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AutoRun & Pallet Optimizer - Recovering from an error?


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I've got a pallet of 50 parts being run utilizing AutoRun and the Pallet Optimizer. If the program has an error halfway through a pallet, is there a way to resume from the error or recover the data stored in memory?

Basically I had one part slightly skewed in the pallet, and the program errored out due to missing the contact point. This resulted in lost data on parts that had been 95% inspected, as the run had to be started over.
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The parts that were completed up until the error should have results in the results tab I believe in Autorun.
Also, for when it happens again you could turn on save measured points so you can recover the results.
Deselect the parts that already ran and start the pallet again.
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This would be a nice feature in regular Autorun much less a pallet. Having to pull measured points and re-run parts, how would that work on a pallet run?

As a workaround, move the offending measurements to the very beginning of the program? Make a better fixture? Alignment with a start alignment?
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Just some clarification on this one. The reason I'm using the Pallet Optimizer is because each part has a single feature that must be checked with a different probe (Left orientation as opposed to straight down, needs to get a chamfer on an overhanging ledge). There's actually a significant time savings in the Pallet Optimizer, because the time spent swapping probes really adds up when you're doing it x50.

What I'm asking about is recovering form an error that occurs when the Down probe has completed all its measurements, and the part is waiting for the Left probe. Is there a way to recover the recorded data when the second probe has not yet completed its run?
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I'm running Calypso 5.2 YMMV 😃
Is Save Measured Points turned on? If so the inspections\program folder will have a folder named idmeaspoints. See if this folder is being written to while the pallet is running. Or written to before or after the probe change?

Someone with PCM experience may have some ideas.

Can you make an alignment just for that Left probe? So the CMM can find the part to measure the chamfer?
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