Program to re-qualify all stylii systems

[[Ri...]]

(I know this has likely been addressed a billion times before, but search came up with nothing.)

How does one write a measurement plan that will re-qualify all your stylii systems?
I would like to just come in in the AM, load up my Master stylus, go home and have it qualify my whole rack.

Any assistance or links you could provide would be GREATLY appreciated.

Thank you all.

[[Mi...]]

Resources>>> Utilities>>>Probing System Qualification if I remember right. This will allow you to set up one stylus system. You will have to set up one for each probe.

I have 8 probes, so I have 8 of the Probing Sys Qual. I rename mine to reflect the probe.

[[Ow...]]

Our friends at RGL wrote these nice instructions I've attached for download.

Probe Qualification Program 2018.pdf

[[Ri...]]

Thank you!
that actually opened up some entirely new avenues I wasn't even aware of yet located in the utilities.

Thank you!

[[Ow...]]

You are welcome.
I've been running/programming CMM's for 14 years and I still find new avenues frequently.
There are several avenues I try to avoid or forget after not using them for some time. 🤣

[[Me...]]

I followed everything in this thread and set up a qualification program for all my probes. It doesn't seem to work correctly for me.

The first time I ran it everything was fine. All my probes qualified and my result elements all reported correctly. The next time I tried to run it, it picks up each probe, the characteristic turns red, and it put's the probe right back in the holder and goes on to the next. It picks up every probe, but doesn't qualify anything. The reference sphere never moves on our CMM table.

So I used the Masterprobe and qualified the reference sphere position and reran the program. The program runs, but all the probes want to run into the ref sphere because they think it's lower on the table now for some reason. But it's never moved. Ever.

It's probably something simple but I'm not seeing it. Why do I need to locate the sphere for the program to run when it's never move? And why after running the ref sphere location does it want to crash every probe into it?

Thanks for any help,
Robert

[[Ga...]]

When you hit Run does it look exactly like this? Make sure Position Points Only is selected. You don't have to remeasure the Sphere if you don't move it. Some days I don't use our CMM after calibrating, so the next day I turn it on and just run the Qualification Program without referencing with the Master Probe first.

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[[Aa...]]

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Fishy. Very Fishy. So then, locating your Master Probe was not part of your program?

It sounds like the machine somehow lost it's Z0, or something. (I know that's not a very technically informed description.)

[[Me...]]

I figured it out. I qualified the ref sphere and then every probe in the rack, then created the check program and it runs fine. There is another shift here that runs rogue on the CMM, changes ID's on plates, changes probes, moves the ref sphere, etc. It's a problem I've been tasked to fix. Thus the questions about Autorun, cal programs, etc.

Time to lock it down! 🤬

Robert

[[Te...]]

It is possible with AutoRun to lock user out with what they can or cannot do. You can make a login and it can go right to AutoRun and they never even see Calypso.

[[Ri...]]

Attached is a qualification CMM program I use.
It is specific to my styli, easily edited.
Use it as you wish if it is helpful.

Probe Qualification Program_G2-1_05-02-16.zip