Changing Parameter labels in Hickory

[SpacedmanSpiff]

I think the answer is going to be.....not by the plc or end user, only in the cnc programming proper. BUT...

Is there a mechanism by which i can label a paremeter in the PLC ?

all the best.
Sean

[cncsnw]

I am not at all certain what "label a parameter in the PLC" means.

Do you mean, assign an alternate name for something like "SV_MACHINE_PARAMETER_789", so that you can use your assigned name instead of the native name in your PLC program?

You can do that with "IS" in the definitions section of the PLC program source, the same way you assign meaningful names to any other built-in token.

Or do you mean, change the name and description that appear on the F3/Param table in the CNC12 software, so that as you scroll through the parameters list in CNC12 -- or read them in a Report file -- you see your chosen text instead of something like "Reserved for Enduser/Integrator custom PLC and Macro use"? That, of course, has nothing to do with the PLC.

You can do that by editing the "language.msg" file in the c:\cncm or c:\cnct directory.

Or are you looking for something else, perhaps specific to Hickory as suggested by your subject line?

[SpacedmanSpiff]

Thanks cncsnw

Changing the f3 grid and report labels.

I will explore the msg file in the AM.

Thanks yet again.
Sean