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The basic logic on HAAS and some other machines is as follows:
The first % seen at the CNC starts program loading.
The O# identifies the program.
If there is no % at the end of an O# program, and another O# follows, then that program also is loaded.
Loading continues until a second % is encountered. A rather stupid design in my opinion, but of long standing use.
Unfortunately in HAAS and maybe other machines a second % that is somewhere in your program, like a comment, will terminate loading.
Personally I think that the start and end characters should have been different. However, even if % serves both the start and end function there was no good reason that its occurance in a comment should terminate loading. I would favor requiring % to be the first character of a line for the start and end function.
There are further problems with comments. You should be able to use any of the 128 ASCII characters within a comment, but actually you are quite restricted.
These same problems carry over into the DPRNT command.
The SEND ALL is a very useful tool and the fastest way thru RS232 to save all your programs.
So based on the above discussion on the logic of the %s ---
if you send back to the CNC a SAVED ALL file all the programs in that file will be loaded back into memory.
At 115.2 kbaud you can move about 600,000 bytes per minute.
You can also save your settings, and tool offsets.
Note: older HAAS machines used a 4 digit O# and newer ones use a 5 digit number. This causes some compatibility problems relative to saved files and their O#s.
On sending a file HAAS inserts a % at the start, and a % at the end. When sending ALL there is only one % at the start of the ALL dump and one % at the very end of the dump.
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