Is there a G Code or other command that can be written into a program to pause the program at a given point until the cycle start is pressed?
Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions.
John
Is there a G Code or other command that can be written into a program to pause the program at a given point until the cycle start is pressed?
Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions.
John
m0= program stop
Jeff,
Thanks for the help.
John
Be careful using M00 and M01. Both of these will stop the spindle and it will not restart when Cycle Start is pushed, but the feed will start and try to push a stationary tool through the part. You need a M03(4) after the program stop.
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Albert E.
Hi Geof,
Thanks for the information and words of caution. I read the HAAS manual on the M codes.
Here is what was printed:
The MOO code is used to stop a program. It stops the axes, spindle, turns off the coolant (including through spindle coolant). The next block (block after the MOO) will be highlighted when viewed in the program editor. Pressing Cycle Start will continue program operation from the highlighted block.
Too bad they didn't put your words of warning in the manual as a (note) as they do on other M Code commands.
Thanks again, from both me and my cutting tool.
John
CNC, Mechatronics Integration and Custom Machine Design
“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”
Albert E.
Hi Al,
Maybe someone from HAAS is monitoring this forum and will pass this on the the guy that writes the technical manuals.
I am a newbie here and there is a lot I need to learn. Thanks to you guys for helping me along the way.
P.S. What is MTB? Manual Technical Book?????
What is PMC as it pertains to the PMC writer?
What is a ladder as it pertains to this operation? Is it like a sequence of events that happen during a particular operation?
Sorry for all the questions just trying to understand all this a little better.
John
MTB Machine Tool Builder, in this case HAAS.
PMC is Programable Machine Controller, it is the side of the control that performs the M,S,T codes and misc functions and is configured by the MTB as to how it actually does the task.
The ladder describes the format of the PMC, it is represented and programmed in a ladder type logic format.
Al.
CNC, Mechatronics Integration and Custom Machine Design
“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”
Albert E.
Hi Al,
Thanks for taking the time to educate an Newbie.
John
John,
Give me a call, your CAM software in conjunction with the Haas control can handle this nicely.
Vern