Auto calibrate question

I am building a program for our operators that specifically calibrates our probes. We use 3 different probes, using a probe changer rack. I am implementing the use of password protection due to the frequent "fat-finger" occurences. I need a way to let operators calibrate as easy as possible. The company i work for requires the operators to calibrate at the beginning of every shift and we run the machines 24/7 with 4 shifts of operators. I have the calibration program built. I just can't find an answer for the meaning of this:

AUTOCALIBRATE/PROBE, PARAMETER_SET=ALL-TIPS-WITH-DEFAULTS, QUALTOOL_MOVED=YES_DCC,
SHOW_SUMMARY=NO, OVERWRITE_RESULTSFILE=YES

the last statement is "OVERWRITE_RESULTSFILE=YES. I assume I want to say YES. However, even when I had NO selected i could see the results files updated when i ran the program. Does anyone know what choosing yes or no does in this situation?

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mb0258 over 7 years ago

"and our cal sphere never moves." AUTOCALIBRATE=LABEL/ AUTOCALIBRATE/PROBE, PARAMETER_SET=Star_Calibrate, QUALTOOL_MOVED=YES_DCC, SHOW_SUMMARY=YES, OVERWRITE_RESULTSFILE=NO acgarcia just dumb question from beginner, as you don't move cal sphere, red marked code should be QUALTOOL_MOVED=NO. or ?
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mb0258 over 7 years ago

"and our cal sphere never moves." AUTOCALIBRATE=LABEL/ AUTOCALIBRATE/PROBE, PARAMETER_SET=Star_Calibrate, QUALTOOL_MOVED=YES_DCC, SHOW_SUMMARY=YES, OVERWRITE_RESULTSFILE=NO acgarcia just dumb question from beginner, as you don't move cal sphere, red marked code should be QUALTOOL_MOVED=NO. or ?
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louisd over 7 years ago in reply to mb0258

Read up about master probes. Your machine has a HOME location it finds every time it's powered on, and it can move/shift a bit, over time.

In order for you to calibrate multiple probes, you want to insulate the HOME position from all the other calibrated probes, also enabling all probes to correlate and relate directly to the calibration sphere location. Assigning a master probe by saying YES produces a single probe angle to reference where the sphere is relative to HOME location.
Then all other probes and angles relate back to that master probe's measured sphere location.

Basically the QUALSPHERE_MOVED toggle is: "Do you want me to make this the master probe and recalibrate, or not."

I have a PDF file posted here, to support it with actual documentation from hexagon: http://www.pcdmisforum.com/forum/pc-dmis-enterprise-metrology-software/pc-dmis-for-cmms/409663-bumpy-landings-with-probe-docking-station
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acgarcia over 7 years ago in reply to mb0258

Correct. Sphere does not move and the CMM only has a star probe with 5 tips. I have label on the sphere base saying DO NOT MOVE. I have YES_DCC to establish tip 1 of my star probe as the master tip every time they calibrate the probe.
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acgarcia over 7 years ago in reply to mb0258

mb0258, “The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.” --Confucius
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mb0258 over 7 years ago in reply to mb0258

louisd acgarcia Thank You for explanation. i do same way, one master probe, qual tool yes_dcc, other probes qual tool not. but all the calibration doing mysefl manualy. I would like to also switch to autocalibration routine by operator.
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