No problem.
I think from the sounds of it he bought the machine used and is just getting started with it. Throwing macros at him will only confuse him, at this point and like I say the machine does not have them so he will feel even more frustrated when he can not get that to work.
His machine , F20 6T, is about 25 years old. Macros were mostly options back then and expensive at that.
Some may remember that the OT keypad did not have all the characters on it. You could not key in some macros variables but you could down load a macro them and run it.
Now most machines have them as standard.
I enjoy programing macros. We just did a piston shaft on a A20 VI that will run any length shaft, hell even up to 10' . It figures the number of full rechucks needed and calculates the length of the last one. We also incorporated a provision to run smaller shafts to reduce remnet lengths and save wasted stock.
Fun stuff. I look forward to helping out here also. |