Wondering if there is another setting I am missing. Our CMM does not retract when taking manual hits.
I know of the F5 setting in the Part / Machine Tab. Doesn't matter what we put in there.
Went into the Settings Editor and changed that one to no avail.
I have a DEA FBII controller on my FX7.10.7 (built in 2005). It has the "capability" to manually retract. The FB Control Panel doesn't work on my machine (W10 and PCDMIS 2023 R1). That program just locks up and you can't close it except through the task manager. There is a way to turn it on in the Machine Interface Setup under the Leitz Protocol Setup tab. There is a button labelled Terminal and there is a command that you can issue in the terminal to turn it on. Unfortunately..... you have to issue the command EVERY TIME YOU TURN ON THE CMM. It's a real PITA. I gave up on it and developed a method to back off with the jog box joystick. I HAD to, With my controller, if you do not immediately back off manually, IT WON'T back off if the stylus is in contact (probe deflected) for more than 1.5 seconds. The only way to get it to back off is to remove the stylus (or tp20 head). Needless to say it's a real finger dance getting it to back off. I don't remember what the command is. It was given to me more than a dozen years ago on this forum. I'd have to dig through years of paperwork to find it. One of the GURUS at Hexagon knows what it is. I don't recommend going through the terminal if you aren't comfortable typing in and issuing Linux type commands. You can screw a LOT of things up in the terminal.
I have a DEA FBII controller on my FX7.10.7 (built in 2005). It has the "capability" to manually retract. The FB Control Panel doesn't work on my machine (W10 and PCDMIS 2023 R1). That program just locks up and you can't close it except through the task manager. There is a way to turn it on in the Machine Interface Setup under the Leitz Protocol Setup tab. There is a button labelled Terminal and there is a command that you can issue in the terminal to turn it on. Unfortunately..... you have to issue the command EVERY TIME YOU TURN ON THE CMM. It's a real PITA. I gave up on it and developed a method to back off with the jog box joystick. I HAD to, With my controller, if you do not immediately back off manually, IT WON'T back off if the stylus is in contact (probe deflected) for more than 1.5 seconds. The only way to get it to back off is to remove the stylus (or tp20 head). Needless to say it's a real finger dance getting it to back off. I don't remember what the command is. It was given to me more than a dozen years ago on this forum. I'd have to dig through years of paperwork to find it. One of the GURUS at Hexagon knows what it is. I don't recommend going through the terminal if you aren't comfortable typing in and issuing Linux type commands. You can screw a LOT of things up in the terminal.
