Adding an EIA program as a subprogram in Mazatrol

[mbi]

I would like to add a 3d profile into my Mazatrol program.

Here is what i have:

A good Mazatrol program.

A good G code program of the profile.

Both programs will run by themselves. I would like to put them together if possible. What i'm not sure about is the WPC'S and how to get back out of the EIA program into Mazatrol.

Does anyone know how to?

[jimiscnc]

go to "other" unit, then "Sub program" unit and fill in the blanks. extra lines are for loading user macro values and can be ignored. these are softkey names and are from memory, so may not be the exact names i used.

wpc values should carry over to eia sub, but that can be controlled by parameter, i'm pretty sure.

Eia sub should have an M99 at the end, and it should loop back to the next unit in the mazatrol.

it can be verified in tool path check.

more or less. from memory

-90% Jimmy

[bildoo]

Subing into the EIA program and then using M99 to come back to the Mazatrol program works great. The EIA program will use the WPC that is currently in use by the Mazatrol program (Including using WPC Shift as on a Variaxis). Using any Offset lines will not transfer over into the EIA program. Another issue is tool priorities. The best way I found around this was to use pri numbers 1-100 before the EIA program then I use delayed pri numbers 1-100 after.

[jimiscnc]

Tool priorities are for POWER USERS! Good work. bildoo!

-90% Jimmy