aj
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- Joined
- May 12, 2006
- Location
- Burlington, North Carolina
Hi, all. I'm fairly new here, so go easy on me.
I'm looking to add a function to a Fanuc 18i dual-path controller on a Nakamura-Tome WT-150 (actually several of them). Specifically I want to check the position of the synchronous start switch and see if it's on from within the program and if it's off or on make a decision to stop or continue. The machine builder is telling me I can add G54.0 through G55.7 to the ladder and monitor any signal that's in the ladder using variables #1000 through #1015.
Are we talking about ladder editing software, or what? Changing the ladder sounds rather involved, so if that's what it's going to take I can probably do without it.
I've already thought about sharing variables between the two sides, but I do a fair amount of macro programming and that would cause more problems than it would solve.
Thoughts? Ideas? "Leave it alone, you idiot"?
I appreciate it.
I'm looking to add a function to a Fanuc 18i dual-path controller on a Nakamura-Tome WT-150 (actually several of them). Specifically I want to check the position of the synchronous start switch and see if it's on from within the program and if it's off or on make a decision to stop or continue. The machine builder is telling me I can add G54.0 through G55.7 to the ladder and monitor any signal that's in the ladder using variables #1000 through #1015.
Are we talking about ladder editing software, or what? Changing the ladder sounds rather involved, so if that's what it's going to take I can probably do without it.
I've already thought about sharing variables between the two sides, but I do a fair amount of macro programming and that would cause more problems than it would solve.
Thoughts? Ideas? "Leave it alone, you idiot"?
I appreciate it.