Sub Program Call Value

[MrCactus1]

When calling a subprogram with M98P2000L#102, Does the "P" value get stored somewhere that I can read with a macro statement? I noticed in one of the posted programs here that it had "//exec.Code("#4114=" + AS3.Getfield(869) ); // Program Number {O CODE}", but field 869 in the manual states that this is used for "Setspindlespeed".
I would like to trigger certain events when the program runs across say O2000. One example would be to trigger an M01 if the button I have set for this is active, but without having to place the actual M01 in the program.

[dezsoe]

That remark was bad. Field 869 is the set spindle speed as you read in the manual. You have to place the M1 into the g-code, you cannot watch for an M98. M1 is already optional, so you can place a switch on the screen with buttonnumber 561 to toggle the optional stop.

[fsli]

I'm not sure this will give you what you're wanting, but you can pass an argument to the macro that is called from the subprogram. For example:

M98P2000
M30
O2000
M9991 {P2000}
M99

... then, inside the M9991 macro, the Pvar parameter value will be set to 2000:

// M9991.txt
if (Pvar != null)
Console.WriteLine("Pvar is: {0}", Pvar.ToString());

[MrCactus1]

So I have found a way sort of to do this.
In a macro loop program I have the following:

string linetext = exec.Getcurrgcodelinetext();
string a = "G54";
string b = "G55";
string c = "G56";
string d = "G57";
string e = "G58";
string f = "G59";

if ((linetext == a) || (linetext == b) || (linetext == c) || (linetext == d) || (linetext == e) || (linetext == f)){
exec.Code("M1");

It will stop when it sees G54. But now it will not stop when G55 is called.

[dezsoe]

The macroloop runs 20 times per second, many lines may be executed between your line check, so it will not work. And the most important: never execute any code from macroloop or plugin while cycle is started.

[fsli]

This is an (I believe) unsupported and (I believe) undocumented trick which might be a starting point for you, or might create havoc.

The macro will execute the M1 only when it was called from the O2001 subroutine.

//M9991.txt
string calledRoutine = exec.Getgcodelinetext(exec.Substack[exec.Substack.Count - 1].substartID - 2);
Console.WriteLine(calledRoutine);

if (calledRoutine.Equals("O2001"))
exec.Code("M1");

G Code sample:
M98P2000
M30
O2000
M9991
M98P2001
M99
O2001
M9991
M99

[MrCactus1]

Thanks for the suggestion. But it will not run. I must be missing something here.

[fsli]

Thanks for the suggestion. But it will not run. I must be missing something here.

Does "it will not run" mean it doesn't compile, or it compiles but doesn't produce the expected result?

If it compiles, and you have the Console plugin enabled, do you see any output there?

Did you modify any part of the sample G Code, or the macro?

[MrCactus1]

It does not compile, keeps throwing an error - CS1002 | in line: 14 | error text: ; expected
This is for the M9991 section.

[fsli]

It does not compile, keeps throwing an error - CS1002 | in line: 14 | error text: ; expected

If there's nothing else in your macro file, then line 14 is the exec.Code statement, so I'd have to guess you're missing a semicolon at the end.

However, I've been playing with this some more, and the results aren't consistent. I had three sample g code files that worked, then I stripped out some lines thinking it would work every time, but now I see that's not the case. So, sorry for the unfounded optimism. My interpretation of the purpose of startId doesn't appear to have been correct.