OP TIME ENGINE

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Command

OP_TIME_ENGINE <options>

Use the operation time engine to calculate times and path length for an individual operation or the complete part. You must initialize the engine before using it (this make take a little time if there are a large number of operations).

Parameters

<option>

Option, this determines any additional parameters>

INIT no additional parameters. Use this first to initialize the engine.

FINISH no additional parameters. Close the engine, use this after you have all the data you require.

GET_OP_START_TIME <op number> Get the time at the start of an operation (in seconds).

GET_OP_END_TIME <op number> Get the time at the end of an operation (in seconds).

GET_OP_TOTAL_TIME <op number> Get the time taken by an operation (in seconds).

GET_OP_FEED_LEN <op number> <length> Get the length of all feed moves in an operation.

GET_OP_RAPID_LEN <op number> <length> Get the length of all rapid moves in an operation.

GET_PART_TIME Get the total time for the part (in seconds).

GET_PART_FEED_LEN <length> Get the total length of all feed moves in the part.

GET_PART_RAPID_LEN <length> Get the total length of all rapid moves in the part.

Example

OP_TIME_ENGINE INIT

OP_TIME_ENGINE GET_OP_START_TIME, 3, time3

OP_TIME_ENGINE GET_OP_FEED_LEN, 3, feed3

OP_TIME_ENGINE GET_PART_TIME, part_time

OP_TIME_ENGINE FINISH