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General Mach Discussion / Status field messages
« on: February 10, 2008, 12:47:22 PM »
Hello all,
I'm pretty much a newbie to the whole world of CNC. I've started classes at a local college and I'm trying to get the hang of G-code. My homework assignments include "fill-in-the-blanks" type problems. With that in mind I've downloaded Mach 3 and have been trying to use it to check my code.
My question is this: Is there anyplace here where Status messages are defined? I'm trying to check a Circular Pocket Milling Exercise and when I try to run the program it stops on line 5 and the status field(?) says:
" Non integer value for integerLine 5"
With the understanding that the rest of the program may/will have errors, could somebody tell me what I'm doing wrong? Below is the code I'm working with. It's short and should be simple for most of you here...
(btw stock is 4X4X1 with 2 pockets)
O00020 (CIRCULAR POCKET MILLING EXERCISE)
N1 T2 M06 (T2 IS A 5/8 DIA. 2 FLT CENTER CUTTING END MILL)
N2 G90 G54 G00 X1.25 Y-1.25
N3 S1620 M03
N4 G43 H2 Z0.1 M08
N5 G12 Z0.5 I0.25 K0.99 Q0.2 D0.625 F7.2
N6 G12 I2.0 D0.625 F12.5
N7 G00 Z-0.1
N8 X2.75 Y-2.75
N9 G01 Z0. F20.
N10 G91 G13 Z0.25 I0.3 K1.0 Q0.35 D0.625 L3 F10.
N11 G90 G00 Z1.0 M09
N12 G53 G49 Z0. M05
N13 M30
As I said, there may be other errors, but being a student I need to figure them out myself. I just need to understand messages in the status field. If there is any more information that I can provide please let me know...
I'm pretty much a newbie to the whole world of CNC. I've started classes at a local college and I'm trying to get the hang of G-code. My homework assignments include "fill-in-the-blanks" type problems. With that in mind I've downloaded Mach 3 and have been trying to use it to check my code.
My question is this: Is there anyplace here where Status messages are defined? I'm trying to check a Circular Pocket Milling Exercise and when I try to run the program it stops on line 5 and the status field(?) says:
" Non integer value for integerLine 5"
With the understanding that the rest of the program may/will have errors, could somebody tell me what I'm doing wrong? Below is the code I'm working with. It's short and should be simple for most of you here...
(btw stock is 4X4X1 with 2 pockets)
O00020 (CIRCULAR POCKET MILLING EXERCISE)
N1 T2 M06 (T2 IS A 5/8 DIA. 2 FLT CENTER CUTTING END MILL)
N2 G90 G54 G00 X1.25 Y-1.25
N3 S1620 M03
N4 G43 H2 Z0.1 M08
N5 G12 Z0.5 I0.25 K0.99 Q0.2 D0.625 F7.2
N6 G12 I2.0 D0.625 F12.5
N7 G00 Z-0.1
N8 X2.75 Y-2.75
N9 G01 Z0. F20.
N10 G91 G13 Z0.25 I0.3 K1.0 Q0.35 D0.625 L3 F10.
N11 G90 G00 Z1.0 M09
N12 G53 G49 Z0. M05
N13 M30
As I said, there may be other errors, but being a student I need to figure them out myself. I just need to understand messages in the status field. If there is any more information that I can provide please let me know...