We're running a Romer Absolute arm 7535, and are currently shopping some new tips. My question is whether or not there is a simple way to change the tips of the male probes from say a point probe to a 6mm ball probe, and I guess reprogram it to know what it's been change to.
My thought is that maybe I can get away with buying one 4" length male point probe, and later swap the tip to a ball probe if needed.
Each probe has an identifying resistor in its body, so the Arm recognizes it when it's plugged in, and pulls the correct probe file. You'd probably have to:
Physically alter probe
Edit the existing probes within RDS Control Panel
Requalify altered probe
Doublecheck that it works in PCDMIS (shoot an artifact a few times, note results)
Sounds like a major pain instead of just investing in a new probe....
Thanks for the help. I don't know that I'll ever actually need to, but at 600+ bucks per probe I just wanted to know if I had the ability. It does look like re-calibrating/labeling would need to be done but it's possible if I have to before talking to "the man" into a new probe. Certainly would be a long way around though