The registry entries that this chapter describes are an in-field workaround (without having to create a new EXE or interface DLL). This is useful for unusual problems that occur with your probe changer.
PC-DMIS currently uses a TOOLC.DAT file to store the information that was previously (in version 2.X) stored in the registry or .INI files. The TOOLC.DAT file has been used since PC-DMIS supported multiple tool changers on the same machine. No changes need to be made to the registry for "normal" setup and usage of a probe changer.
Older entries, such as the following, remain in the registry for migration from older versions of PC-DMIS before multichanger support:
ToolChanger
ToolChangerType
ToolChangerComm
ToolChangerProtocol
ToolChangerDockingSpeed