Arm is skipping steps when restarting a routine.

We have an Absolute Arm 8320 running PCD 2024.2. I created a routine to use the AS1 laser scanner to scan the parts. It uses 2 COPs to piece together 2 sides of a part. I've run this routine on three different occasions, for 3 different deliveries of the same part without issue. Today when I tried to run the routine, it skips immediately to ask me to scan the second COP and cannot process the remainder of the routine or dimensions. Executing the steps individually did not change anything. It is like the routine does not recognize COP1 and skips to COP2 and then immediately moves to align COP2 to the model.

What is happening? Why, out of nowhere, would it skip steps?

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0 ArkansasBeeper 1 month ago

You have awoken then Demon... I assume they are not marked somehow? (colored blue so they are skipped)
Have you tried saving a copy of your program and deleting everything after the first scan to see if it will work?
Also the PC-DMIS Portable thread doesn't seem to get much traffic, I normally post everything in the CMM thread for the increased visibility.

If you post your code it would help people try to find a reason for the skip.
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0 Evan Sterner 1 month ago in reply to ArkansasBeeper

I posted the code in my original comment. Unfortunately I'm kinda pressed for time with other things to inspect so, I didn't get the chance to delete the later steps and try just COP1. I appreciate any advice you might have.
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0 Evan Sterner 1 month ago in reply to ArkansasBeeper

I posted the code in my original comment. Unfortunately I'm kinda pressed for time with other things to inspect so, I didn't get the chance to delete the later steps and try just COP1. I appreciate any advice you might have.
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0 ArkansasBeeper 1 month ago in reply to Evan Sterner

I don't see your code in your OP bud. Maybe its just me?
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0 Evan Sterner 1 month ago in reply to ArkansasBeeper

PART NAME  : 382215-CO-10_Rear_Handle
REV NUMBER : 5991-QC-01
SER NUMBER : 
STATS COUNT : 1
GD&T STANDARD : ASME Y14.5 - 2009/2018
 
STARTUP    =ALIGNMENT/START,RECALL:USE_PART_SETUP,LIST=YES
            ALIGNMENT/END
            LOADPROBE/AS11_SCANNER
            MODE/MANUAL
            FORMAT/TEXT,OPTIONS, ,HEADINGS,SYMBOLS, ;NOM,TOL,MEAS,DEV,OUTTOL, , 
            LOADPROBE/AS11_SCANNER
            TIP/TIP1, SHANKIJK=0, 0, 1, ANGLE=0
COP1       =COP/DATA,TOTAL SIZE=0,REDUCED SIZE=0,
            REF=,
COP2       =COP/DATA,TOTAL SIZE=0,REDUCED SIZE=0,
            REF=,
A1         =ALIGNMENT/START,RECALL:STARTUP,LIST=YES
              COPCADBF/REFINE=0,-1,0.1,SHOWALLPARAMS=NO,
              REF,COP2,,
            ALIGNMENT/END
A2         =ALIGNMENT/START,RECALL:A1,LIST=YES
              COPCADBF/REFINE=0,-1,0,SHOWALLPARAMS=NO,
              REF,COP2,,
            ALIGNMENT/END
COPFCOLORMAP1=COP/OPER,SURFACE COLORMAP,SHOW PARAMETERS=NO
            SIZE=0,REF=,
TOP_VIEW   =SNAPSHOT/
            SOURCE/CAD
            TYPE/LIVE
COPFCOLORMAP2=COP/OPER,SURFACE COLORMAP,SHOW PARAMETERS=NO
            SIZE=0,REF=COP2,,
BOTTOM_VIEW =SNAPSHOT/
            SOURCE/CAD
            TYPE/LIVE
CIR1       =FEAT/LASER/CIRCLE/DEFAULT,CARTESIAN,IN,LEAST_SQR
            THEO/<-1.625,1.75,0.5>,<0,0,1>,0.2813
            ACTL/<-1.6323,1.746,0.5133>,<0.0484528,0.0090838,0.9987842>,0.3052
            TARG/<-1.625,1.75,0.5>,<0,0,1>
            ANGLE VEC=<1,0,0>
            DEPTH=0,START ANG=0,END ANG=360
            DIRECTION=CCW
            SHOW FEATURE PARAMETERS=NO
            SHOW_LASER_PARAMETERS=YES
              REFERENCE ID=COP1
              SOUND=ON
              OUTER HORIZONTAL CLIPPING=0.0787
              UP VERTICAL CLIPPING=0.099,DOWN VERTICAL CLIPPING=0.101
              RINGBAND=OFF
              OUTLIER_REMOVAL=OFF
              REMOVE POINTS WITH NORMALS OUTSIDE=OFF
CIR2       =FEAT/LASER/CIRCLE/DEFAULT,CARTESIAN,IN,LEAST_SQR
            THEO/<-1.625,-1.75,0.5>,<0,0,1>,0.2813
            ACTL/<-1.6387,-1.748,0.498>,<0.0917898,-0.0063659,0.9957581>,0.2899
            TARG/<-1.625,-1.75,0.5>,<0,0,1>
            ANGLE VEC=<1,0,0>
            DEPTH=0,START ANG=0,END ANG=360
            DIRECTION=CCW
            SHOW FEATURE PARAMETERS=NO
            SHOW_LASER_PARAMETERS=YES
              REFERENCE ID=COP1
              SOUND=ON
              OUTER HORIZONTAL CLIPPING=0.0787
              UP VERTICAL CLIPPING=0.099,DOWN VERTICAL CLIPPING=0.101
              RINGBAND=OFF
              OUTLIER_REMOVAL=OFF
              REMOVE POINTS WITH NORMALS OUTSIDE=OFF
DIM DIST1= 2D DISTANCE FROM CIRCLE CIR1 TO CIRCLE CIR2     (CENTER TO CENTER),NO_RADIUS  UNITS=IN,$
GRAPH=OFF  TEXT=OFF  MULT=10.00  OUTPUT=BOTH
AX    NOMINAL       +TOL       -TOL       MEAS        DEV     OUTTOL
M       3.5000     0.0400     0.0400     3.4940    -0.0060     0.0000 ---#-----
CIR3       =FEAT/LASER/CIRCLE/DEFAULT,CARTESIAN,IN,LEAST_SQR
            THEO/<1.625,1.75,0.5>,<0,0,1>,0.2812
            ACTL/<1.6218,1.7557,0.5047>,<-0.035533,0.020255,0.9991632>,0.2728
            TARG/<1.625,1.75,0.5>,<0,0,1>
            ANGLE VEC=<1,0,0>
            DEPTH=0,START ANG=0,END ANG=360
            DIRECTION=CCW
            SHOW FEATURE PARAMETERS=NO
            SHOW_LASER_PARAMETERS=YES
              REFERENCE ID=COP1
              SOUND=ON
              OUTER HORIZONTAL CLIPPING=0.0787
              UP VERTICAL CLIPPING=0.099,DOWN VERTICAL CLIPPING=0.101
              RINGBAND=OFF
              OUTLIER_REMOVAL=OFF
              REMOVE POINTS WITH NORMALS OUTSIDE=OFF
CIR4       =FEAT/LASER/CIRCLE/DEFAULT,CARTESIAN,IN,LEAST_SQR
            THEO/<1.625,-1.75,0.5>,<0,0,1>,0.2813
            ACTL/<1.6253,-1.7549,0.4911>,<-0.0614174,0.0168027,0.9979707>,0.2905
            TARG/<1.625,-1.75,0.5>,<0,0,1>
            ANGLE VEC=<1,0,0>
            DEPTH=0,START ANG=0,END ANG=360
            DIRECTION=CCW
            SHOW FEATURE PARAMETERS=NO
            SHOW_LASER_PARAMETERS=YES
              REFERENCE ID=COP1
              SOUND=ON
              OUTER HORIZONTAL CLIPPING=0.0787
              UP VERTICAL CLIPPING=0.099,DOWN VERTICAL CLIPPING=0.101
              RINGBAND=OFF
              OUTLIER_REMOVAL=OFF
              REMOVE POINTS WITH NORMALS OUTSIDE=OFF
DIM DIST2= 2D DISTANCE FROM CIRCLE CIR3 TO CIRCLE CIR4     (CENTER TO CENTER),NO_RADIUS  UNITS=IN,$
GRAPH=OFF  TEXT=OFF  MULT=10.00  OUTPUT=BOTH
AX    NOMINAL       +TOL       -TOL       MEAS        DEV     OUTTOL
M       3.5000     0.0400     0.0400     3.5106     0.0106     0.0000 -----#---
DIM DIST3= 2D DISTANCE FROM CIRCLE CIR1 TO CIRCLE CIR3     (CENTER TO CENTER),NO_RADIUS  UNITS=IN,$
GRAPH=OFF  TEXT=OFF  MULT=10.00  OUTPUT=BOTH
AX    NOMINAL       +TOL       -TOL       MEAS        DEV     OUTTOL
M       3.2500     0.0400     0.0400     3.2541     0.0041     0.0000 ----#----
DIM DIST4= 2D DISTANCE FROM CIRCLE CIR2 TO CIRCLE CIR4     (CENTER TO CENTER),NO_RADIUS  UNITS=IN,$
GRAPH=OFF  TEXT=OFF  MULT=10.00  OUTPUT=BOTH
AX    NOMINAL       +TOL       -TOL       MEAS        DEV     OUTTOL
M       3.2500     0.0400     0.0400     3.2640     0.0140     0.0000 ------#--

I just inserted it prior to responding. This is my first go round working with PCDMIS. The arm101/102 courses do not do a deep

0 ArkansasBeeper 1 month ago in reply to Evan Sterner

Add a operator comment before and after each of the COP, maybe it will prompt it not to skip around.
Otherwise see if it works with just one of them in there.

Sideways approach would be to just scan each side in their own program and export/import the COP into your main program. That us generally how we do all our scans in PolyWorks, keeps everything much simpler.
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