Step 6 - Take the First Manual Hit
In this step for the TESASTAR-R / HR-R Probe Changer, PC-DMIS prompts you to take a manual hit on the port. This is the first of two hits required to fully define the orientation of this rack in the machine’s XY plane. You do not need to align the rack to any single axis since the manual hits identify any rotation involved.
PC-DMIS moves you through the process of measuring the manual hits through a series of message boxes:
Please take a hit in the back of the circle for port 1.
The hit should be taken in the middle of the larger circle above and behind the key.
Prompt for the first manual hit in the back of the first port
If any modules or styli reside in the ports, remove them now by sliding them forward and out of the ports.
When you are ready to take the first measurement, click OK.
Follow the prompts and take the needed hits as shown in the pictures for each hit. If you have HD ports, you will take the first hit on the first regular port and not on any HD port that may precede it in the rack.
Use your machine's jog box to carefully take the first manual hit on the vertical face of the radius in the back of the first port, as indicated by the bottom photo
In the next step, you take the second manual hit.