I need some help with the DPRNT (DPRINT) command. Anyone out there using it?

[arobustus]

This snippet is in exact parallel to the sample in the manual. It is for testing purposes, to get the hang of using the command:
%
O2233(SAMPLE DPRINT)
POPEN
DPRNT[C**X#502[3]Z#503[3]]
PCLOS
M30
%
It outputs the C and the X then raises "FORMAT ERROR IN MACRO". I know some of these manuals (the one I am using is FANUC B-63524EN/01, 16i-TB,18i-TB, 160i-TB, 180i-TB, pp 333,334 ) sometimes contain errors. If you have DPRINT commands that work could you post or send them to me along with the output they generate?

[dcoupar]

Originally Posted by arobustus This snippet is in exact parallel to the sample in the manual. It is for testing purposes, to get the hang of using the command: % O2233(SAMPLE DPRINT) POPEN DPRNT[C** X #502 [3] Z #503 [3]] PCLOS M30 % It outputs the C and the X then raises "FORMAT ERROR IN MACRO". I know some of these manuals (the one I am using is FANUC B-63524EN/01, 16i-TB,18i-TB, 160i-TB, 180i-TB, pp 333,334 ) sometimes contain errors. If you have DPRINT commands that work could you post or send them to me along with the output they generate?

Have you tried spacing out the characters in the block (as per the example in the manual)?

[sinha_nsit]

Originally Posted by arobustus DPRNT[C**X#502[3]Z#503[3]]

Replace [3] by [53] which means five integer and three decimal digits.

Sinha

[guypb]

I was going to suggest the same:

You need 2 digits in the square brackets:
DPRNT[C**X#502[44]Z#503[44]]

4+4 is the number of characters output where 4 are after the decimal point. If you wanted to output the number as an integer it would be say [40] where you only want the first 4 digits output and no values after the decimal!

are you printing your probe offsets by chance?

[dcoupar]

Oops. I was looking at the BPRNT not the DPRNT.