C2018: can I have Measurement Plan on a server instead of a particular PC drive?

[[Lu...]]

Hello 

I have two CMMs with C2018 and run them parallelly. Several products can be measured on both machines. Plans are now at hard drives and whenever I make an update of plan on CMM A, i must make an update on CMM B.

As you may expect, this leads to mistakes and discrepancy

 

How to make one common save folder for plans?

And how to manage the Base Alignments? 

 

Is it simple enough to point new a folder for measurement plans?

Edited yesterday at 08:14 AM

[[Ch...]]

Hi

We have a dedicated folder on the server for each customer, so all the CMMs can access the same program.

The bases and start system(aligment) are automatically stored on the local hard drive.

The current values are saved in a separate CMM folder.

[[No...]]

It is not recommended to access the same measurement plan in the same folder with two different CMMs, at least not at the same time. While there's no reason not to put them on a server, it's still best to have a separate copy for each CMM to avoid unwanted side effects.

Base alignments are always stored on the local drive, so no problem there. What you see in the measurement paln is only the definition of the alignment (which of course goes with the measurement plan), but the ACTUAL coordinate system is always stored locally.

[[Wo...]]

We keep all our programs on a network drive and share them among all CMMs. The trick is not to let them run the same program at the same time, that will lead to issues.

[[Lu...]]

Many thanks for help!

[[Ch...]]

@ All 

In that case, I'll knock on wood three times🧐. We've never had a problem with that before. It's almost impossible to get them to start at the same second with CMM. The program is started locally, after all.🤘🏻

[[Ri...]]

Very interesting comments about running the same program from a network drive. As long as the actuals are being stored locally, I've never heard of any issues. This was the whole purpose of software like the legacy Zeiss MCC, and now the new Connected Quality. 

[[Wo...]]

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That might be the issue for us, we've never really changed the location of actuals, it was always default (probably in the plans' folder?)

[[Ch...]]

[[Ka...]]

Separate the actual data to local machine and share the program folder via network works since years fine for us.

But there is minimum one issue:
The protocol head data is stored to the program folder. If you start a program multiple times simultaneously or in quick succession, the log header data may become inconsistent. The program that starts later will read the data from the previous program. If you use part numbers, for example, these may become mixed up.
 

Keep in mind that CALYPSO was launched in the mid-1990s, when only a few companies had a LAN. It is rather unlikely that ZEISS will renew the core of the software until a genuine new development is launched. CAPYLSO 8.0 is “only” a long overdue 64-bit port with a more modern GDT.