[Lu...] Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 Got an interesting question. I have set up 2 CMM's to run on AutoRun. I am trying to see if there is a way to gather how much a CMM has run. Is there an internal "counter" folder? Don't care about what part it ran, nor any Piweb data. Just simple....amount of runs per day, per week, etc. If I can see the data, then I can sort. By date. Example. 1st shift ran cmm(s) 232 times. 2nd shift ran cmm(s) 150 times. 3rd shift ran cmm(s) 80 times. Its a project requested by management . They basically want to see the amount of output per shift. Yes, I do have a "results" folder, but i don't trust the output. Being that if the incremental part number is not changed it will simply copy over the past result. I can count the number of printouts per day on the printer but I'd have to literally be here all 4 shifts. The request is for 3 months of data. I can easily estimate, but looking to see if there is actually a "counter" internally. I'm sure there is, as i have seen the folder that defines number of hard hits/crashes. I'm just not sure it is accessible or recommended to casual operators. THANKS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[na...] Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 Please sign in to view this quote. Maybe you could check writes to C:\Users\Public\Documents\Zeiss\CALYPSO\workarea\basesystems with some script? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[DW...] Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 Please sign in to view this quote. Please sign in to view this username. Yes, I have done this in the past. First question - Do you have PCM? If you have PCM, it is very easy to write the needed information to a text file for manipulation outside of Calypso. Use "getRecordHead(insertVariableHere)" to log program name, operator, time, and measurementDuration. Then use Task Scheduler and a PowerShell script to create a daily report (HTML is best) to automatically be sent to everyone's inbox. You will be management's hero! (no pay increase of course 🤣) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Lu...] Posted April 21 Author Share Posted April 21 Thanks. I do have a PCM license on only one of the CMM's. I'll give it try. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[DW...] Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 Please sign in to view this username. Also there is CMM Observer, which appears to be an out of the box ready software that does what you need. I have not used it, but it seems to be fairly straight forward. Knowledge Base link https://portal.zeiss.com/knowledge-base?id=2778549 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ch...] Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 Beware of the Cobra Effect. If you don't know what that is then look it up. When I solely tracked number of parts inspected, I found that 2nd shift operators would just run the quickest/easiest parts, thereby inflating their numbers, and leave 3rd shift to run the more difficult/longer run time parts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ri...] Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 (edited) Does Observer require a dashboard, third-party software? I pull the ProgramDurationRecord.xml file into excel and chart it, it's a PITA. Edited April 21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[DW...] Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 The Cobra Effect is a situation where an attempted solution to a problem actually makes the problem worse because of unintended incentives. The term comes from a story during British colonial rule in India. Authorities were worried about venomous cobras, so they offered a reward for every dead snake. At first, it seemed effective—but people began breeding cobras just to kill them for the bounty. When the government discovered this and canceled the program, breeders released the now-worthless snakes, leading to even more cobras than before. 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ad...] Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 If you set up Smart Services you can view utilization and see the breakdown of how long the machine was in and out of cycle with times....Zeiss offers a free version with a limited history and a purchased version with longer storage times. It also allows you to see collision speeds/detection for each CMM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Br...] Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 CMM OBSERVER would be the way to go. See attached for information. If you are kind to your Zeiss Aftermarket Rep (hehe), they might just issue you a free trail to test it out. CMMobserver.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Jo...] Posted yesterday at 05:20 PM Share Posted yesterday at 05:20 PM CMMobserver feels like an abandoned product. It does two things, and has very few options/settings. It can spit out an excel file that you are on your own to postprocess. That being said there is a free trial, and it will be able to gather the data you require as long as you ensure CMMobserver starts before calypso is started on the control computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Za...] Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago Here is a link to start your 60-day trial of CMMobserver - https://www.zeiss.com/metrology/us/c/zeiss-cmmobserver.html?vaURL=www.zeiss.com/cmmobserver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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