Hello All,
I have three CMMs running various versions of PCDMIS
On one of these, a B&S One 7.10.7 running PC-DMIS 2015, I just tried to write a new probe file and calibrate it.
I've done this hundreds of times without any issue, so expected the same again.
What I did not expect was for it to crash into the qualification sphere after the first few hits. I verified that the sphere information was correct (it looked like it thought the sphere shank was in the Y- rather than Y+, thus causing it to hit with the shank of the horizontal probe).
I then attempted to run the tip calibration again. It took three hits regularly, with me holding the jog box (thankfully) before proceeding to bump the shaft of the probe arm into the qualification sphere. Yikes!
So I backed everything off, inspected it all for damage (thankfully none apparent, it was moving slowly), and tried running a single tip calibration, rather than a sequence.
It took two hits, then went screaming off at absolute maximum speed towards the granite table (I had the jog box in hand, with it limited to 10% speed, so this was rather startling) before pausing and out putting an E OT Z- error (thankfully before the probe hit the table).
I checked my scales, all the teeth used on the arms / legs for the moving pieces, everything, and can see no defects at all.
I have since attempted a manual calibration, which it flagged as out of tolerance (despite all the results and details looking good).
any idea why it's acting up? advice on what to do? I'm worried if I try to run it through the sequence, it will destroy something with another violent, unscripted, movement. Do I need to get Hexagon out here to look at it?
Thanks,
