PP Tables and Word Syntaxes - PP Word Tables

General Information

Sample PP word tables are available in the folder ..\startup\manufacturing\PPtables

A PP word table:

• Is stored in a unique text file with suffix .pptable
• Is used as a basis for creating user-defined tables.
• Is defined for a specific machine tool and used in NC apps.

It comprises:

• Major Words without parameters.
• Major Words with a text.
• Major Words with parameters.
• Minor Words.
• Word syntaxes.

You can define the general syntaxes of PP words as:

• Syntaxes associated to particular NC commands. See PP Tables and Word Syntaxes - NC Commands.
• Syntaxes associated to particular NC instructions. See PP Tables and Word Syntaxes - NC Instructions.

These syntaxes are proposed when you want to create a PP instruction.

Default Values

Some NC commands and NC instructions have default values.

Important: The default value is output even when the NC command or NC instruction is not present in the PP table.

The example below shows an NC command with explicit definition:

            *START_NC_COMMAND     NC_CHANGE_REF_PT
            SWITCH/%MFG_QUADRANT
            *END
          

If this output is not required, you must define an empty NC command or NC instruction. For example:

            *START_NC_COMMAND     NC_CHANGE_REF_PT
            *END
          

PRINT and NOTE

PRINT and NOTE are automatically included in the lists of major words with parameters and minor words respectively, even if they are not specifically declared in the PP word table.