Millturn Post Modification, needing some assistance

[Anonymous]

Hi. I was hoping somebody could help me with modifying a post, I was wanting to insert a G4 X1. into my post for a short dwell between C axis locking and unlocking commands. I am very new to post processors and do not want to do something I should not. Thanks

[seth.madore]

What is the post processor?

This is a very easy change to implement, especially with the Visual Studio add-in that Autodesk released a while back

[Anonymous]

Hi Seth thanks for the reply. It is the Takisawa millturn post with Fanuc controller. I also did setup the visual studio code and have successfully been able to alter some things to work for me , just mainly M code alterations but nothing like adding in new lines of information. I’m still trying to get my head around understanding how to read the format properly.

[seth.madore · Accepted solution]

Using Visual Studio and the add-in developed by ADSK, find these lines, they should be around 10738 and 1083, assuming stock Takisawa post:
onCommand(COMMAND_UNLOCK_MULTI_AXIS);

onCommand(COMMAND_LOCK_MULTI_AXIS);

After each one of them, you can insert: writeBlock(gFormat.format(4),("X1."));

This will give you code that looks like this:

M74

G4 X1.

G0 C125.

M73

Adjust the "X1." to your desired time, where "X" is in seconds 

Complete edit:

onCommand(COMMAND_UNLOCK_MULTI_AXIS);
  writeBlock(gFormat.format(4),("X1."));

onCommand(COMMAND_LOCK_MULTI_AXIS);
  writeBlock(gFormat.format(4),("X1."));

[Anonymous]

Thanks Seth i have just tried it and have had no success, is there something else i might be missing ?

[seth.madore]

Well, without knowing WHAT you did, it's kinda hard to say what went wrong. Can you attach the .cps file in your reply so we can see what's what

[Anonymous]

This is the file I tried.

[seth.madore]

Your post is producing this code at unlock/lock commands:

G97 S4000 M70 P12
M74
G4 X1.
G0 C160.
M73
G4 X1.

What's not correct about that?

Mind you, this is the post you attached just now, with no other edits done to it

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Thankyou so much it is working. I was not seeing what you got until i rebooted visual studio code.

[seth.madore]

Awesome, great to hear!