The format of the [Config] section is a simple statement with the format <option_name>=<value> or <option_name>. The value can be a character string or an integer number.
For example, you can write the TCP/IP address in these formats:
IP_ADDRESS = 192.4.1.200
IP_PORT = 4712
HOST_IP_ADDRESS = 192.4.1.155
HOST_IP_PORT = 4710
You can write the probe type definition and the definition of scale parsing string as:
RDS_PROBE_TYPE
SCALE_PARSE_XYZ_W
You can use the old format.
The command line utility "ZeissConfigurationTool.exe" is available to support configuration file authoring.
You can access the utility when you install the latest version of the Zeiss interface.
Please contact Hexagon Technical Support for any 3rd-party files you may need for your hardware.
Parameters
$ ZeissConfigurationTool.exe –h
ZeissConfigurationTool [-h] [-v] [-d] [-[ctr] config_file] -R [file]
-h - This parameter displays this help topic.
-v - This parameter displays descriptions of other options and the current version of the installed Zeiss interface.
-d - This parameter displays a list of configuration database options.
-c - This parameter displays the Parse [Config] section of the configuration file.
-t - This parameter displays the Convert [Config] section of the configuration file in the latest format to stdout.
-p - This parameter parses all sections and checks for syntax errors.
-r - This parameter tests the probe changer configuration file.
-R - This parameter outputs the default probe changer variables and variables from the Zeiss registry.
Show Version Information
$ ZeissConfigurationTool.exe -v
zeiss.dll version: 1.75,0,1
ZeissConfigurationTool.exe version: 1.15
List All Options in Triads of <option_name> <internal_number> <value>
$ ZeissConfigurationTool.exe -v -d
zeiss.dll version: 1.75,0,1
ZeissConfigurationTool.exe version: 1.15
GPIB_COMM 202 String
RS232_COMM 203 String
TCP_COMM 204 None
UDP_COMM 205 None
ST_PROBE_TYPE 232 None
VAST_PROBE_TYPE 206 None
RDS_PROBE_TYPE 207 None
DSE_PROBE_TYPE 208 None
RDS_XXT_PROBE_TYPE 233 None
RDS_VAST_PROBE_TYPE 233 None
ANALOG_PROBE_TYPE 209 None
PH9_DIRECT_PROBE_TYPE 230 None
PH9_USES_CMM_PROBE_TYPE 231 None
USES_INTERRUPTS 210 Number
IP_ADDRESS 211 String
IP_PORT 212 String
HOST_IP_ADDRESS 213 String
HOST_IP_PORT 214 String
BEEP 220 Number
LIMIT_PLUS_X 221 Number
LIMIT_MINUS_X 222 Number
LIMIT_PLUS_Y 223 Number
LIMIT_MINUS_Y 224 Number
LIMIT_PLUS_Z 225 Number
LIMIT_MINUS_Z 226 Number
ROTAB_MAX_SPEED 240 Number
ROTAB_MIN_SPEED 241 Number
ROTAB_SCALE 242 Number
MAX_SPEED 250 Number
ACCELERATION 251 Number
JOGBOX_SPEED 255 Number
MIN_TOUCHSPEED 256 Number
DOUBLE_CMD_DELAY 260 Number
CONTROLLER_8_BIT 261 Number
HIT_NEEDS_STOP 262 Number
SCALE_PARSE_XYZ 280 None
SCALE_PARSE_XYZ_W 281 None
SCALE_PARSE_XYZ_AB_W 282 None
SCALE_PARSE_XYZ_W_AB 288 None
SCALE_PARSE_XYZ_W_IJK 283 None
SCALE_PARSE_XYZ_W_IJK_FxFyFz 284 No
SCALE_PARSE_X_Fx_Y_Fy_Z_Fz_W_IJK 28
SCALE_PARSE_X_I_Y_J_Z_K_W_FxFyFz 28
SCALE_PARSE_X_I_Y_J_Z_K_W_AB 287 No
SCALE_PARSE_X_fFx_Y_fFy_fFz_W_AB 28
CONTROLLER_16BIT_SCANNING 290 Number
CIRCULAR_MOVES_SUPPORTED 300 Number
CONTROLLER_NEEDS_PROBE_MATRIX 301 N
IGNORE_ERROR_INITIALIZATION 302 Number
DEVELOPMENT_TEST 350 Number
MANUAL_PROBE_MODE 303 Number
IGNORE_ERROR_LIST 304 String
WAIT_OPTIMIZATION 305 Number
WAIT_OPTIMIZATION_TC 306 Number
SET_RDS_PROBING 314 None
SET_XXT_PROBING 315 None
CALCPOINT_VAST 316 Number
CALCPOINT_ADD_DEFLECTION 317 Number
CALCVECTOR_TYPE 318 Number
TC_SPEED 310 Number
Show Translated Option from [Config] Section in Old Format
$ ZeissConfigurationTool.exe -t PCD_tcpRDSconfig.txt
TCP_COMM
RDS_PROBE_TYPE
IP_ADDRESS = 192.4.1.200
IP_PORT = 4712
BEEP = 1
LIMIT_PLUS_X = 999999
LIMIT_MINUS_X = -999999
LIMIT_PLUS_Y = 999999
LIMIT_MINUS_Y = -999999
LIMIT_PLUS_Z = 999999
LIMIT_MINUS_Z = -999999
SCALE_PARSE_XYZ_W_IJK
CIRCULAR_MOVES_SUPPORTED = 1
MAX_SPEED = 413
ACCELERATION = 200
JOGBOX_SPEED = 100
ROTAB_MAX_SPEED = 300
ROTAB_MIN_SPEED = 1
ROTAB_SCALE = 3600
DOUBLE_CMD_DELAY = 0
Write Translated Options from [Config] Section in Old Format into new_config_section.txt
$ ZeissConfigurationTool.exe -t PCD_tcpRDSconfig.txt >new_config.txt
Parse all Configuration File and Check for Errors (with verbose output including version information)
$ ZeissConfigurationTool.exe -v -p PCD_tcpRDSconfig.txt
For ZeissConfigurationTool.exe 1.22 (Zeiss interface ver 1.89n)
Run a complete cold or warm boot (the program will display a message with a question about homing if necessary). It is much faster than PC-DMIS and uses the same interface code as PC-DMIS.
$ ZeissConfigurationTool.exe -I PCD_tcpRDSconfig.txt
Version 1.90n (Tool version 1.32) adds more output with the –v option.
$ ZeissConfigurationTool.exe -v -I PCD_tcpRDSconfig.txt
You can follow all executed commands and the output to the stdout screen if you do not redirect the output to a file.
Run [Test] section
$ ZeissConfigurationTool.exe -F PCD_tcpRDSconfig.txt
Example of the [Test] section:
[Test]
; F parameters go from F000 up to F113
"D1\x0D\x0A D50\x0D\x0A F000\x0D\x0A",300,1,"F",1,0,0
"D1\x0D\x0A D50\x0D\x0A F116\x0D\x0A",300,1,"F",1,0,0
"\xFF",0,0,"",105,0,0
Run [FparamMI] and [FparamRun] sections with iterators 400 times (0 to 399)
FparamMI stores the number of axes for each F parameter (MI). The range for this parameter is -1 to 9 inclusive.
FparamRun uses the MI value or 0 (zero) if they don’t exist.
$ ZeissConfigurationTool.exe -G PCD_tcpRDSconfig.txt
Examples of UDP and TCP versions:
[FparamMI]
"D50;F%d , MI\x0D\x0A",0,0,"",0,0,1
"\x01",0,1,"F",1,0,2
[FparamRun]
"D25;F%d , %d\x0D\x0A",0,0,"",0,0,1
"\x01",0,1,"F",1,0,2
"D50;F%d , %d\x0D\x0A",0,0,"",0,0,1
"\x01",0,1,"F",1,0,2
Example of the GPIB version:
[FparamMI]
; empty
[FparamRun]
"D1\x0D\x0A D25\x0D\x0A F%03d\x0D\x0A",300,1,"F",1,0,0
"D1\x0D\x0A D50\x0D\x0A F%03d\x0D\x0A",300,1,"F",1,0,0