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8 ● ; DMC-1400 Series Command Reference
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FUNCTION: Semicolon (Command Delimiter)
DESCRIPTION:
The semicolon operator allows multiple Galil commands to exist on a single line. It is used
for the following three reasons:
(1) To put comments on the same line as the command (BGX ;’begin motion)
(2) To compress DMC programs to fit within the program line limit (Note: use a
compression utility to do this. Do not program this way because it is hard to read.)
(3) To give higher priority to a thread. All commands on a line are executed before the
thread scheduler switches to the next thread.
ARGUMENTS: n; n; n; … where
n is a Galil command
USAGE: DEFAULTS:
While Moving Yes Default Value -
In a Program Yes Default Format -
Command Line Yes
Controller Usage
ALL
RELATED COMMANDS:
NO or ‘ comment
EXAMPLES:
BGX ;’comment
PRX=1000;BGX;AMX ;’Save program line space
#High
a = a + 1; b = b + 1
JP#High
#Low
c = c + 1
d = d + 1
JP#Low
;’#High priority thread executes twice as fast as #Low when run in
;’parallel