Probe Calibration Automation

I'm trying to automate a probe calibration using the Qualify2(QualificationSettings settings) method.

I'm able to set all of my qualification settings except for a few things.

1. QualificationSettings.Mode - any time I attempt to change it, QualificationSettings.Mode becomes 100...

2. Selected probe tips - Per the help doc, you should use Probe.ClearAllProbes() to Clear the list of probes to be calibrated and Tip.Selected to select/deselect the probes to be qualified. this doesn't work. I can see that the tip angle that i want calibrated is selected, and nothing else, but PC-DMIS still attempts to calibrate all of the probe angles.

Before you mention Parameter Sets, we would like to get away from them, we have multiple machines that have different probe heads so just copying the probe file with the parameter set is not a valid option as the parameter set gets cleared when you change a component.

Also, we often have to use different calibration spheres when one goes out for calibration. Parameter sets, and autoqualify do not allow you to select which tool you would like to use. QualificationSettings does.

Has anyone else tried this?

Maybe i should report it as a bug? Anyone know how to go about doing that?

-cappy

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DJAMS over 9 years ago

2. Selected probe tips - Per the help doc, you should use Probe.ClearAllProbes() to Clear the list of probes to be calibrated and Tip.Selected to select/deselect the probes to be qualified. this doesn't work. I can see that the tip angle that i want calibrated is selected, and nothing else, but PC-DMIS still attempts to calibrate all of the probe angles.

Here is a link to a thread about this. The title doesn't do the job describing the topic. http://www.pcdmisforum.com/showthread.php?23055-How-To-Force-PCDMIS-to-Save-Results-Via-Automation
The problem was having was a bit different, but maybe you can pick up some ideas from reading his solution.

Just wait til you see what he or she did... Good Luck

I agree with you on the deficiencies of parameter sets. Our automatic calibration consists of a basic script (make a list of probes) and 2 pc-dmis subroutines to locate the tool(s) and calibrate the tips. The subroutines use the calibrate single tip command to do their work. Works great.
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DJAMS over 9 years ago

2. Selected probe tips - Per the help doc, you should use Probe.ClearAllProbes() to Clear the list of probes to be calibrated and Tip.Selected to select/deselect the probes to be qualified. this doesn't work. I can see that the tip angle that i want calibrated is selected, and nothing else, but PC-DMIS still attempts to calibrate all of the probe angles.

Here is a link to a thread about this. The title doesn't do the job describing the topic. http://www.pcdmisforum.com/showthread.php?23055-How-To-Force-PCDMIS-to-Save-Results-Via-Automation
The problem was having was a bit different, but maybe you can pick up some ideas from reading his solution.

Just wait til you see what he or she did... Good Luck

I agree with you on the deficiencies of parameter sets. Our automatic calibration consists of a basic script (make a list of probes) and 2 pc-dmis subroutines to locate the tool(s) and calibrate the tips. The subroutines use the calibrate single tip command to do their work. Works great.
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