## PC-DMIS Gear Modes

PC-DMIS Gear has two modes: Programmer Mode and Operator Mode. If this is the first time the gear application is run, it will start in Programmer Mode. To change to Operator Mode, select Operation | Switch to Operator Mode. You can also switch between modes by pressing the F2 key.

### Programmer Mode

You can use Programmer Mode to:

- Define the basic parameters for a gear

- Drive PC-DMIS to measure the gear

- Evaluate the measured data and create a report

### Operator Mode

Note: Operator Mode is currently available for cylindrical gear inspections only.

The Operator Mode interface enables you to measure and evaluate a gear. When PC-DMIS Gear is in Operator Mode, you can create a shortcut icon and then:

- Double-click the shortcut icon to start a measurement sequence.

- Auto-evaluate the data, and generate a report when the measurement is done.

Note: Before you use Operator Mode, you should create a gear file in Programmer Mode with all of the parameters correctly set.

The Operator Mode interface is shown below.

Operator Mode interface

The interface includes these areas:

- Property Window

- Measured Data

- Current Container

- Container Panel

Property Window

The Property Window area is located in the upper-left of the screen. When you double-click on a gear icon, the gear's basic parameters appear in the Property window. You can change the fields that are not grayed out, such as the Drawing Number, inspector, and Machine ID fields.

Note: Most of the parameters in the Property Window area are read-only and cannot be changed. However, the parameters used for the report header can be edited; for example, Drawing Number, inspector, Part Number, etc.

Measured Data

The Measured Data area is located in the lower-left of the screen. It contains all of the measured data. You can choose to view the measured data of Pitch/Runout, Profile, or Helix/Lead.

Current Container

The Current Container area is located in the upper-right of the screen. You can add a new gear icon, remove an existing icon, or edit a gear icon's parameters. The data will be saved in a container file with a .ctn extension. A container file is a gear data file that stores and organizes different gear configuration files. You can create as many container files as needed; many gear measurement configuration files may be available in each container file. When double-clicking a container file icon, the measurement configuration files will appear as gear icons in the Current Container area.

The following buttons are located along the top of the panel:

- Add – Adds a new gear configuration file to the selected container file.

- Remove – Removes the selected gear configuration file from the selected container file.

- Edit – Edits basic information related to the selected gear measurement configuration file.

- Views – Displays the gear measurement configuration files in one of these views: large icons, small icons, list, details, or tiles.

This control bar appears below the Current Container area:

Select one or more checkboxes on the left, and then click the Go button on the right to perform the selected operation(s). The actions that can be performed are (from left to right):

- Align gear (see "Step 7: Align the Gear")

- Measure gear (see "Step 9: Measure the Gear")

- Evaluate gear (see "Step 10: Evaluate the Gear")

You can click the Pause or Stop button during an operation to perform the indicated action, or click the Erase hit button to delete the results of the last measurement.

Container Panel

The Container Panel area is located in the lower-right of the screen. You can specify a folder on a hard drive where container files can be loaded from and stored to. When Gear starts, it searches this folder to load the container files, and then displays them in this area for you to access. When you double-click a container icon, its contents will appear in this area. Click the green down arrow located in the upper-right corner of this area to hide the panel.