I am trying to find out how I can add a "failsafe" to a program to keep operators from selecting wrong inspection programs and crashing our cmm. I want to add in code that after a program is selected the probe will search for a specific point on the part. When the point is found, I want the code to look at the point and if it equals a specified dimension, the program will continue to run. If the point taken does not equal the specified dimension, then the program will end and inform the operator that the wrong program was selected. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Change the prehit/retract values to ridiculously high values and take the point. The CMM should approach the part at touch speed. Make sure your prehit/retract values are changed back to your normal values afterwards.
Insert a picture of the part into the program thru the comment command. That should help verify the right part is loaded but not necessarily at the right operation.
Hexagon introduced a camera that attaches to the bridge of the CMM. It's supposed to identify the part and load the correct program. No idea how well it works or what the cost is.
Change the prehit/retract values to ridiculously high values and take the point. The CMM should approach the part at touch speed. Make sure your prehit/retract values are changed back to your normal values afterwards.
Insert a picture of the part into the program thru the comment command. That should help verify the right part is loaded but not necessarily at the right operation.
Hexagon introduced a camera that attaches to the bridge of the CMM. It's supposed to identify the part and load the correct program. No idea how well it works or what the cost is.
