Error File

The pos260.err file contains a list of all numbered diagnostic messages that can be output by the post-processor. One such file is available for each language and can be found in the “C:\Program Files\ICAM\V26\bin\system\lang” installation sub-directory.

Each diagnostic message consists of 3 fields, in the form:

\ number severity message

  • The number field must not be modified because this is the number that GENER uses to find a particular diagnostic. However, you can prefix a – (minus sign) to the number to disable the output of the diagnostic message.

  • The severity field specifies the severity of the diagnostic. A severity from 0 through 3 signifies a message; warnings are from severity 4 through 7; errors from 8 through 15; and fatal errors from 16 through 99.

  • The message field specifies the text associated with the diagnostic number. The message text does not have a length limitation. Long messages will be wrapped over multiple lines in the GENER listing file.

Lines starting with an ! (exclamation point) are a comment. Lines starting with a \ (backslash) define a diagnostic message. Diagnostic message definitions can be continued from one line to the next. All excess spacing will be ignored. The backslash character can also be used as the last character of the message text to indicate a space must not be added when concatenating the next continued line of message text.

A typical message appears as follows:

\ 01003004 4 MULTAX/ON with no Y-axis on this lathe.
             Tool orientation may not be satisfied.

The following steps are necessary to customize GENER diagnostic messages:

  1. Copy an appropriate pos260.err file to your icam_appdata directory and give the new file a unique name. (e.g., C:\ProgramData\ICAM\260\custom.err).

  2. Edit the new file and change diagnostic message text and/or severity as required. Do not edit message numbers, except to prefix a – to disable the diagnostic. Add your own custom diagnostics if required.

  3. To enable upwards compatibility with future installed releases, delete all diagnostic messages that were not modified or added. Ideally, this custom file should only contain modified and new diagnostics.

  4. Run the Configuration utility (see “The ICAM Configuration Utility”); select the Gener tab; then edit the “Error file name” field and enter the custom diagnostic file name (e.g., custom.err).

Once these steps are done, GENER will use the messages defined in the selected custom diagnostic file in place of the default ones. Changes made to custom diagnostics will be reflected in the post-processor output the next time GENER is run.