Active Sphere Name/Number

[[Ja...]]

Does anyone know where the name/number of the active reference sphere is? I found in an older post for the radius,
baseSystem().machine.machineControl.sphereNormalObject.sphereRadius and I figured the it would just be .sphereName or sphereNumber, but it's not and I'm out of guesses. And what if I wanted the names and dates from all the reference spheres in the system? And lastly where does everyone find this stuff? I've looked in the PCM book that comes with Calypso but a good deal of the code I see floating around here in the forum is not in there.

Thanks for any help.

[[Ph...]]

Try this...

baseSystem().machine.machineControl.sphereNormalObject.ident
baseSystem().machine.machineControl.sphereNormalObject.serialNo

Forgot the second part of your question.....

refSphereList=baseSystem().machine.sDO.tco.tcoSphereMgmt.GetAllReferenceSpheres

for i = 1 to refSphereList.size
	display("Name= "+getParameterNamed(refSphereList,i).Id)
	display("Serial No= "+getParameterNamed(refSphereList,i).SerialNumber)
	display("Cal Date= "+getParameterNamed(refSphereList,i).DateOfCalibration)
next i

[[Ja...]]

Those both worked, thanks. Ident returns the value as a number with decimals and serialNo returns just the name. I tired .sphereSerialNo. But I didn't think to drop the sphere part altogether.

[[Ph...]]

Does this work?

baseSystem().machine.machineControl.sphereNormalObject.ident.rounded

getParameterNamed(refSphereList,i).Id.asNumber.rounded)

[[Ja...]]

Lol. Yep. It all worked.

Did you pull that all out of your head?

[[Ph...]]

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I did today..... But, that's only because I was playing around with stuff back in the day. Decided not to use it for anything constructive.

[[No...]]

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Voodoo 😡

[[Mi...]]

Hello

I would like to build further on this. What are the parameters for capturing a reference sphere's Tilt and Rotation?

Regards,

Mike Roterdam

[[Mi...]]

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baseSystem().machine.machineControl.sphereNormalObject.shaftDirection.inclinationAngle.asDEG
baseSystem().machine.machineControl.sphereNormalObject.shaftDirection.rotationAngle.asDEG

[[Mi...]]

Michael

thank you very much. Who is your source for all of this valuable PCM? I am sure you cannot reveal. 🙂

Regards

Mike Roterdam

[[Mi...]]

Michael,

sorry, forgot to ask to the getParameterNamed().variable information for tilt (inclination angle) and rotation. Please provide at your convenience.

Regards,

Mike Roterdam

[[An...]]

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Assuming that means in this format:

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Get a medley of reference sphere data:

refSphereList = baseSystem().machine.sDO.tco.tcoSphereMgmt.GetAllReferenceSpheres

for i = 1 to refSphereList.size
    display("========================")
    display("Reference sphere: ", getParameterNamed(refSphereList, i).Id.asNumber.rounded)

    display(cr(), "--- Settings ---")
    display("Sphere radius: ", getParameterNamed(refSphereList, i).RadiusOfSphere)
    display("Serial Number: ", getParameterNamed(refSphereList, i).SerialNumber)
    display("X Offset: ", getParameterNamed(getParameterNamed(refSphereList, i).SpherePosition, 1))
    display("Y Offset: ", getParameterNamed(getParameterNamed(refSphereList, i).SpherePosition, 2))
    display("Z Offset: ", getParameterNamed(getParameterNamed(refSphereList, i).SpherePosition, 3))
    display("Sigma: ", getParameterNamed(refSphereList, i).Sigma)
    display("Roundness (",chr(181),"m): ", getParameterNamed(refSphereList, i).RoundnessDeflexion)
    display("Update stylus d.: ", getParameterNamed(refSphereList, i).RecalcProbe)
    display("Shaft Radius: ", getParameterNamed(refSphereList, i).RadiusOfShaft)
    display("Virt. ref. sph.: ", getParameterNamed(refSphereList, i).IsVirtual)
    display("Cal Date: ", getParameterNamed(refSphereList, i).CalibrationDate.asDate)
    display("Temp. coeff.: ", getParameterNamed(refSphereList, i).CoefficientOfExpansion)
    display("Pos. valid: ", getParameterNamed(refSphereList, i).Valid)

    display(cr(), "--- Clearance Distance ---")
    display("-X: ", getParameterNamed(getParameterNamed(refSphereList, i).NegClearanceDistance, 1))
    display("+X: ", getParameterNamed(getParameterNamed(refSphereList, i).PosClearanceDistance, 1))
    display("-Y: ", getParameterNamed(getParameterNamed(refSphereList, i).NegClearanceDistance, 2))
    display("+Y: ", getParameterNamed(getParameterNamed(refSphereList, i).PosClearanceDistance, 2))
    display("-Z: ", getParameterNamed(getParameterNamed(refSphereList, i).NegClearanceDistance, 3))
    display("+Z: ", getParameterNamed(getParameterNamed(refSphereList, i).PosClearanceDistance, 3))
	
    display(cr(), "--- Tilt and rotation angle ---")
    display("Inclination angle: ", getParameterNamed(refSphereList, i).TiltAngle)
    display("Rotation angle: ", getParameterNamed(refSphereList, i).RotationAngle)
next i

Output:

========================
Reference sphere: 1

--- Settings ---
Sphere radius: 15.0d
Serial Number: 9999
X Offset: 0.0d
Y Offset: 0.0d
Z Offset: 0.0d
Sigma: 0.0d
Roundness (µm): 3.0d
Update stylus d.: true
Shaft Radius: 3.5d
Virt. ref. sph.: false
Cal Date: March 15, 2024
Temp. coeff.: 5.5d
Pos. valid: true

--- Clearance Distance ---
-X: -25.0d
+X: 25.0d
-Y: -25.0d
+Y: 25.0d
-Z: -25.0d
+Z: 25.0d

--- Tilt and rotation angle ---
Inclination angle: 135.0d
Rotation angle: 135.0d
========================
Reference sphere: 2

--- Settings ---
Sphere radius: 4.0d
Serial Number: Mr.Sphere.2
X Offset: 300.0d
Y Offset: -450.0d
Z Offset: -375.0d
Sigma: 0.0d
Roundness (µm): 0.123456d
Update stylus d.: true
Shaft Radius: 1.5d
Virt. ref. sph.: false
Cal Date: April 26, 2024
Temp. coeff.: 5.5d
Pos. valid: false

--- Clearance Distance ---
-X: -50.0d
+X: 50.0d
-Y: -25.0d
+Y: 25.0d
-Z: -75.0d
+Z: 75.0d

--- Tilt and rotation angle ---
Inclination angle: 135.0d
Rotation angle: 90.0d

In the spirit of https://qualityforum.zeiss.com/topic/17112-getprobe-characteristics/?do=findComment&comment=95736, in the order they are used in PCM above:

.Id
.RadiusOfSphere
.SerialNumber
.SpherePosition
.Sigma
.RoundnessDeflexion
.RecalcProbe
.RadiusOfShaft
.IsVirtual
.CalibrationDate
.CoefficientOfExpansion
.Valid
.NegClearanceDistance
.PosClearanceDistance
.RotationAngle
.RotationAngleInRad
.TiltAngle
.TiltAngleInRad

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[[Mi...]]

Thank you for the great details...over and beyond! 🙂