You can use the View | Statusbar | Tracker menu item to toggle the visibility of the Tracker status bar.
Status bar for 6doF Machines
System Laser Status Indicator: This field indicates the status of the Laser Tracker system.
No Color (Offline): The system is not online.
Green (Ready): The system is ready to measure.
Yellow (Busy): The system is currently measuring.
Red (Not ready): The system is not ready to measure. This may be due to a broken beam or a T-Probe reflector mismatch.
Blue (6dof error): The camera cannot see enough LEDs on the device (usually a T-Probe) to accurately calculate the orientation of the probe.
Probe Name: This field indicates the name of the probe that you defined in the Probe Utilities dialog box.
Probe Diameter: This field indicates the diameter of the probe tip that you defined in the Probe Utilities dialog box.
Probe Compensation: This field indicates whether probe compensation is on or not (Insert | Parameter | Probe | Probe Compensation).
Active Station Indicator: This field indicates the currently active station. You can double-click on this field to open the Station Manager dialog box to add or delete stations.
Red (Not oriented): This indicates that the software has not computed the station position yet.
Green (Oriented): This indicates that the software has computed the station position.
Temperature: This shows the temperature if you have a weather station connected.
Pressure: This shows the pressure if you have a weather station connected.
Humidity: This shows the current humidity if you have a weather station connected.
For temperature, pressure, and humidity, if you don't have a weather station connected to the machine, you can double-click on the boxes to type the values.
PowerLock (ON/OFF): When set to ON, this performs an auto-lock on a reflector for Tracker systems that have the PowerLock feature. When set to OFF, you must manually catch the beam to lock onto it.
Status Bar Differences for 3D Machines
Most of the items in a 3D machine status bar are identical to those for 6doF machines. But depending on your hardware and configurations, your status bar may use some of these additional icons.
Connection icons:
- The
device is connected to power.
- The
device is on battery power.
- The
controller is connected to power.
- The
controller is on battery power.
Tracker Measurement Profile Mode icons:
- No
Profile
- Standard
Profile
- Fast
Profile
- Precise
Profile
- Outdoor
Profile
The Tracker measurement profile mode icons require firmware v2.0 or higher.
If PC-DMIS fails to determine the Tracker
measurement profile mode, the toolbar button icon and the status bar
icon for the measurement profile display the No Profile symbol ().
If this happens, select the measurement profile from the toolbar button
or the tracker menu.
Probing Mode icons:
- Average
- Single
- Stable
- Two face