PC-DMIS Offline can define a specific ring light in the following ways:
Create a measurement routine with the ring light which matches the ring light on the target machine.
From an existing measurement routine with a single ring light, you can migrate to a different ring light without loading the measurement routine onto an actual machine.
To do this:
Start up PC-DMIS in Offline mode but DO NOT load a measurement routine.
Open the Machine Options dialog box (Edit | Machine Interface Setup).
From the Illumination tab, select the specific ring light configuration for the measurement routine.
Machine Options dialog box - Illumination tab for ring light migration
You cannot change the ring light if a measurement routine is loaded.
If you wish to migrate a measurement routine written with a specific ring light to a different ring light, PC-DMIS allows you to select the new ring light in the Machine Options dialog box. You can then open the measurement routine and it will use the new ring light.
With PC-DMIS online, if you run a measurement routine from one machine on another machine with a different ring light configuration, the software detects this and prompts if you would like the ring light settings migrated to match the new settings.
If there is more than one ring light in the measurement routine, PC-DMIS reverts to the legacy method which requires you to select a ring light to migrate from.
If you select No in the above message, no migration takes place, and the measurement routine opens as in previous versions of PC-DMIS.
If you select Yes, PC-DMIS attempts to migrate the ring light values.
Legacy Measurement Routines
For measurement routines that were created prior to PC-DMIS version 2019 R2, the ring light migration process requires an additional step due to the lack of information.
When you open a legacy measurement routine with a ring light, PC-DMIS displays the Ring Light Migration dialog box and prompts you with instructions in the Status bar to select the ring light the measurement routine was created with.
Ring Light Migration dialog box
Once you select the ring light, click OK, and then save the measurement routine in 2019 R2 or later format. You can then follow the Offline or Online migration procedure to complete the process.
To avoid this additional step, always save your measurement routines created prior to 2019 R2 in the latest PC-DMIS version format with the Save As menu option (File | Save As).
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