pages ....

[paulus 2]

hi mate.
I am interested in using macros to count number of parts per tip on a lathe and when the required number is reached displaying a message on the screen for the operator to change the tip. this is what i have so far from an old manual from years ago
09001
#502=#502+1
if[#502ge40]GOTO900
n900#502=0
g28 uo w0
t0800
#3000=1(change cnmg tip in tool 7)
my questions are do i have to use the pgm numbers 09001- ?
the 09001-03 program is called up by m200,m201 etc is this correct and how are they assigned?
would the #3000 call be control specific to display the message?
is there a simpler way to do this?
any help would be appreciated

[Mat Mexico]

You just need to use M999 with argument instead of M99. Have a look at you eia manual.

[Mat Mexico]

I'll send you a list a machine variables later today so you can do the same as described by the macro of Shawn and paulus using the tool data screen and machine logic.

[Mat Mexico]

have a look at #3102, #3901, #3902, #51997.