Touch plate

[StuartH]

I have been setting up a fixed touch plate for use with master tool mode

I have the hardware installed and operating the touch plate causes the led on the signals page to operate so ok so far

When I try to set up the touch plate as described in your video I get the following error
MaxZDist <= min probe distance Op cancelled ( the spacing is wrong due to this spell checker)

As I was unable to log on to the forum I began rooting about and found that I had to set up the feed rates etc in the probe page , is this correct thing to do or do I need to dig further

Sorry for the questions but should the master tool be a RH or NRH ?
I am slowly sorting out this tooling measuring but it takes time after 69 trips round the big ball

Hope I am not asking dumb questions

Stuart

[DaveCVI]

Hi,

I have been setting up a fixed touch plate for use with master tool mode

I have the hardware installed and operating the touch plate causes the led on the signals page to operate so ok so far

When I try to set up the touch plate as described in your video I get the following error
MaxZDist <= min probe distance Op cancelled ( the spacing is wrong due to this spell checker)

Go to the settings page, common tab and look on the right side for the "Max Dist" DRO under the "TCP TP Installed" button. I suspect that is set to 0. It needs to be set to the max distance you want the spindle to be able to travel before it gives up if the touch plate is not triggered.

As I was unable to log on to the forum

Sorry, for the trouble, I assume since this got posted that you can ow log in.

I began rooting about and found that I had to set up the feed rates etc in the probe page , is this correct thing to do or do I need to dig further

The probing param panel on the WC offset page, probing tab is where the probe feed rates are set. So you are doing the right thing. What confuses some is that the use of the TP is a probing operation (even when a probe tool is not being used). A probing op is really a G31 move internally, and the probing feed rates are used for all the G31 moves MS does.

Sorry for the questions but should the master tool be a RH or NRH ?

Definitely RH - and by that I mean physically a tool that does not change length when it is mounted ( as well as being marked as RH in the tool table). This is because in master tool mode, the TLO values for all tools are measured relative to the master - but the TLO values are static after they are measured - so if the MT changes length when mounted the TLO values for all the other tools will be wrong.

I am slowly sorting out this tooling measuring but it takes time after 69 trips round the big ball

Hope I am not asking dumb questions

Stuart

Not a problem! I tend to be one of those that believe that there are no dumb questions.

Dave

[StuartH]

Thank you Dave for your patience making responses to a beginner

When I go down to the WS tomorrow I will check that setting

I will let you know what transpires either way

my pet gripe with most forum posters they do not complete the loop eg I have this problem next post just says I have fixed it that in my humble opinion helps no one

Stuart

[StuartH]

Dave

Got out my crutches and made my way down to the WS and that setting fixed it


Now I know we're the part Z0 is and the tools are set just in time using MTM

Thanks for your help but above all for a product that works


Stuart

[DaveCVI]

Thanks for the kind words. We try to make good products; sometimes a bug slips in, but we hunt em down as soon as we notice one of the critters.
Dave