#### MachineDefinition – Measure Tab

MachineDefinition dialog box – Measure tab

Probing area:

Start Program – This box allows you to specify the machine's G/M codes to use to start the program. The Default button loads a default value for the associated controller commands.

Load Probe – This box allows you to specify the machine's G/M codes to use to load the probe. The Default button loads a default value for the associated controller commands.

Enable Probe – This box allows you to specify the machine's G/M codes to use to enable the probe. The Default button loads a default value for the associated controller commands.

Disable Probe – This box allows you to specify the machine's G/M codes to use to turn off the probe. The Default button loads a default value for the associated controller commands.

End Program – This box allows you to specify the machine's G/M codes to use to end the program. The Default button loads a default value for the associated controller commands.

Probe Trigger Read – This box allows you to specify a string to test when the probe is deflected. Currently this command is not implemented.

This is blank. This function is reserved for future manual operation to sense probe deflection and is the PLC address of the probe bit (Ex: X0004 7 H => Bit 7 is the trigger bit active when High).

Use PC-DMIS Probe Calibration – This selection will enable the use of Probe Calibration data from PC-DMIS. PC-DMIS must also be used to calibrate the probe. The tool offset must be set based on the probing system:

- Renishaw Macros: The tool offset for the probe must be set to zero. All motion will be commanded from the spindle gage point.

- Wilcox Macros - Fanuc: The tool offset is ignored. The motion is commanded from the spindle gage point.

- Wilcox Macros - Siemens: The controller’s tool offset is active and should be close enough to the calibrated length to allow probe calibration. The machine is driven using the controller tool offset. The calibration values are small deltas from the controller tool offset.

This value is checked for PC-DMIS NCI.

Probe Size Address - This value is the macro variable index that contains the size of the probe. This is used to report back to PC-DMIS the size of the probe as it was qualified using the NC native methods for probe calibration. It is not used when using PC-DMIS probe calibration.

Defined by Wilcox Macro Selection group.

Tool area:

The Number box allows you to specify the tool number where the probe is stored.

The Offset Type list allows you to specify the offset type used in the control. You can select A, B, or C.

The Wear boxes allow you to specify the controller address for the wear component of the tool offset for the Length and Diameter.

The Geom + Wear box allows you to specify the controller address for the geometry and wear component of the tool offset for the Length and Diameter..

Use the default Offset Base Address values.

Measure area:

The Command box allows you to specify the parameterized command used to measure a point. The %x %y and %z act as place holders where the associated X, Y and Z probing values will be substituted. The Default button loads a default value for the associated controller commands. The available options will change depending on the Number of Axes specified.

For Example, the command default is G65P7007X%xY%yZ%z for a 7000 base address.

Note: In some cases (e.g., Blum macros), %i %j and %k act as place holders for the measurement approach vector, %s (or %f) is used as a placeholder for the feedhold and %p and %r represent prehit and retract distances.

The Results Address boxes (X, Y, and Z boxes) allow you to specify where to find the probing results. These addresses are used to generate the text used in the Command box above. The Default button loads a default value for the associated controller commands.

Default value is defined from the base address from the Program tab (e.g. X 130 Y 131 Z 132).

Macros Area:

Macro Type – Select the needed macro type from the drop-down list. Once the macro has been selected you can provide the specific parameters for that macro:

- InspectionPlus - Renishaw macros for switching probes. 2.5 D.

- InspectionPlusMP700 - Renishaw macros for Strain Gage probes. 3D.

- Blum - Support BLUM probes

- Wilcox - Supports Renishaw probes on Siemens and Fanuc style controllers

The Wilcox option must be selected for PC-DMIS NCI.

Depending on the macro type selected, the various settings on the Measure Tab will change to reflect settings for that macro.

Number of Axes – This defines the number of axes used for a measurement.

3 - Measurements can be performed along any 3D vector.

2 - Measurements are performed either fully within a plane that is perpendicular to the probe axis, or along the probe axis.

1 - Measurements are performed only along one of the machine axes.

Settings Address – This value defines the non-volatile memory area in the controller. It contains about 10 variables which define probing and motion parameters (e.g. 650).

Macro Address – Used for Fanuc controls so you can use the generated probing macros without the Monitor in PC-DMIS NC. this is the starting program number for the Monitor macro programs (example 7000).