counting iterations of macro

[rayscott]

Hello all,

I am running programs that need to load a part, do movements, other stuff, move...etc... unload part, .. restart.  For now, the operator watches the machine run for several hours as it loads and unloads from a magazine.  I don't have a "part in magazine" detector and just want to tell the program to run 16 cycles.  I am pretty good at writing macros.. How would I recall values of variables to count through 16 cycles?

Thank You,
Ray Scott

[poppabear]

you can run a "G code sub routine", or if you want you can use "Vars" to hold your counts.

SetVar(100, 16) will set the # 16 in the VAR 100,
GetVar(100) will get the value in VAR 100

scott

[vmax549]

Ray I believe that mach has a built in loop counter that runs with subloop.

DRO# 222



Hope that helps, (;-) TP