Bar Feed Macro Program

[Ox]

No.

The barfeeder does not actually communicate with the machine in that way.

Once you have your feeder macro's set up, the only thing that you would likely be editing on the machine would be the top cut X value so that you don't cut oodles of air one day and crash the tool the next.


How about you go into MDI and key in M70 and single block it.
For best results - change param 6000 B4 (SBM) to 1. This will allow you to single block through macro's.
Then when you cycle M70 in MDI, what program number pops up on your screen?

As you scroll through it - does it jump into a subroutine like I have posted above where you can edit your X values and such?

Before dooing that even - check your library and see what fer 9000 programs are in there, and what they are labeled.
Are none of them labeled "barfeeder"?

If there are 9000's, but no labels, can you scroll through them and see which one(s) has M70 in it?
You may need to edit param 3202 B4 to allow you to access the 9000's.
(Be carefull not to actually edit anything.)


But - no - you doo not need to understand macro programming.
As long as it werks - it werks.
Obviously there is something in there already. You just want to edit in the C axis location is all.


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Ox

 

[hotiron]

Gotcha. Will touch base in the morning


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[Ox]

ox....I will check in the morning and let you know. What I can tell You is I have been through every nook and cranny on the LNS and set up all the information needed. Set the end of bar position with the teach mode, And also the top cut position. Also set up all the information on the part length as well. When I go into automatic mode the bar is loaded into the trough, and does everything all the way up to putting it in the top cut position... as soon as I close the chuck manually the pusher re-tracks all the way home is that’s how I have it set... pendant display says it’s in auto mode gives the part count of 14..I think the disconnect I am having is understanding the macro variables. I think I’m starting to understand that system variables 1000-1133 That was mentioned earlier are populated by the bar feeder as it works through each bar correct? As the macro program is executed it looks at these variables to make a choice as what to do next correct? If I’m on the right track with my thinking here I think all I need to do is implement the macro program you and Bill have posted.


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As Bill brought up, my output locations and yours are Shirley different.
While the bulk of the macro is right - the specifics of it will differ.

But Shirley there is already a working macro in your machine if M70 does anything already.
It sounds like you just need to learn how to program it and what to expect it to doo.


As I showed earlier, I put my M code to load at the begining of the program. If you put it anywhere else, you would need to start mid program to auto load a bar.
No value in that.

Also - I feed out at the end of my cycle - which in the current case would be taken care of with the sub pull.


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Ox

 

[hotiron]

I don’t recall seeing any 9000 programs in the directory, Or are they located somewhere else?


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[Ox]

Should show up like any others.
May not be able to access them, but should at least be able to see them listed.



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Ox