What is the procedure for making the post write a date and time stamp in the code file output?
Solution
This can be done with the mom_date variable in a custom command in the Start of Program event. Create a new custom command with this content:
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global mom_date
global mom_sys_control_out
global mom_sys_control_in
MOM_output_literal "$mom_sys_control_out $mom_date $mom_sys_control_in"
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Note the use of the mom_sys_control_out and _in varibles to frame the actual date output. This puts the time stamp inside of the predefined post comment characters, e.g.
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( Fri Aug 31 08:43:59 2018 ) <<<<<
N0010 G40 G17 G90 G70
N0020 G91 G28 Z0.0
N0030 T01 M06
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