here's what i'm trying to do. Many of our machines are dedicated to one part/one operation. In our UI, we would like to open all of the part programs that will run for a selected operation, when the operation is selected for the first time of the day. When the operator hits "Measure", the program will loop through all of the open programs, and measure the part. The problem i'm running into is that when you open more than one part program, every program except for the first one is set to "OFFLINE". Is there any way to change the active machine of an open Part Program or is some sort of safety feature built into PC-DMIS. Here's another thought, if i can't get around changing the ActiveMachine, would it be possible to use the "SpawnNewInstance" command and have multiple instances of PC-DMIS running, and loop through the instances of PC-DMIS?
You can use Bladerunner. It is opening and closing each program but at least it is fully automated so it only takes a couple of seconds between each. You do not need to have Blade active on the port lock to use Bladerunner.
You can use Bladerunner. It is opening and closing each program but at least it is fully automated so it only takes a couple of seconds between each. You do not need to have Blade active on the port lock to use Bladerunner.