Zeiss

[Marty Schwab]

Hello all
is anybody familliar with what software that zeiss use's. And what is the name of it.

[kbotta]

calypso I Believe...Is one...

[Jeff Andresen]

I think it is Calypso. I saw demos when we were replacing our machine.
I wish we had gone in that direction.

[STANLEY]

The current software for Zeiss is Calypso. We have the older version Usoft on our 2 Zeiss machines.

[Mike N.]

You said the Z word .... shame on you

calypso has been nicknamed collapso due to its past versions (sound familier?)

I couldn't comment on it personally......I've never programmed it.....just executed files during some part time work I did.

[Paul Sarrach]

Jeff, why do you say that?

[STANLEY]

Zeiss makes a good rugged machine, inspectors here crash the machines at least once a week. Calypso is like any software, they all have bugs. At least thats what i was told. I never used Calypso, but a friend of mine does.

[STANLEY]

If you want to learn more about Calyso go to this web site http://www.cmmtalk.com/welcome.htm

[Cumofo]

Actually, I have found the B & S machines much more rugged than the Zeiss. The scales on the Panzers are facing up, and subject to collect all sorts of debris. I only envy the automatic retract during manual probing. Plus, your first encounter with the floating air bed is alarming.

[Paul Sarrach]

I have always been an advocator for Mitotoyo. They seem to keep there accuracy and not need as much adjustment. But thats just my opinion

[randy z]

I run pcdmis on B&S
and Umess-ux on zeiss

[STANLEY]

I mostly work on a B & S 7-10-7 machine. The floor inspectors use the Zeiss
machines. They just load a part on a holding fixture and punch in the program number. But they still manage to find away to crash the machines. It doesn't matter how much training you give them they still crash the head. If i was to buy a new machine it would be a B & S .

[dwade]

I spent 3.5 years running Calypso and it is good software. Easy to learn and it is also very good with high level programming. The only thing that I didn't like about the software was the base alignment measuring sequence but learned to get around that by cheating the software a bit. I ran V2.3.42 and they are up to V4.XX now and I hear that it runs very well.

The machine I had was an Eclipse 4040 made in '90 and refurbished in '99 (scales, controller, PC and software). The only issue I have with Zeiss is the cost of service, both repair and calibration. The service itself was top rate and very decent on response time and the servise people (reps and techs) went out of their way to make me happy.

[george frick]

we have 2 zeiss mc850 w/rotary tables in our metrology lab. we run an older software= umess300. great software. we don't program off cad models on these machines. program parts to print in the "learn" or "teach" mode.