add comments in G code?

[webcruiser8]

Dear friends, Is there a way to add comments in the G-code program?
Thanks.

[big_mak]

Put the comment in Brackets()

[Switcher]

The answer is, yes.

Not all controls are the same, when it comes to adding comments.

I run Siemens control which is " ; ", I think Mach3 is " ( ) ".

Siemens Control Example:

X15.273 Y17.844 ; This is a comment



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Mach3 Control Example:

X15.273 Y17.844 ( This is a comment )




What Control are you working with?



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[VTEC]

all you should have to do on a fanuc control is just put the text in brackets ()unless the its the O series(at least with the one i work with) which you have to add it to the program on a computer and send it in

[Paul_S]

The open parenthesis '(' means control out and the close parenthesis ')' means control in. So in theory you can stick the comment in between word address codes. But I recommend that you place the comments at the end of the block or in a block by itself. [Fadals only need the '(' open parenthesis and must be at the end of the block] As a rule you must use both open and close in the block. [The Mark Century 2000, used the open and closed for parametric programming, and the code '(MSG,' for messages.]