The Active Controllers section defines which machine interface PC-DMIS uses to control each hardware component during PC-DMIS online operation. You can select three options: MSI, CMMI, or None.
MSI: (Multi Sensor Interface). Select this option to have the MSI handle the controller section. For dedicated vision machines (such as TESA and MYCRONA), this makes all active controllers that are present on the machine go through the MSI. On a CMM, only the vision-specific controllers (Illumination, Optics, and Framegrabber) are set to MSI. The others (Motion, Pendant, Toolchanger, Wrist, Touch Probe, and Laser Probe) use the standard CMM interface (CMMI).
CMMI: Select this option for a vision probe on a CMM (such as the CMM-V camera or the HP-C-x family of sensors), where the original controller (such as LEITZ) is used to control the Motion, Touch Probe, Wrist, Laser Probe, and Tool Changer elements of machine operation.
None: Select this option if the hardware component does not exist or is broken. If the component is broken and you select this option, the software allows you to continue to use functional parts of your optical machine.
MSI and CMMI selections are not mutually exclusive. You can mix an MSI with a CMMI controller during the selection.