blank string

[i0wa]

Hi all!
How to add blank string into output code?
as far i know in post builder there is no such MOM func. as blank or empty string, is there?

example
now:
%%O01
%T01

need to be:
%%O01

%T01

Thanks

 

[shags72]

MOM_output_text " "

 

[i0wa]

as far i know, in this case the line length will be 1, but should be 0

 

[shags72]

This will get you a blank line in your output as I use it all the time. Is there a problem with it having a space in your output? Machine should run right by it.

 

[i0wa]

there is a problem, that there between two lines should be nothing
mb to try "/n". (this is new line in tcl, found in google) but i don't know how to exactly use it and even do not know if pb supports this func.

 

[shags72]

Well it does support tcl commands from 8.0 and below possibly 8.1. That is basic tcl so it should work. I have ouput asci characters with it b4. What kind of machine is this anyway? So I know about this if I need to write a post for one.
Pretty good site for tcl below also you could join in on the Siemens site as they have a pretty active cam forum.

http://www.tcl.tk/

http://bbsnotes.ugs.com/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=90

 

[i0wa]

machine: gf4471

thanks for so quick response

 

[shags72]

Hey no problem always like to help but what is gf4471? As in manufacturer?

 

[i0wa]

this is pretty old cnc machine. made in ussr, so there is lack of info in web

 

[shags72]

Any luck man?

 

[shags72]

OH and what kind of controller has it got?

 

[i0wa]

puhh. do not know exactly :S 2f65 as far i remember. i do believe You do not even heart about this one
and no success...

 

[shags72]

Wow! Kinda hard to write a post without a manual at least for reference. Does the output at least look something like another controller that you know of like a Fanuc or a Hiedenhain or Siemens? That particular startup isn't familiar to me. I don't have the software to look at so I can't really look at this on the weekend. I will try and look at it soon though.

 

[shags72]

Just to make sure, you have tried MOM_output_text "" with no space in between correct? I think the MOM_output_text proc doesn't let this output but cannot remember I think literal has a problem with it but text may not. I did a puts "" in tcl/tutor and it output just a line that if you arrow right it went to the next line.

 

[i0wa]

hmm. nice idea another way is to declare any empty variable:
set $anyVar ""
and try to make forced output of it.

 

[shags72]

The empty string doesn't work. "". Must be in the MOM code to not output it. Maybe try a puts with the filepath and name. on the puts line?

 

[i0wa]

MOM_output_literal "\r" #adds 1 empty line. line length is 0
MOM_output_literal "\n" #adds 2 empty lines

\a
Audible alert (bell) (0x7).

\b
Backspace (0x8).

\f
Form feed (0xc).

\n
Newline (0xa).

\r
Carriage-return (0xd).

\t
Tab (0x9).

\v
Vertical tab (0xb).

\<newline>whiteSpace
A single space character replaces the backslash, newline, and all spaces and tabs after the newline. This backslash sequence is unique in that it is replaced in a separate pre-pass before the command is actually parsed. This means that it will be replaced even when it occurs between braces, and the resulting space will be treated as a word separator if it is not in braces or quotes.

\\
Backslash ("\").

\ooo
The digits ooo (one, two, or three of them) give an eight-bit octal value for the Unicode character that will be inserted. The upper bits of the Unicode character will be 0.

\xhh
The hexadecimal digits hh give an eight-bit hexadecimal value for the Unicode character that will be inserted. Any number of hexadecimal digits may be present; however, all but the last two are ignored (the result is always a one-byte quantity). The upper bits of the Unicode character will be 0.

\uhhhh
The hexadecimal digits hhhh (one, two, three, or four of them) give a sixteen-bit hexadecimal value for the Unicode character that will be inserted.
Backslash substitution is not performed on words enclosed in braces, except for backslash-newline as described above.

(Google)

 

[shags72]

Cool man so you did get it to work. I just haven't had the tiime to look anymore on that so Thanks for letting me know. MOM_output... must be in a dll somewhere because I went looking for it and couldn't find it anywhere.