This is on almost all Mitsubishi control machines (Kitamura, Mazak), mostly with newer hardware (M700/M800). I am using DPrint to send info back out of the machines in macros, but I would like to know what the mode switch is set to (i.e. MDI, Auto, Manual). I'd also like to be able to check the spindle and feed override switch settings.
Does anyone know how to do it?
I know one option is MTConnect but I don't have adapters on the machines, and we'd be looking at tens of thousands of $$. I believe in the M800 control, you can read PLC bits from a macro program - but is there another or easier way?
And while I'm at it, any way to read out the program name through variables/parameters? I know I can get the O-number and N-number, or I can put a DPRNT statement at the top of the program - but we have thousands of archived programs and don't want to go through and modify them all. I also want the information being sent from the machine to be un-editable by the operators, to maintain data integrity.
Does anyone know how to do it?
I know one option is MTConnect but I don't have adapters on the machines, and we'd be looking at tens of thousands of $$. I believe in the M800 control, you can read PLC bits from a macro program - but is there another or easier way?
And while I'm at it, any way to read out the program name through variables/parameters? I know I can get the O-number and N-number, or I can put a DPRNT statement at the top of the program - but we have thousands of archived programs and don't want to go through and modify them all. I also want the information being sent from the machine to be un-editable by the operators, to maintain data integrity.