Machine will not recognize change in angle of tip

[bhillberg]

Working with PCDMIS 2018. I am able to calibrate A0B0 tip with an initial touch of the sphere and then able to do it in full DCC checking that the sphere has not moved. I ran a simple ring program and results were great. When I try to add any angle like A0B90 the machine still gives XYZ readouts as if the probe was at A0B0. It searches for sphere as if it were still A0B0 as well. I can calibrate that tip by doing an initial touch but then the A0B0 tip is reading as if it were A0B90. Basically it is only allowing me to have a single angle for the tip. Any other angle continues to read as the one angle that was last calibrated.

[Schrocknroll]

Many questions here. Are you sure the probe build is correct in PC-DMIS? What is your probe build, e.g. probe head, probing system, etc?
What do you mean by try to add an angle? Does it not allow you to put the code in the program?
Does the head actually move to the new angle?

[bhillberg]

Yes the probe build is correct. To the best of my knowledge I should say.

PROBEPH10M
joint a angle
joint b angle
PROBETP7
CONVERT9MM_TO_M3THRD
TIP2BY40MM

By "try to add angle" I mean I add the angle. The head will physically move to the angle IE A0B90. However the XYZ readout will be as if the head has remained at A0B0. It will then seek straight down as if it were still A0B0 instead of in X negative. The same results will happen if I calibrated A0b90 last and then switch to A0B0. It will then seek in x negative instead of Z.

The machine is just not recognizing any change in angle from the last calibrated probe.

[mtalla]

did this just start happening?

[bhillberg]

Well, this machine has always ran on measuremax in the past. The contractor installed PCDMIS on here and said it was good but nobody has ever really ran it.

[Schrocknroll]

For what it's worth, with that probe build A0B0 has the same XYZ as A0B90. B is the rotating of the head around the Z axis.

I had asked about the probe build because some heads, like the Tesastar, are eccentric and will change with the B rotation. The PH10 series heads are centered on the Z.

[bhillberg]

You are correct. I misspoke there. Switching to A90B0 is what I meant.

[Schrocknroll]

Can you see the probe move in the graphics?

[bhillberg]

it does change in the probe utilities window. trying to get a program written quickly to see if it does in the normal graphic display window. I am about to be booted off machine for the measuremax guru to take back over though ha ha

[Peter Fuller]

Sounds like someone setup the interface wrong.

[Matthew D. Hoedeman]

Sounds like someone setup the interface wrong.

Isn't there a setting in the settings editor to 'activate' the PH9/PH10 heads?

[Peter Fuller]

Isn't there a setting in the settings editor to 'activate' the PH9/PH10 heads?

There are several settings regarding PH9/PH10 configuration.

[DungT]

I think these are the settings:

PH9Baud=4800
PH9DefaultA=0
PH9DefaultB=0
PH9Handbox = 0
PH9Port = 1
PH9UsesCMM = 1

[Peter Fuller]

I think these are the settings:

PH9Baud=4800
PH9DefaultA=0
PH9DefaultB=0
PH9Handbox = 0
PH9Port = 1
PH9UsesCMM = 1

There are several more settings and a lot of them are configuration dependent including the ones listed above. To set this up correctly someone is going to need to know the configuration or someone needs to evaluate the controller and determine the configuration.

[bhillberg]

thank you all. I am unsure when we will get a chance to troubleshoot again as the machine in question is operating on measuremax again now and has high priority parts on it. There seems to be a several hour recalibration when they take it back to measuremax so I don't know when I will be able to get back on it. Hexagon contractor is back from vacation today though so hopefully soon. I will report back any findings.