VCP buttons with user prompts and no Cycle Start

[corbin]

Hi!
I have a simple VCP button that calls a macro via <run>. The macro does:
M224 #101 " Enter Tool Number Currently in Spindle "

So, I type in a number and hit enter.

Then I have to hit Cycle Start before the next lines in the macro are executed. How can I avoid hitting cycle start?

Thanks,
Corbin

[Sword]

I posed this question as well, and received a reply on it, but I can't find it now and I don't recall what the answer was. I think it has to do with how the enter key is used in several of the new part setup screens along with other situations. It's a change that I don't care for either, as I also have several macros that ask for input with M224, and they now take twice as many keyboard Enters than they previously did after answering input.

How to avoid it? ....It doesn't happen with the touch screen, external, or MPG Cycle Start, so I try to use those instead for now, but the keyboard is where my fingers are at when answering input and the enter key has 20+ years of muscle memory built in. Yes, I can hear it, "just hit enter again then if your finger is there".

[ShawnM]

The easiest way to fix this is to go in the wizard under "CNC Control" and set "PC Keyboard - enter key = CNC Machine - Cycle start" to yes. Then when you type in the tool number and hit enter it is the same as hitting cycle start.

[Allin1Chris]

Hi!
I have a simple VCP button that calls a macro via <run>. The macro does:
M224 #101 " Enter Tool Number Currently in Spindle "

So, I type in a number and hit enter.

Then I have to hit Cycle Start before the next lines in the macro are executed. How can I avoid hitting cycle start?

Thanks,
Corbin

Hello Corbin,

M224 will always ask for Cycle Start after the input. This is for safety as machine motion may start after the M224 Command (it acts as a operator stop, like M0). Entering the number, then pressing Cycle Start instead of Enter will do both Enter and Cycle Start.

[cncsnw]

.It doesn't happen with the touch screen, external, or MPG Cycle Start, so I try to use those instead for now, but the keyboard is where my fingers are at when answering input

You could try using Alt-S, which is the keyboard equivalent for Cycle Start.

[cnckeith]

the CNC12 operator manual has new information related to the M200 series m codes as well starting on page 288
https://www.centroidcnc.com/centroid_di ... manual.pdf

[Sword]

.It doesn't happen with the touch screen, external, or MPG Cycle Start, so I try to use those instead for now, but the keyboard is where my fingers are at when answering input

You could try using Alt-S, which is the keyboard equivalent for Cycle Start.

Yep, was just going to mention that, but cross posted, so just deleted it. Easier to just hit Enter a second time than get two fingers on Alt-S.

[ShawnM]

Yep, was just going to mention that, but cross posted, so just deleted it. Easier to just hit Enter a second time than get two fingers on Alt-S.

You only need to hit ENTER once.

[cncsnw]

You don't even need to press Enter the first time. Just type the response and press Alt-S.

[Sword]

Yep, was just going to mention that, but cross posted, so just deleted it. Easier to just hit Enter a second time than get two fingers on Alt-S.

You only need to hit ENTER once.

That no longer works with a M224 that asks for input, a second Enter needs to be keyed after the input now.