loop counter

[riverracer]

hi guys,
long time reader, first time poster.
have learned a lot from this forum on the haas machines, thanks.

at work we have just bought a TM-1 mill, and we are slowly learning to program it .

question - when a job is running, is there a way to see or show how many loops have been done / or how many to go? ie: L 11/20
we have looked at various screens but didnt see anything to do with loops.

will prob have more questions as we go.

thanks in advance

[Geof]

Originally Posted by riverracer .....question - when a job is running, is there a way to see or show how many loops have been done / or how many to go? ie: L 11/20.....

I think this is a feature that is missing on Haas; I have never found anything.

Certainly it would be nice to have it, and the ability to restart partway through a loop but I guess we have to pony up a lot more dollars for a different machine.

[Vern Smith]

If you purchased the macro option I "think" you can do it by inserting a macro counter into the program which adds 1 to one of the Haas #800 fields each time the program number is encountered.