Messages from the NC-Program

This functionality permits messages from the NC-program to be output to any system device. The functionality corresponds to the 'printf' function of the operating systems.

A message in the NC-program can be programmed, for example, to notify the operator of the current state of the process or the controller. Thus, the message display may optionally be synchronized with the current processing state. This means that the message is only displayed when the interpolator has reached the point in the NC-program.

A message text may consist of ASCII characters, parameters, and variables.

A message may not be programmed together with other NC-commands in the same NC block (exception: #ADD).

The message is transmitted in ASCII format.