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Paramacros
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#1132 -- #1135 and #1172 -- #1175
The control always interprets these parameters as integer values. #1132
is the only parameter that may also be interpreted by the part program
on a per-bit basis using parameters #1100 -- #1131.
The second set of parameters, #1172 -- #1175, functions the same way.
See the documentation prepared by your system installer for a detailed
description of the use and operation of these input flags.
There are 3 methods for assigning parameters. They can be assigned by:
using arguments (only available for local parameters)
direct assignments
using tables (view or set common parameters, view local parameters)
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Assigning Parameters Using Arguments
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Direct Assignment Through Programming
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Direct Assignment Through Tables
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Assigning Parameters Using Arguments
Arguments can be used only to assign local parameter values. System,
common, and PAL variables cannot be assigned using arguments. Usually
parameters assigned using an argument are variables for a macro. They are
usually specific to the part currently being cut (for example, the length and
diameter of a shaft in a macro that turns a shaft).
The control provides 5 sets of local parameters. The first set of local
parameters (those that apply to the main program and any subprogram call)
cannot be assigned using arguments. The second through fifth sets can be
assigned by their association to given words in an argument statement
located in a paramacro calling block. Table 20.H lists the arguments and
their corresponding parameter numbers.
These arguments assign values to the local parameters associated with the
paramacro called in the same block.
To enter a value for a parameter # using an argument, enter the word
corresponding to the desired parameter number in a block that calls a
paramacro (for legal argument locations, see the specific formats for
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Assigning Parameter Values