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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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  • So I am running the basic program I originally posted. I am looking into using if_goto statement for if a high standard deviation occurs, then the program will execute the calibration again. I tested it out by sticking some tape on our qual sphere and running the program. The problem I have now is that when the probe is at the final angle of whichever probe build is currently being calibrated, and the program goes to recalibrate that tip, I do not have enough clearance. Our last angle is either A-90B180 or A-110B180. The probe rotates to A0B0, but when it goes to the top of the sphere the point it moves to isn't high enough over the qual sphere and I get a "probe deflection" error message.

    I have 2 options I can see:
    (A) I adjust the calibration settings some how. I can see when I open the probe utilities window and click "setup" I am given a bunch of options for different distances along the shank vector, etc.

    (B) I take the LABEL command

    AUTOCALIBRATEMASTER=LABEL/
    AUTOCALIBRATE/PROBE, PARAMETER_SET=ALL-TIPS-WITH-DEFAULTS, QUALTOOL_MOVED=YES_DCC,
    SHOW_SUMMARY=NO, OVERWRITE_RESULTSFILE=NO
    and put a move point in the command so the probe will move above the sphere before calibrating

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  • Also you can try it like this:
    IF/GOTO/STD>=0.01 OR STD<=.01 OR Pi=Goldfish AND Jelly<>Hullaballoo, GOTO=<LABELNAME>
    
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