Probe speed very slow

At the beginning of your routine, (i prefer to place it before the loadprobe command) insert a "movespeed/100" command.

Mind you, there's an F5 Part/Machine checkbox that toggles your movement setting to be either a %of machine's max speed (that's a default setting, hence the 100 above), and absolute speed, which would be in millimeters per second. "Display absolute speeds"

IE if CMM 1's max speed parameters are 500mm/sec and you set it to 100% then moved the same routine to an older CMM with max movespeed of 240MM/Sec... Witth "Display absolute speed" toggled ON, both routines would run at 100mm/sec, and be more reproducible (albeit much slower).

Additionally, there's a parameter you can toggle for "Touchspeed" which again is either %max or absolute based on the F5 setting.  Typically a TP20 (or hexagon variant like you have) is set to 2%  changing your touchspeed can dramatically impact reproducibility, so be cautious about adjusting it.  I've found for most of my needs at my site (typically ±0.002" tightest tolerances), i can get away with about 8-10mm/sec max, which on newer machines with 500mm/sec max movespeed, is right in there at 2% of max.

This is happening now to 

People should be very careful with the %touchspeed option.

I recommend absolute speeds and always have your touch speed set to the same value in your programs as your calibration touch speed.

If you are running at different touch speeds (or the % of touch speed), the deflection factor calculated in the calibration wont match when you are measuring and you will get measurement errors.

 sscandlon 

1. In the image you posted (the one of the jogbox) it looks like the speed is set to 50% - only half o the green lights are lit up.  Make sure the speed knob (in the centre of the jogbox) is turned fully clockwise.
2. As other people have mentioned, check your settings
   1. F5 (Setup Options), part/machine tab: select "Display Absolute Speeds" - check what speed it shows in the edit box.
   2. F10 (parameters), Motion tab: check the touch speed, move speed etc.
   3. F10 (parameters), Acceleration tab: check the acceleration values match what your machine is capable of.
   4. Edit>Machine Interface Setup: Check the Max speed & acceleration values for each axis

If you are unsure what any of these settings are supposed to be for your particular machine , contact your local Hexagon office (or whoever installed the machine).

A . the top speed is 250

B. move speed is 20mm/sec , touch speed is 2mm/sec

C. maximum acceleration x y and z is 1000

D max speed x y and z 250

Increase the move speed - that is the positioning speed and 20mm/sec will make it crawl along.

what would you recommend increasing it to ? to still be safe and accurate ?