Manual stylus change via PCM

[[Ro...]]

Hi everyone,

I’m currently measuring a large part where accessing certain areas from above isn’t possible with the long stylus required for internal measurements.

All the measuring and probe changes need to be handled via PCM, as the external software might request the same measurements to be repeated multiple times.

Here’s the solution I’ve come up with so far, which works, but I’m certain there’s a more elegant way to handle this:

• Stylus: Dummy (not in the rack)
• Stylus: Longthing (not in the rack)

 

// -- get rid of current StylusSystem and put in DUMMY manually
changeStylusSystem("DUMMY")
// -- move short DUMMY over big part
positionCMM(900,-2850,-5)
// -- take out dummy manually and put in longthing manually
changeStylusSystem("Longthing")

// -- Do whatever measurements i need to do

//-- Drop longthing inside the part and put in dummy manually again
changeStylusSystem("DUMMY")
// -- move outside the part
positionCMM(900,-1000,-5)

 

Ideally, I would like it to look like this:

 

// -- get longthing via CNC
changeStylusSystem("Longthing")
// -- move it right infront of the big part
positionCMM(900,-3050,-5)
// -- drop longthing
changeStylusManually("Longthing") // -- Function doesnt excist, thats just what i'd want to excist
// -- Move inside the part 
positionCMM(900,-2850,-5)
//-- manually put in longthing
changeStylusManually("Longthing")

// -- Do whatever measurements i need to do

//-- Drop longthing inside the part 
changeStylusManually("Longthing")
// -- move it right infront of the big part
positionCMM(900,-3050,-5)
// -- Put in longthing again 
changeStylusManually("Longthing")
// -- now it can be put back via CNC and another Stylus can be get via CNC to do other stuff
changeStylusSystem("Whatever")

 

[[Mi...]]

Hello!

Try this:

cmmosCommand("TM")

I haven't used it yet, so I don't know if it works properly.

[[Ro...]]

Danke Michael!

Macht genau das was ich brauche!!
Verhält sich ein bisschen komisch (wenn man auf abbrechen Drückt hängt sich das CNC-Programm auf) aber solange man genau das macht was man soll klappt es Problemlos.