Help, I've been down for 7 days...

[rangerboat72]

Hello all.

Last week our department decided to upgrade to a bigger more powerful PC to run PC-DEMON on. To keep it short and sweet, we have installed PC-DMIS 4.1 & 3.7MR3 on the machine. I'm sure it's just a setting's adjustment I need to make but I felt like an idiot yesterday when I was unable to calibrate a tip (about like I did 3 years ago when we first started w/the DEMON). After fiddling with it for an hour or so thinking it was a vectoring issue I noticed that my probe head was not in the proper orientation in the graphics display window. What the _ _ _ _ _ ? ? ? I copied the DOWNL.OAD, sysparam.dat, and COMP.dat files to both PC-DEMON directories...

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[Matthew D. Hoedeman]

Very interesting!

Have you looked in F5 SETUP options, under PART/MACHINE, there is a button for PROBE HEAD ORIENTATION, maybe that is all messed up, but I would have thought it would have been square to an axis at least.

[rangerboat72]

Matt,

That was the first thing I checked yesterday when I discovered the angle. It looks like all my machine settings are kind of whacked. When I move the machine in the -Y direction, the X move more than the Y axis on the display (kind of like what is shown in the graphics view).
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[Matthew D. Hoedeman]

HAve you tried making a 100% new program, new probe file, etc. and see what you get? Maybe it is NOT showing ALL the stuff in a program and you are past some kind of an alignment. When all else fails, start at the very beginning, all virgin.

[rangerboat72]

Yep, tried that in 3.7MR3 & 4.1... At least we are thinking alike...

[rangerboat72]

I even re-created the qual artifact a couple of times in each...

[Tested]

My machine has done the same. Every time I go from my old program to the new one. I have found that "on my machine" it is a setting . Try this edit, , prefrences, setup, Part/Machine, probe head orientation, and check your wrist position. Mine changes every time I go from one to the other. Even after correcting this I still must do a manual calibration for the probes each and every time, but It is working now, and as long as I don't open the old program I am fine.

[rangerboat72]

My machine has done the same. Every time I go from my old program to the new one. I have found that "on my machine" it is a setting . Try this edit, , prefrences, setup, Part/Machine, probe head orientation, and check your wrist position. Mine changes every time I go from one to the other. Even after correcting this I still must do a manual calibration for the probes each and every time, but It is working now, and as long as I don't open the old program I am fine.

I've tried that also. It does not appear to be changing any at all...

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[Don Henger]

tired of carring rangerboat

HAve you tried making a 100% new program, new probe file, etc. and see what you get? Maybe it is NOT showing ALL the stuff in a program and you are past some kind of an alignment. When all else fails, start at the very beginning, all virgin.

Help him out Matt I'm tired of carring Rangerboat for the last 7 days. You would think that the Boss hole would use that Sma and get a B & S guy with the I. T. guy down here at the same time to resolve all the issues they have had over this time period... Rangerboat should just get on his boat and do some real fishing, because his B & S fishing isn't working Its a good thing Rangerboat runs the big CMM and I just run the Micro excel- his parts don't fit

[rangerboat72]

Here's the best one of all. Check out my "actual probe diameter and form after doing some manual tip calibrations...

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[rangerboat72]

Help him out Matt I'm tired of carring Rangerboat for the last 7 days. You would think that the Boss hole would use that Sma and get a B & S guy with the I. T. guy down here at the same time to resolve all the issues they have had over this time period... Rangerboat should just get on his boat and do some real fishing, because his B & S fishing isn't working Its a good thing Rangerboat runs the big CMM and I just run the Micro excel- his parts don't fit

Just keep that lil' CMM beeping Harry Henger . . .

[rangerboat72]

Anyone have any idea why my 2mm tip actuals are measuring 181mm ? ? ?

Hopefully just a setting or something . . .

[Matthew D. Hoedeman]

Did you set up the new tool you said you made with an ENGLISH value while you were in a METRIC program (or vise-verse)?

[craiger_ny]

Sounds like you got yourself in CMM Bizzaro world there Goody. I am looking forward to seeing what the resolve ends up being on this one. Good thing you've got Mr. Henger to bail you out in the mean time.

Craig

[Wes Cisco]

Anyone have any idea why my 2mm tip actuals are measuring 181mm ? ? ?

Hopefully just a setting or something . . .

Bloated from retaining water?

Sorry I have no idea how to help you except refer you to the phone number, but you seem like a decent fellow and I don't want to make your problems worse. . .Perhaps you could suggest that your parts be cut into pieces that will fit the Micro?