Reference image for measurement cycles

[[HE...]]

Hello everyone, I'm making improvements to my company's measurement programs and routines so that technical staff can run them without needing a metrologist or programmer present. I'm including images of how certain components are positioned and the different fixtures they're mounted on to make measurements easier. Is there a way to display these images before running the program, perhaps through PCM or some other method besides clicking on the measurement cycle information option?

[[Je...]]

with pcm it is easy. in my inspection folder I have the images (named 1.JPG, 2.JPG ...) and .bat files, that have codes like following:

,@ECHO OFF
"%~dp0\1.JPG"

in the inspection_start_pcm.txt there is this code:

if confirm("Should the images (fixturing instructions) be skipped?"+cr()+cr()+"If "+qm()+"Yes"+qm()+", the measurement program will start immediately,"+cr()+"the measuring part must be clamped!"+cr()+cr()+"If "+qm()+"No"+qm()+", the instructions will be displayed") == false then
 	systemCall(getActualInspectionDir()+"\1.bat")
 	message("Continue with the next picture")
 	systemCall(getActualInspectionDir()+"\2.bat")
 	message("Continue with the next picture")
 	systemCall(getActualInspectionDir()+"\3.bat")
 	message("Continue")
endif

The pictures popping up, must be closed by user

 

parts of the code are translated from German language by google, so it may sond horrible to native English people...

Edited February 6

[[Ka...]]

I can recommend Autorun for this.
Your colleagues can search for a program using a unique name key and activate it. It is also possible to display more detailed information about this program, e.g., PDF, JPG, MP4, etc

[[HE...]]

Thank you so much for the information

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, I'm going to try it.

[[Sv...]]

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 That's exactly how I do it in our company too. You can also have the measurement sequence information displayed automatically when the CNC machine starts.

[[Pa...]]

Another way, and the way we do it here at my company, is simply to create a setup instruction full of whatever photos etc we need; typically in PowerPoint.  Every single program has such an instruction stashed in a sub folder of the Measurement Plan.  It's not as step-by-step but can be created and maintained by folks who cannot program in Calypso.  I will sometimes use a program stop with text that references slide numbers from the PPTx when really detailed stuff is needed at a specific point.

I know there's a way to call up this instruction via the "User Information" button in the Run Window but it's been a while since I used it so I forget how to bind the file to the button, and I'm not in front of Calypso.

[[Jo...]]

inspection_post_load.bat to bring things up when file is loaded, and inspection_pre_start_dialog.bat to be brought up with the run button.