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Procedure: Enabling Arc Production Monitor
Appendix B. FANUC Robots
IM8002
Power Wave® Manager User Manual
B.9
Procedure
Details
3.
Press Enter again to display the variables in
this structure.
4.
Change the state of $PM_ENABLE from FALSE
to TRUE.
Weld Profile Selection
The Arc Production Monitor option allows you to specify the Weld Profile for each weld in the TP program
by calling a macro and passing the profile number as an argument. The macro call is placed ahead of the
Arc Start or Weld Start instruction in the TP program. For example, a TP program may appear as
follows:
1. J P[1] 100% FINE;
2. SET_PM_PROF(1);
3. J P[2] 20 % FINE Arc Start [1];
4. L P[3] WELD SPEED CNT 100;
etc.
If you are using the Weld Procedures method for programming welding, the TP program will appear as
follows:
1. J P[1] 100% FINE;
2. SET_PM_PROF(1);
3. J P[2] 20 % FINE Weld Start [1,1];
4. L P[3] WELD SPEED CNT 100;
etc.
In either case, the macro instruction to set the Production Monitoring™ Weld Profile number is:
SET_PM_PROF(profile_number);
where (profile_number) is an integer in the range of 1 to the maximum number of profiles available.
This macro is selected in the TP program editor by selecting MACRO from the instruction list and then
choosing the macro name from the list that follows. If your system includes multiple weld equipment,
there is a specific macro for each equipment and will display as “SET_PM_PROF_E1”, “SET_PM_PROF_E2”,
etc.
After selecting the SET_PM_PROF macro, add the Weld Profile number by pressing F4 (CHOICE), selecting
Constant and entering the desired profile number.
Part Serial Number Selection
The Lincoln Production Monitoring™ feature includes support for a serial number that is associated with
each weld. You can set the serial number from a Teach Pendant program by using the SET_PM_PART
macro and passing the serial number as an argument. The serial number can be directly entered or can be
indirectly referenced by a register, string register, or group input. The instruction format appears as
follows:
1. J P[1] 100% FINE;
2. SET_PM_PART(ABC1234567) ;