How to run program continuously?

[[Si...]]

Hi,

Recently finished our "Gold Standard" Part to verify our probe tips for Maintenance purposes. We are gong to do a Gage R&R on each Probe used. Roughly 30 Measurements of the same feature with each probe.
How would I make the program run 30 times in a row and produce the 30 measurements?

Haven't done this type of in depth inspection before.

Also, will be using PiWeb Reporting Plus.

Thanks in advance.

[[De...]]

Right click somewhere (not on a charachteristic) in the charachteristic list.

Add a loop,

Start 1, End (number times you want it to run), Step 1

This will make it run multiple times.. though I am not sure if it will calculate results for each run or not.

For some reason I am thinking it won't calculate results but i'm not certain so worth a try.

[[Me...]]

I believe what you want to do is Loop your program. Go to the Characteristic tab, right click in the open area below your characteristics, click Loop. On the Loop window, click Insert, and insert the number of times you want your program to run under the End box (30), and click OK. You should see (1,30,1) appear at the top of your characteristic tab.

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[[Me...]]

Derek beat me to it. 😃

It will calculate results for each run. This is how I run PT studies or Gage R's to ensure repeatability of my programs. If you were to run a Loop in simulation, the result will not change. You would get 30 identical results.

[[Ri...]]

I did what was posted above to run a program continuously, but how to do remove the loop?
If you right click in characteristics again and hit loop the box is empty leaving no way to remove the number if iterations.

Be careful with this one, once you set a loop in characteristics there is no way apparent way to remove it leaving the program as permanently a loop.