Debugging scripts

SPP includes a full script debugger, so adapting a configuration to a new machine is a normal debugging session rather than trial and error.

F9	Run Compile and execute the script from the beginning.
Ctrl+F9	Compile Compile the script without running it.
F5	Set Breakpoint Toggle a breakpoint on the current editor line.
F8	Step Over Run the current line and move on without entering called functions.
F7	Step Into Run the current line, entering any function it calls.
F2	Pause Pause execution.
Ctrl+F2	Reset Stop debugging and reset the script.

When the script stops on a breakpoint, the watch tree in the Script panel fills in with the live post-processor state, organised as:

• APT — Line, Command, Parameters of the APT/CL instruction currently being processed.
• SPP
  • POST — Author, Date, Notes
  • MACHINE — ToolVector, ToolPlane, MachineType
  • KINEMATIC — per axis: Name, Type, Vector, Available, Min, Max, Inverted
  • STROKES — per linear axis: Name, Min, Max, Inverted
  • COMMENTS — Start, End
  • FORMATS — Sign, Leading, Trailing, Integers, Decimals, Separator, Zero
  • CODES — Name, Code, Format
  • GCODES — Index, Code, Modal
  • MCODES — Index, Code
  • SEQNO — On, Start, Increment, Max, Active
  • PARTNO
  • FROM — X, Y, Z
  • PLANE
  • MULTAX
  • RAPID
  • CYCLE — On, Exploded, Mode, Depth, Feed, Feed mode, Approach, Clear, Return, Retract plane, Dwell, Incr
  • POSITION LAST — Move mode, XYZ (X/Y/Z), ABC (A/B/C)

In short: tool position, active codes, the active cycle and the machine kinematics are all visible in the watch tree the moment execution pauses.