With the Point Manual Trigger area, you can insert a POINT MANUAL TRIGGER/ command into the Edit window.
The POINT MANUAL TRIGGER/ command tells PC-DMIS to only accept a manual hit when it is within the specified tolerance zone.
You can use this option with manual machines; when PC-DMIS prompts you to take a hit, trigger the probe as you wish. Each trigger will be evaluated to see if it is within the cylindrical trigger tolerance zone. If it is not, you will receive an error in the Machine Errors list of the Execution dialog box. PC-DMIS will then ask you to take the hit again. You can place POINT MANUAL TRIGGER/ commands at any standard location within the Edit window.
This option works only in Online mode.
On
Selecting the On check box activates the POINT MANUAL TRIGGER/ command. Commands in the Edit window that follow the inserted POINT MANUAL TRIGGER/ command and require you to take a hit will then only accept the hit when the probe enters the defined tolerance zone. The Trigger Radius capability is disabled until the option is turned on.
If you do not select this check box and you click the Insert Command button, PC-DMIS inserts the command line into the Edit window but doesn't activate the command. Insert Command
Clicking the Insert Command button inserts the POINT MANUAL TRIGGER/ command into the Edit window for the current measurement routine with the following options.
POINT MANUAL TRIGGER/ TOG1, RAD
TOG1: This toggle field corresponds to the Use Trigger Tolerance check box. It displays either ON or OFF.
RAD: The radius field contains the value for the tolerance zone. This corresponds to the Trigger Radius box. This value is the distance from the actual point that PC-DMIS accepts the hit.
Trigger Radius
The Trigger Radius box allows you to type a tolerance radius value. When the probe is triggered, PC-DMIS will check to see if the probe is within this tolerance zone. If it is, the hit will be accepted. It is it not, you will be asked to take another hit.