===== Global Variables Description =====
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A global variable is a variable which is used by the myCNC application to store some information about a particular process, flag or setting. A full list of global variables is available [[mycnc:global_variables|here]].
The values stored in these global variables are defined in the myCNC profile that is being used, within the cnc-variables.xml file. This file contains a list of CNC and global variables that the program utilizes, as well as their values and minimum/maximum possible values.
The myCNC program auto-updates the ''cnc-variables.xml'' file when the program is closed, to save the current state of the global variables.
//**NOTE**: Only the files that are already in the ''cnc-variables'' list are updated. When writing a variable (via the ''gvarset'' command, for example) from the Software PLC, the variable is added to the global variables list. If the variable is simply being read, or used to display some value changes on the screen, it will not be added to ''cnc-variables.xml'' file and the value will be lost on program restart - this is highly relevant for custom gvariables (#3500-3900).//
The min/max values are useful to set up once during the machine setup to provide realistic bounds for the range of a certain global variable.
The syntax then is the following:
1000
where:
* **name** is the variable name
* **min** and **max** represent the bounds of the range
* **step** represents the step value for when the variable value is increased or decreased (useful for on-screen buttons)
* in this example, **1000** represents the current value of the aforementioned variable
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==== List of global variables ====
=== 5521 ===
Writing "1" to register #5521 turn off Hardware Limit Sensors control temporarily. For example, it can be used if Home sensor is used as limit sensor as well. In this case Hardware Limits control should be disabled temporarily during Homing procedure to not abort Homing when LImit sensor triggered. At the end of Homing procedure Hardware Limits control should be enabled again, however it will be made automatically after procedure running finished.
Writing Constant value to Register can be made with G10 L80 code. Example -
G10 L80 P5521 Q1 (Write 1 to #5521)
=== 5525 ===
Writing "1" to register #5525 turn off Software Limits control temporarily. For example, it can be used for Homing procedure when Machine position is not yet defined or for Auto Tool change procedure if Tool Changer position is situated outside of working area. Software Limits control can be enabled by resetting the register (writing "0"). The register will be reset automatically when g-code running finished.
Writing Constant value to Register can be made with G10 L80 code. Example -
G10 L80 P5525 Q0 (Write 0 to #5525)
Writing a value larger than 2 will initialize a timer after the macro containing Global Variable #5525, delaying the subsequent turning on of Software Limits control. This is useful in situations where a prolonged procedure requires a longer time within which the Software Limits are turned off than the macro containing P5525 Q1 itself.
Example of code:
G10 L80 P5525 Q15 (15 sec timer)
=== 60010 ===
Value written to this registed is used as Modbus ID of device to communicate with
=== 60011 ===
Writing to this register change Modbus protocol. "0" - Modbus/RTU,
"1" - Modbus/ASCII
=== 60012 ===
Writing to this register will change RS485/Modbus speed. Available speeds are 1200, 2400, 4800,
9600, 19200, 38400,
57600, 115200
=== 60013 ===
Change UART connection parameters: number of bits (8 or 7), parity (none, odd, even), number of stop bits (1, 2). Data comes in 3 low nibbles. The lowest is stop bits, then parity, then number of bits. Example: 0x801=8,N,1
0x712=7,O,2
0x822=8,E,2
=== 60019 ===
Writing to register will latch the value in shadow register. Value from shadow register will be used on **write** operation
=== 60020 ===
Writing to register will latch **Address to read** in shadow register
=== 60030 ===
Writing to register will send value from shadow register to Modbus devive to address given in written value
=== 60031 ===
Read from this register will send read inquiry to Modbus device (PLC controller will be in till Regiter value received from Modbus device). Writing to this register will send ready inquiry to Modbus device. The value written is used as Register address to read
=== 64200 ===
Writing an ID number to this register (specified in the XML files as id=“NUMBER”) will show a widget. Similarly, the global variable 64201 allows the user to hide a widget by using a specific ID number.
An example of such a widget can be controlled via a Software PLC:
main()
{
v5528=gvarget(5528);
do
{
v=gvarget(5528);
if (v!=v5528)
{
if (v!=0)
{
gvarset(64200,200);
}else
{
gvarset(64201,200);
};
v5528=v;
};
}while(1);
exit(99);
};
In the example above, the system will continuously monitor (through a usage of a do-while loop) the state of global variable #5528 (Simulation Mode), and will open/hide a widget on the screen whenever the state of that global variable changes. The widget is then described by the following lines in an .xml file within the profile folder: