Adding Cutting Time for every tool to the header

[j_zander]

Hey Guys,

we  are going to get a new machine with a robot. The robots software has a toolmanagementsystem. To use this i have to post the cuttingtime of every tool to the Nc-prgram header like this:

With the DeferredVariables Propery/Function  from the postprocessor training guide i was able to add the time in seconds to the post. But now i'm struggeling to change it to the right format. I wanted to use this function to change the cutting times format:

function convertToTimeFormat(totaltoolTime){
    var format = "HH:MM:SS".split(":")[0];
    var hours, minutes, result, seconds;
  
    if (format == "HH" || format == "MM") {
      hours = Math.floor(totaltoolTime / 3600);
      totaltoolTime -= (format == "HH") ? hours * 3600 : 0;
  
      minutes = Math.floor(totaltoolTime / 60);
      totaltoolTime -= minutes * 60;
    }
  
    seconds = totaltoolTime.toFixed(1);
  
    if (format == "HH") {
      result = hours + "Hrs " + minutes + "Min " + seconds + "Sec";
    } else if (format == "MM") {
      result = minutes + "Min " + seconds + "Sec";
    } else {
      result = seconds + "Sec";
    }
  
    return result;  
}

It seems like the DeferredVariable is not a number.

Intstead of the new values i only get NaN.

I hope somebody can help. 

Attached you can find my post I am playing with. 

[serge.quiblier · Accepted solution]

Hi @j_zander 

In the dditive posts, we are using something like :

function formatCycleTime(cycleTime) {
  var seconds = cycleTime % 60 | 0;
  var minutes = ((cycleTime - seconds) / 60 | 0) % 60;
  var hours = (cycleTime - minutes * 60 - seconds) / (60 * 60) | 0;
  if (hours > 0) {
    return subst(localize("%1h:%2m:%3s"), hours, minutes, seconds);
  } else if (minutes > 0) {
    return subst(localize("%1m:%2s"), minutes, seconds);
  } else {
    return subst(localize("%1s"), seconds);
  }
}

You can build your own code from this sample. If you don't have to translate H, M S just remove the localize function call, and just keep the string.

Regards

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