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Measuring Ring Gage Tactile 2018 R2

I'm still new to working with Tactile probes on a vision system, this is not the first time I have ran an cross sensor calibration but for some reason this time it just simply will not fallow through.

I can't get ANY tactile probes to measure my ring gage during an cross sensor offset calibration.



It will run through the camera offset calibration just fine then once moving onto the TTP the machine prompts me to take an ID point @ 6 o'clock.

I take the 6 o'clock ID point and the probe then moves to about 2 o'clock takes an ID point then goes to 12 o'clock but instead of slowing down and taking a point it just crashes right in the Ring Gage.

Anyone have any idea's what might be going on? TIA
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  • Yes I fallowed this.
    I will post my updated Calibration results.

    My original issue when creating this post was solved, (probe crashing into ring gage) I had forgotten to increase my PreHit/Retract values.

    The second issue I had was understanding the calibration results. In an above post I showed calibration results and marked with red stars a note I did not understand.
    I also did not understand what the Probe offset was (I do now and realize its just the probe offset from the cameras center. I didn't remember that part of my training.)

    The now problem I am having Is after an manual alignment and going into DDC mode the program prompts me to make an "absolute move" then says Move is out of reach (it is.). After skipping that prompt it goes to probe the 1st PLN but does not go to the proper locations to probe. This I am sure is a programing error on my part. So now I am trying to figure what step I'm missing. However still not confident my calibration is correct.