6 merging part programs {merge prgram – Rockwell Automation 8520 9/Series CNC Lathe User Manual

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Editing Programs On Line

Chapter 5

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Select the blocks to renumber. There are two choices:

If you want to assign sequence numbers to:

Press:

all blocks from the beginning of the part program

{ALL}

only the block that already have sequence numbers

{ONLY N}

Important: Any sequence numbers in a block that are referenced in the

current program by a paramacro “GOTO” or “WHILE” or by a roughing

cycle are also renumbered. In order to maintain proper program execution,

you must manually alter the “GOTO,” “WHILE,” or roughing cycle blocks

target block sequence number.

You can merge a complete part program within another part program while
one of the programs is in the edit mode. To merge part programs follow

these steps:

Move the cursor in the program display area just after the location

that another program is to be inserted. The merged program will be

inserted to the left of the cursor with each end of block statement

creating a new line.

Press the continue softkey {

} to change the softkey functions.

Press the

{MERGE PRGRAM}

softkey. The prompt “MERGE

PRGRAM:” will appear on the input line of the screen.

DIGITZ

MODIFY

INSERT

BLOCK

DELETE

BLOCK

TRUNC

DELETE

CH/WRD

EXIT

EDITOR

STRING

RENUM

PRGRAM

MERGE

PRGRAM

QUICK

VIEW

CHAR/

WORD

(softkey level 3)

Key-in the program name of the part program to insert, then press

either the

[TRANSMIT]

key or the

{EXEC}

softkey.

EXEC

(softkey level 1)

5.2.6

Merging Part Programs

{MERGE PRGRAM}