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    Default Displaying Cycle Timers while running?

    Right now while I am in cycle I have a Buf=, when the cycle is complete I get a timer showing the actual cycle time. Is there someway to have the timer displayed instead of the Buf= while running?

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    While the machine is running you will need to type in the letters MU. This will bring up alot of different options. The one you want is #15 which is Display Clocks. Just type in 15 and hit enter. It will then display some times including
    the one that you are running. I have noticed that if you stay in the menu too long the machine comes to a stop like a single block. So don't stay in there to long. Hope that helps you.



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    Thanks, that is a nice to know, but it is not exactly what I was looking for. It displays the timers, but only while you are in that menu.

    In the upper right box of the screen there is a spot where it displays the cycle time at the end of the cycle or if you hit slide hold. When the machine is in cycle it displays BUF=, which I assume is the number of blocks in the buffer. I could really care less how many blocks are in the buffer, but I would like to see how much time is left in the cycle. Is there anyway to have that display stay on the cycle timer instead of the BUF=?

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    Blocks in the buffer is way more important than time...
    you can use macros to show runtime during a tool change or similar.



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    The timers will only display while you are in the manual mode. A macro statement can be used along with the PRINT statement to display a given timer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shizzlemah View Post
    Blocks in the buffer is way more important than time...
    you can use macros to show runtime during a tool change or similar.
    I guess that is relative to the user, because I could care less how many blocks are in the buffer.

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