Is there an app for this?

[myxpykalix]

As explained in this post "Disaster at 92% $&!#@* !!!! (http://www.talkshopbot.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11690) " I had a driver default and the bit was spinning in the wood so naturally my first thought was to hit the spacebar, not thinking that i should look at the line number i was stopped at.

I did see that it was at 92%. My question is, is there any kind of app or spreadsheet or whatever that you could load your file in and determine what line would correspond with the percentage done?

For example line 15202 might be at 36% so that when you want to try to resume a file you could put it in this app and figure out what line to go to?

I don't mind a failure at 2% but a failure on a 4'x1' 3D carving at 92% SUCKS!!

btw...all of this problem was operator error....oops

[Brady Watson]

The progress percentage is based on number of lines completed and is not based on time. Go to the last line of the file, using FE & record the line number. Multiply number of lines by 0.92 to get in the ballpark of where you left off.

Next time you have a crash, record X & Y locations reported on DRO screen. Then scroll down to find area where you left off by reading X & Y coordinates.

-B

[myxpykalix]

The progress percentage is based on number of lines completed and is not based on time.
understood

Go to the last line of the file, using FE & record the line number.

understood


Multiply number of lines by 0.92 to get in the ballpark of where you left off.
understood

Next time you have a crash, record X & Y locations reported on DRO screen.
understood

Then scroll down to find area where you left off by reading X & Y coordinates.
don't understand?

do you mean taking the resulting number (FE# X .92= file line to go to)
then C3 & C2 THEN go to the recorded X & Y locations that you recorded at time of default?

Normally during file setup and start I do a C3, move my carriage to the center of material,record those coordinates, Zero X,Y then C2 then start.

thanks for the help

[Brady Watson]

I should have said:

Alternatively - if you don't know the percentage where you left off, use the X,Y coordinates on the DRO to help you find the line where it stopped. You can just scroll down the file (tedious if 3D), and find a line that gets you in the ballpark.

Then...COPY that line, paste it right above itself & change the M3 to a J3 (on the upper copied one). Then on that line that you changed to a J3, make the Z height something like 1" or whatever you want for a safe Z. Put your mouse on that line (J3 one) and write down the line number.

Zzero at the same spot you did initially. Z may still be off because material heats up and moves + it can warp when material has been carved away. Adjust Z as necessary to get a good match where you left off.

C3 if needed.

Then run the FG command and tell it to go to the line number you pasted in & changed to a J3...then run from there. This will prevent any kind of 3-axis diagonal catastrophe that could happen if the Z value is negative.

-B

[myxpykalix]

I will be copy&pasting this to a txt file and saving it for next crash.....i'll just have to try to remember where i put it so i can find it when i need it.

Now if i can just remember where i left my laptop.....

thanks i appreciate it.

[butch]

Log file

Last Complete |PREVIEW Mode| Est: 00:01:03 Reps: 1 13:54:45 09-09-2008
File Completed:yes Ln:12 Max: 20.00, 30.00, 1.50 Min: 0.00, 0.00,- 0.28 Offset:no Brks=0

I usually just look in the log file and find what line it left off on. I then back up a few lines and record the x,y,z cordinates then use the File/Goto to restart the file from that point. I always make certain I have the spindle at the x,y cordinates to assure I don't start a cut at the wrong point.

[Brady Watson]

No problem Jack.

Butch,
Yes, good point. However...make sure that log file writing is turned on. Somewhere down the line it was turned off by default...and it may or may not be turned on in your version.

Also, sometimes if you have a crash, a log file is not successfully written.

-B