[Fisher-Cat]

Good morning all,

I purchased Mill Pro a couple weeks ago and have been working on setting up my post processor. We only use block numbers on the first line of each tool. Tool number one is N100 tool number 2 is N200 etc. I changed the post to eliminate all the other block numbers no problem. The problem is the only tool numbering the line the way I want is the first tool N100. The post is counting all the blocks so tool number 2 will come out N1900 not N200 as there is 19 block in between. Is there any way to change this ?? I have attached the post processor.

Thanks,

Dave

[andre-dolphin]

Hello,

Yes, you can change this.

You will need to add this to the SELCT tool rule in the post


"N" ($TOOLNO*100:TOOL)

This will output the letter N followed by the tool number times 100

ATB
andre

[Fisher-Cat]

Good morning Andre,

Thanks for your reply. I changed my post as you suggested. Now I get the following.

NT**G0G17G90G40G80G94G54

This is how the post looks with the change

:SELCTL = {
UNSET (G1) unset (G7)
if ( $Z ne $ZTLOAD ) then
"M9" EOB
"G0"(G91) (G28)"Z0" EOB
endif
IF ($USR1 EQ 0) THEN
NULL
ELSE
"M9" EOB
"G0"(G91)"G28Z0" EOB
"M1" EOB
ENDIF
UNSETALL
"N"($TOOLNO*100:TOOL) (G0) (G17) (G90) (G40) (G80) (G94) #OFF EOB
(M6) $TOOLNO:TOOL EOB
(M8) EOB
(G90) (G0) (G43) ($CLEARP:ZAXIS) $TLCNO:TLC EOB
SET $USR1 = 1
}

Did I not do this correctly?

Thanks,
Dave

[andre-dolphin]

Hello Dave,

What you have is correct - the problem is with the number of digits allowed in the Word section at the beginning of the post. The word for TOOL will be something like "T" DD, change it to "T" DDD this will allow numbers up to 999.

ATB
Andre

[Fisher-Cat]

Hi again Andre,

I can be a real pain .
That solved the problem as far as the asterisk showing up, and now numbers the blocks the way I want. But you will notice it is putting a T after the N in the block number as shown below. Any way around this ??

NT100G0G17G90G40G80G94G54

Again thanks for your help.

Dave

[andre-dolphin]

Hello Dave,

I'm being a bit slow this afternoon, TGIF - of course you don't need the T.

In the Words section copy n paste the TOOL entry, rename the copy as TOOL1 change it to "N" DDD and then in the SELCTL rule just have this ($TOOLNO*100:TOOL1)

ATB
Andre

[Fisher-Cat]

Success Andre !!

Works perfect.

Thanks again,
Dave