[czwalga]

Z-touch plate code from CNCrouterparts.


This is copied right off their website. I'm getting a syntax error on the 2nd period of the first line. Which makes no sense to me, random syntax errors in the entire thing. I feel like im doing something wrong and its not the code?

Message( "Auto Zeroing..." )
If IsSuchSignal (22) Then
code "G31 Z-3 F20"
While IsMoving()
Wend
Call SetDRO( 2, 1.00 )
code "G1 Z1.5"
End If

[RunnerPack]

I have no experience with programming Mach, but I would suspect "fancy" quotes are being used, instead of standard ones. Try replacing all the double-quotes with standard ones using Notepad or another plain text-editor (i.e. not a word-processor). What you pasted seems to have standard quotes, but that could be the result of filtering by the forum software.

[Sprinter16]

TTBOMK, there is no "Message" command or function in VB. There is a "Msgbox" function which displays a message for the user. Try putting a single quotation mark (') in front of "Message" to comment it out and then check if the code works.

[ger21]

Sprinter, there is a Message function in Mach3's scripting language (Cypress Enable).


Try it like this:

Message "Auto Zeroing..."

[satovey]

>>> This is copied right off their website <<<

FYI, program compilers and interpreters don't give a rip what you think is right or what someone's website claims to be right.
If the syntax is wrong or the command is wrong, it is wrong. Where the common moral axiom is "it's all in how you interpret
it" is so often flouted as truth, in programming, such a sentiment results in a head slap from Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs. :-)
As far as the compiler or interpreter is concerned, syntax is absolute truth and there is no room for your interpretation or misunderstanding.

You need to know two things:
1. What the code is supposed to do.
2. How to debug code.

1. What the code is supposed to do.

As far as the Visual Basic MessageBox command is concerned, that is not relevant because you are not dealing
with a pop up message box. You are issuing a Message which is displayed in the status window so
that the operator knows what the program is currently doing. A MessageBox would likely halt the program
until a button was clicked.

Based on my limited Google search: Message( "Auto Zeroing..." ) appears to be correct syntax.

2. Debugging code:

Is there G-Code on lines prior to the Message command?

As odd as this may sound, sometimes the interpreter will issue an error
on a given line at a particular character that has nothing to do with the
actual line with the bug and when the error is in fact in code above the
line indicated.

The easiest way, though time consuming, to find the code that is actually creating the error is to
first comment out the line that is indicated. if the program runs, then that is the line where the bug
is located. If that is not the actual bug line, then the error message will stop on the line beneath
the commented out line. Once you have confirmed that the line in question is not buggy using
this method, begin commenting out each line above it until the program stops giving error messages.
When this happens, the last line commented out is the line with the bug.

This should help you find your bug.
Take Care.
SAT