Jsasker,
Do you have any documentation on this machine from the retrofitter? Do you have the programming manual from Autocon? I don't think that fiddling with the parameters is going to help you unless the retrofitters did a really poor job.
Do you just need to figure out how to control the machines functions or do you need to know how to format the part programs?
Worst case scenario, you would have to extract the parameter and PLC data from the control and reverse-engineer how the retrofitter set up the control (I can help you with this if it comes to it.)
But if you just need help with formatting the program, here's some samples:
This is how a program would be formatted if you are trying to load it into the control's catalog. The part ID is eight characters and enclosed in parentheses. There must be an EOB character "$" at the end of each conversational block.
(PARTID )
N1(9)M6T1$
N2M3S1000 <--- this would not be considered a "conversational" block
N3(0)X0Y0Z1.0$
N4(1)X1F25$
N5(9)M30$
E
If you are running in buffered input mode, the control is less picky about the format. You do not need the part ID as the first line and you don't need the EOB character.
How are loading programs into the control? Does it have a floppy drive or are you using the RS232 port?
HTH,
Scott  |