Step 2 - Define the Mount Point
The probe changer mount point is the location in front of the probe changer where the machine moves to before it picks up or drops off a probe. You should pick a location that avoids collisions with the probe changer, the part, clamps, or any other object in the workspace.
To define the mount point for your probe changer, follow these steps:
The Travel Rack HR-X1-TR is capable of changing the probe at any location of one machine axis (the default is the machine X axis for the Leitz CMM). Therefore, the mount point is effective for only the other two axes.
Select the Mount Point tab in the Probe Changer dialog box (Edit | Preferences | Probe Changer):
Probe Changer dialog box - Mount Point tab
In the Active probe changer list, select TYPE=TRAVELRACKX1V.
Enter the probe head wrist angle for both A angle and B angle. The A and B angle combination should be one for which the probe is pointing either parallel to or away from the rack. It is automatically rotated into the rack during the change. We recommend that you set this to A=90 and B=0.
For this probe changer, never set these probe angles to A=90 and B=90. If you do, PC-DMIS shows an error message and cannot change probes.
Use your jog box to manually move your machine to the desired mount point position.
Click the Read Machine button to populate the X, Y, and Z machine position values with the current position. You can also type these values.
To save your changes, click Apply.
In the next step, you define the ports.