IBS Precision Engineering TRINITY Trinity Wireless Probe User Manual Machine Tool Console Users Manual Aug 2016

IBS Precision Engineering BV Trinity Wireless Probe Machine Tool Console Users Manual Aug 2016

Users Manual

    Jul 2016
  CONTENTS   1 INTRODUCTION  5 2 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION  8 2.1 NEW INSTALLATION OR UPGRADE  8 2.2 START OF THE INSTALLATION  9 2.3 FINALIZING THE INSTALLATION  11 2.4 INSTALLATION OF THE ‘TRINITY’ MEASURING HEAD AND ITS CALIBRATION  12 3 GETTING STARTED  13 3.1 SYSTEM SETUP  13 3.2 FIRST STARTUP OF THE APPLICATION  15 4 APPLICATION  18 4.1 STARTUP  18 4.2 APPLICATION SETTINGS & NETWORK SETUP  19 4.2.3.1 Change the password  22 4.3 NC CODE  24 5 DATABASE  25 5.1 OPENING THE DATABASE FOR EDITING  25 5.2 PARAMETER SETTINGS  29 6 ROTARY INSPECTOR AND RI DATA MANAGER  32 6.1 SETTINGS  33 6.2 OPENING THE DATABASE FOR EDITING  34 6.2.2.1 Creating a local machine from the global database  36 APPENDIX A DATABASE  42 A.1 DATABASE  42 A.2 CONSOLECONFIG.INI FILE  44 APPENDIX B OPERATION IN A ´.LOCAL´ DOMAIN  45 APPENDIX C PASSWORD  49 APPENDIX D OUTPUT DEFINITION PARAMETERS  50 D.1 OVERVIEW ROTARY  50 D.1.1 Rotary Analyzer (RA)  50 D.1.2 Rotary Inspector (RI)  51 D.2 OVERVIEW LINEAR  51 D.2.1 Position Analyzer (PA)  51 D.2.2 Position Inspector (PI)  51 3.2.1 Absolute path to the machine tool database  15 3.2.2 Add the Console application as a rule to the windows firewall  16 4.2.1 The “Probe Selection” field  20 4.2.2 “CONNECT” button  20 4.2.3 “SETTINGS” button  21 4.2.4 “CONTINUE” button  23 4.2.5 “SYNCHRONIZE” button  23 4.2.6 “EXIT” button  23 5.1.1 Create Local Machine  26 5.1.2 Edit Local Machine  28 5.1.3 Remove or delete a Local Machine  28 5.2.1 Parameter setting for “Position Inspector”  29 5.2.2 Parameter setting for “Rotary Inspector”  31 6.2.1 Locate Global Database  35 6.2.2 Create Local Machine  36 6.2.3 Edit local machine  39 6.2.4 Remove/Delete local machine  39 6.2.5 Link local machine to global database  39 6.2.6 Synchronize with Global Database  41
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 4 of 77  APPENDIX E HARDWARE  52 APPENDIX F TROUBLESHOOTING  54 APPENDIX G USING THE APPLICATION IN A STANDARD USER ACCOUNT  55 G.1 ENABLE BUILT-IN ADMINISTRATOR ACCOUNT  55 G.2 GET THE COMPUTER NAME  58 G.3 SET ADMINISTRATOR CREDENTIALS  59 G.5 CREATING THE SPECIAL SHORTCUT  62 G.6 PUT THE SHORTCUT ON THE USER DESKTOP AND ACTIVATE  67 APPENDIX H MACHINE TYPES EXPLAINED  69 APPENDIX I EC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY  72 APPENDIX J FCC COMPLIANCE STATEMENT  74
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 5 of 77  1  Introduction Welcome to the Machine Tool Console manual. IBS Precision Engineering offers a family of solutions for quality control of machine tool geometrical accuracy. This family includes the four applications:  1.  Position Inspector; 2.  Position Analyzer; 3.  Rotary Inspector; 4.  Rotary Analyzer.  Users may apply up to four of these applications at any time on their machine tools. The Machine Tool Console acts as a central portal for these applications providing the following key functions:  •  Communication between the Trinity measuring head and the software application is established by the Machine Tool Console; •  Selection of measuring heads (supervisor level only).  For the Position Inspector only the following is also managed through the Machine Tool Console:  •  Definition of the following within a local database: o  Machines;   Measurements;   Tolerance levels; •  Vibration threshold levels.      Figure 1-1: Software overview            Supervisor level only
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 6 of 77  INSPECTOR  systems  are  typically  used  for  production  monitoring.  Machine-integrated  and workshop robust, they provide  rapid  qualification  of  cutting  position, rotary table characteristics or spindle  behaviour.  Simple  go/no-go  testing  supports  machine  management  and  reduces  out-of-tolerance products; data logging makes essential maintenance planning easy.  ANALYZER systems are typically for advanced users; such as machine tool builders, developers or maintenance providers. They offer fully calibrated, in-depth measurement and feedback capability. Machine  acceptance,  qualification,  compensation,  alignment  and  diagnostics  are  common applications.   Brief description: The Position Inspector combines the Trinity probe  with  a  set  of  separate  master  balls. These  master  balls  are  mounted  or  even fixed permanently to the machine’s table. The position  of  these  master  balls  is  measured periodically  (i.e.  each  hour)  and  the measured  ball  position  is  compared  to  the initial ball position. In this way the long term stability  of  a  machine  tool  is  monitored throughout its entire working volume.   The Position Analyzer combines the Trinity probe with a CMM calibrated ball beam. This ball  beam  is  mounted  parallel  to  a  linear machine axis and the position of these balls is  measured  according  to  ISO  230-2.  By comparing  the  measured  ball  positions  with the  calibrated  ball  positions  three  error motions  of  the  linear  axis  are  measured simultaneously in about 5-10 minutes: 1.  Linearity  2.  Vertical straightness  3.  Horizontal straightness This application can be considered as 3 classic laser interferometer measurements combined.    The Rotary Inspector uses the Trinity probe in combination with a single master ball. The displacement of the master ball is measured while  the  machine  executes  a  predefined cycle with at least one rotary axis active. This application  is  of  interest  to  check  the accuracy of five-axis machine tools with a high degree of automation. Measurements described  in  ISO  10791-6  are  implemented and  used  typically.  A  machine  and measurement  type  data  base  is  used  to measure many machines with little effort.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 7 of 77   The  Rotary  Analyzer  also  combines  the Trinity probe with a single master ball but is typically used by high level machine operator and machine experts. Measurements can be generated and analyzed with a high degree of  flexibility.  Many options  are  implemented to be able to measure any five-axis machine tool.  Often  the  pivot  line  of  a  rotary  axis requires correction which are calculated and entered  into  the  machine’s  controller. Squareness  errors  of  a  rotary  axis  for example  are  determined  with  the  Rotary Analyzer only.
 2  Software Installation  System requirements:  Operating system    : Windows 7, 32 & 64 bit; Windows 8.1, 64 bit Memory      : 4 GB or more Hard disk      : 180GB or more USB ports      : 1 free port for wireless network adapter.   The software comes in one single installer which installs all parts of the system sequentially. The sequence consists of the following items:  2.1.      The “Machine Tool Database”. This database contains all settings- and configuration             parameters used by the “Machine Tool Console” and all applications which, in turn, are              called by this Console. This database is explained in detail in appendix A. 2.2.  The “Machine Tool Console”. This Console is used to select from available applications listed in 2.3. It will also setup the wireless network. 2.3.  Any of the following applications:  •  Position Inspector; •  Rotary Inspector; •  Position Analyzer; •  Position Analyzer;  2.4.  Installer for the “NetGear A6100” network adapter driver for USB. This network adapter is used to communicate with the measuring head. 2.5.  Batch file running a windows registry correction in case the software operates in a windows ‘.local’ domain.  In the following sections the installation is described in detail.  Note: Make sure you have administrative rights to perform the software installation.  The installation of the ‘Trinity’ measuring head (Trinity) and its calibration must be performed after the Machine Tool Console and its database are installed. The description of this installation is described in section 2.4.  2.1  New installation or upgrade  When  installed  for  the  first  time,  the  system  will  install  the  database  in “C:\IBSPrecisionEngineering\MachineToolDataBase”. The installer  takes care of  setting the read and write permissions for all users in this location. Upgrading  the  Machine  Tool  Console  from  all  previous  versions  to  version  2.1.0  has  only consequences  for  the  location  of  the  database.  In  the  old  configuration,  the  location  of  the database  is  in  “C:\Program  Files  (x86)\IBS  Precision  Engineering\MachineToolDataBase”.  The upgrade will not affect the existing database in any way. Both databases are identical. After the upgrade has been performed, the system will still point to the database in the “old” location which will function perfectly with respect to older datafiles.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 9 of 77  2.2  Start of the installation  Running IBS_Start.exe on the application DVD which comes with the system starts the installation. The following screen appears (Figure 2-1 shows the installer for the Rotary Analyzer):   Figure 2-1: Installation startup  Click “Next”; the following screen appears:   Figure 2-2: Ready to install
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 10 of 77  Clicking “Install” will copy the contents of the DVD to a local directory: “C:\MT_Install_xx” (where xx is an abbreviation of the application to be installed, for instance xx = PI = Position Inspector):   Figure 2-3: Copy DVD contents to a local directory  When copying the data to the local directory is finished, the installation of the complete package will start in ‘silent’ mode, which means that all parts of the software will be installed without any  interaction of the user/operator.  The order of installation is:  1)  Machine Tool Database 2)  Machine Tool Console 3)  Machine Tool Application (Position Inspector, Rotary Inspector, Position Analyzer or Rotary Analyzer) 4)  Windows driver NetGear A6100 USB Network Adapter. 5)  Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader 6)  Local network domain check
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 11 of 77   2.3  Finalizing the installation  After installing all parts of the software, the final screen appears:   Figure 2-4: Finish installation with a system restart.  Select “Yes, restart the computer now” and click ‘Finish’ to finish the installation. After restart the ‘Machine Tool Console’ is ready for use.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 12 of 77  2.4  Installation of the ‘Trinity’ measuring head and its calibration  To install a new ‘Trinity’ measuring head (Trinity) and its calibration, the Machine Tool Console and its database must be installed first.  Insert the DVD containing the Trinity calibration installer into the drive and run ‘Setup.bat’: this will open a command prompt and the automatic installer. Both windows will disappear when the installation of the new measuring head calibration is finished.   Figure 2-5 Installing new head calibration
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 13 of 77  3  Getting started 3.1  System setup  To startup the wireless network and Trinity the following steps are required:  Step 1: Before using the white D-Link Access Point Adapter, check the switch on the top (located in the red circle in Figure 3-1) is set to ‘Router AP’. Insert the Access Point Adapter into a    power socket. Wait until its LED turns from red to green (this can last half to one minute);   Figure 3-1: D-Link Access Point Adapter.  Step 2: Insert the NetGear A6100 USB Network Adapter in the laptop;   Figure 3-2 NetGear USB Network Adapter  Note: When the NetGear USB Network Adapter is connected for the first time Windows will install the appropriate driver associated with it and will assign a unique name to this adapter (“Wireless Connection x”, where x is representing a number). It is required to rename the adapter to a name without spaces. A correct name would be ‘TrinityAdapter’ or ‘TrinityAdapter1’.   Step 3: Switch on the measuring head;   Figure 3-3: Location of Trinity measuring head switch.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 14 of 77  Step 4: For convenience it is recommended to create a shortcut to the IBS_Console.exe  application on the desktop. The icon of the shortcut is shown in Figure 3-4.  Start the application from this shortcut.   Figure 3-4: Console startup icon.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 15 of 77   3.2  First startup of the application  At first startup of the application the following settings may have to be made:  •  Set the absolute path to the machine tool database used by the Console and the inspector/analyzer applications. •  Add the Console application as a rule to the windows firewall (even if this firewall is not used).  The above mentioned settings are stored in the Console application.  Below the issues are explained in detail: 3.2.1  Absolute path to the machine tool database  If the path to the machine tool database is not correct at start up the following screen appears:   Figure 3-5: Setup correct path to database.  The application searches for the five directories: Artefacts, Config, Machines, New and Probes, which are contained in the database. To set the path to this database correctly, select ‘CONTINUE’.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 16 of 77  The following file search window appears:   Figure 3-6: Finding the ‘Machine Tool Database’.  When the location of these five directories is found and selected , press ‘Current Folder’. This path is updated into the system configuration.  3.2.2  Add the Console application as a rule to the windows firewall  When the Console application sets up a wireless connection, the following screen may pop up:   Figure 3-7: Adding the Console application to the windows firewall.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 17 of 77  Selecting ‘Allow access’ adds the application to the windows firewall and updates this information in the windows configuration permanently.  At next startup of the ‘Machine Tool Console’ these issues do not appear again.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 18 of 77  4  Application 4.1  Startup  Each of the four Machine Tool applications can be individually purchased. Only those installed are activated  in  the  Machine  Tool  Console.  From  this  control  application  a  start  screen  displays  a matrix from which the activated application(s) can be selected:  •  Position Inspector; •  Rotary Inspector; •  Position Analyzer; •  Rotary Analyzer.  The ‘Spindle’ applications are not described in this manual.  Figure 4-1: Machine Tool Console.  Each of these four applications, if available, can be selected from this Console. Each selection opens the “Application Settings & Network Setup” program in order to make the necessary and/or desired setup for the selected application to follow. This program controls the following features:   •  Check whether the application is to be run “as administrator” in windows 7; •  Check whether the application is added to the windows firewall; •  Copy machines or edit existing machines; •  Copy measurement types or edit existing measurement types; •  Setup and connect to Trinity; •  Open the selected application (PI, RI, PA or RA); •  Exit without opening the selected application.  Each item is described in detail in the following sections.  All machine and measurement type settings for each application are held in a central database which is controlled by the Console software. Here machines, measurement types, measuring heads and network adapters are stored to be selected as desired. The selections are saved in one windows configuration file: ‘ConsoleConfig.ini’. This file is read from and written to by the Console software, and ONLY read by the selected application at start up. A description of how to use the database is described in section 5; the layout of the database and the connecting configuration file is described in appendix A.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 19 of 77  4.2  Application settings & network setup  When one of the four main applications is selected (by pressing the appropriate icon), the “APPLICATION SETTINGS & NETWORK SETUP” program is started and appears with the following screen (in this case the ‘Rotary Inspector’ is selected):   Figure 4-2 Start screen  The selection field and buttons on the lower right corner of the screen have the following functions:  Probe selection field  Here, the probe to be used can be selected without the need of logging in into the settings (see section 4.2.1). CONNECT  This will setup and start the wireless connection between the application and the probe (see section 4.2.2). SETTINGS  After logging in into this section, the settings of the wireless connection can be changed (see section 4.2.3): 1.  Select network adapter 2.  Select probe 3.  Machines  can  be  added,  edited  or  removed  from  the  local database 4.  Rotary Inspector only: local machines can be linked to machines in  a  global  database  when  using  the  “Rotary  Inspector  Data Manager” CONTINUE  When the wireless connection is established the selected application will start,  while  this  “APPLICATION  SETTINGS  &  NETWORK  SETUP” application will be shut down. SYNCHRONIZE  Rotary  Inspector  only:  this  button  will  only  appear  when  the  “Rotary Inspector” is selected AND the Rotary Inspector Data Manager is in use. Pressing  this  button  will  synchronize  history  data,  settings  and measurement results in PDF format with linked machines in the global database. The Rotary Inspector Data Manager functions are described in section 6. EXIT  Exits this application returns control to the screen shown in Figure 4-1.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 20 of 77   4.2.1  The “Probe Selection” field    Figure 4-3 Select a probe  Another  probe  can  be  selected  immediately from  the  pull down  field without  logging  in  into  the ‘Settings’ section.  4.2.2  “CONNECT” button  Pressing the “CONNECT” button will show the settings popup screen prior to connection (Fig. 4-4):   Figure 4-4 Settings prior to connection  If  the  settings  are  correct,  press  “ACCEPT”  and  the  network  will  be  setup  and  the  Trinity connection will be established. See fig. 4-8.  The program automatically checks the status of the selected application and sets up the wireless network. The progress of this automatic setup is monitored using seven LED’s which turn to green (success) or red (fail):  The first two LED’s represent the check on the application for the following settings:  1.  Setting of the “Run as administrator” option in windows; 2.  Setting of the application to be allowed to run in the windows firewall.  The next five LED’s show the entire setup of the wireless network:  3.  Load configuration settings of the wireless probe; 4.  Setting the correct static IP address on the network adapter; 5.  Load wireless network profile into windows;
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 21 of 77  6.  Connect computer through the access point to the wireless probe; 7.  Check connection and start data streaming. When all LED’s turn to green, the application and wireless network are setup correctly.  If any one of these actions fail, the corresponding LED turns red and the startup sequence is aborted, asking the user to login (press ‘SETTINGS’) and correct the problem. A description of the problem is displayed on screen.  If  the  settings  are  not  correct,  i.e.  another  network  adapter  and/or probe needs to be  selected, press “REJECT” and login into the settings section by pressing the “SETTINGS” button.  4.2.3  “SETTINGS” button  When another network adapter (NWA) needs to be selected, press “SETTINGS” to login into the settings section and change the selection of the network adapter. The following login screen will appear:   Figure 4-5 Login  After entering the password (see Appendix C) and ‘Enter’ on the keyboard or ‘OK’ on the screen, the “SETTINGS” section appears which is divided into four blocks:   Figure 4-6 Settings screen
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 22 of 77  In  the  block  at  the  upper  right  corner  the  correct  probe  and  wireless  network  adapter  can  be selected. Note that two wireless network adapters are shown in the list.  Normally, the USB type network adapter (NetGear) which comes with the system is used for this purpose.  It  is  also  possible  to  select  the  internal  network  adapter  if  one  is  available.  For  this selection it is mandatory to login into the “SETTINGS” section. Very important note when using the internal network adapter: this adapter is usually setup to work with  a  company’s  internal  wireless  network  which  issues  IP-addresses  automatically.  This application changes this setting to a fixed IP-address in a specific address range to work with the ‘Trinity’  system  which  will disconnect  the  internal  network  adapter  from  the  company’s  wireless network. It  is therefore NOT recommended to  use the internal network adapter with the ‘Trinity’ system.  After selecting the proper network adapter and/or probe, the “SETTINGS” section can be closed in two ways using the buttons in the lower right block:  1.  Pressing “RECONNECT”, which will immediately close the “SETTINGS” section and shows the connection settings as shown in Figure 4-4 from where the connection can be set up. 2.  Pressing “EXIT”, which will also close the “SETTINGS” section and will return control to the previous screen (Figure 4-2).  Both left blocks on the “SETTINGS” section are database related and will be described in section 5: “Database”.  Pressing  “ACCEPT”  on  the  network  settings  popup  screen  shown  in  Figure  4-4;  the  wireless network will be set up as described in section 4.2.2. 4.2.3.1 Change the password  In this lower right block it is also possible to change the password used to enter the “SETTINGS” section. Press the button “CHANGE PASSWORD”; the following screen appears:   Figure 4-7 Change password  This password is set initially during installation to “welcome”. It can be changed here by entering “welcome” as the old password and the new password in the next two fields. The entries must be 7 characters wide. Additional note: this password will also be used in the applications.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 23 of 77  4.2.4  “CONTINUE” button  When the wireless connection is set up properly, all LED’s on the starting screen will light up green meaning that the wireless network is properly setup and functioning, see Figure 4-8:    Figure 4-8: Application Setting & Network Setup.  Pressing the “CONTINUE” button hides the Console program and starts the selected application. This can be done in two modes:  1.  All LED’s have turned green as described above: the selected application is started with full functionality regarding the wireless Trinity system; 2.  The setup procedure was aborted (one red LED): the selected application is started without the functionality of Trinity. In this case only the analysis functionality of the selected application (if any) is available.  4.2.5  “SYNCHRONIZE” button  This button only appears when the “Rotary Inspector” application is selected on the startup screen shown in Fig. 4-1.  The function of this button is explained in section 6 where the use of the “Rotary Inspector Data Manager” is described.  4.2.6  “EXIT” button  Pressing the “EXIT” button closes this program and returns control to the Console matrix (see Figure 4-1) where another application can be selected or the Console can be terminated.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 24 of 77  4.3  NC code  With all four Machine Tool applications measurements can be performed for which an NC code is required. The NC code descriptions can be found in the relevant user manual of each application.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 25 of 77  5  Database  The local database holds the setup, configuration parameters and measurement data performed by inspector packages.  The layout of the database is explained in Appendix A.   5.1  Opening the database for editing    Pressing the ‘SETTINGS’ button and logging in as shown in Figure 4-5, the ‘Settings’ section will appear as shown in Figure 5-1:   Figure 5-1 Settings & Database settings  The two blocks on the right side are described in section 4.2: Application settings & network setup. The lower left block is only relevant when the ‘Rotary Inspector’ application is used in conjunction with  the  ‘Rotary  Inspector  Data  Manager’.  This  combination  is  described  in  chapter  6:  ‘Rotary Inspector and RI Data Manager’. The upper left block is used to add, edit or remove items from the local database:    Machines: Action Result CREATE LOCAL MACHINE  Creates a new machine, see section 5.1.1 EDIT LOCAL MACHINE  Edit an existing machine (if applicable), see section 5.1.2 REMOVE/DELETE LOCAL MACHINE  Remove or delete an existing machine, see section 5.1.3
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 26 of 77  5.1.1  Create Local Machine  Pressing the ‘CREATE LOCAL MACHINE’ button shows the following screen:   Figure 5-2 Create Local Machine  In the upper left corner a new machine type can be selected from the pull-down list. This list contains 16 predefined machine types (see Fig. 5-3). The item names are explained in appendix H: Machine types explained.   Figure 5-3 Select Machine Type
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 27 of 77   Once a machine type is selected, a picture is shown in the frame underneath the pulldown list (see Figure 5-4:   Figure 5-4 Local Machine Type selected  Next,  a  name  must  be  assigned  to  the  machine.  Pressing  ‘CREATE  MACHINE’  creates  the machine in the database structure and disables the controls on the left side the screen to prevent multiple inputs which is not possible (see Figure 5-5):   Figure 5-5 New Local Machine created  When creating a new machine, the measurement types associated with the application are created in a pre-defined way in the appropriate directories.    Press ‘EXIT’ to return control to the ‘Settings’ section.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 28 of 77  5.1.2  Edit Local Machine  This option is only relevant for both the ‘Position Inspector’ and ‘Rotary Inspector’, see section 5.2. When the ‘EDIT LOCAL MACHINE’ button is pressed with the one of the analyzer applications, the following screen appears:   Figure 5-6 Edit Local Machine for analyzer applications  All  parameter  settings  for  the  analyzer  applications  can  be  edited  using  the  applications themselves. Press ‘EXIT’ to return control to the ‘SETTINGS’ section. 5.1.3  Remove or delete a Local Machine  Pressing ‘REMOVE/DELETE LOCAL MACHINE’ shows the following popup:   Figure 5-7: Remove/rename Local Machine  Pressing ‘REMOVE FROM LIST’ only removes the machine from the list so it cannot be selected; it is NOT  removed from the database.  Pressing ‘DELETE’ removes the machine entirely from the database, including all measurement results from that machine.  Pressing ‘CANCEL’ aborts this operation.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 29 of 77  5.2  Parameter settings  In this section the parameter settings for each of the inspector applications are explained. These parameters can also be set during the creation of a local machine.  5.2.1  Parameter setting for “Position Inspector”  When ‘EDIT LOCAL MACHINE’ is pressed as described in section 5.1.2, a machine is selected and ‘EDIT MACHINE’ is pressed, the following screen appears for the Position Inspector:   Figure 5-8 Parameters for Position Inspector  •  Machine parameters for “Position Inspector” •  Measurement type parameters for “Position Inspector”  Parameter name Explanation Time to wait (After Vibration) [s]  When  the  vibration  level  criterion  is  met  after positioning the measuring head on the artefact ball,  the  system  waits  the  amount  of seconds set with this parameter before a measurement  point is taken. Trigger Level [V]  Measurement  of  the  vibration  level  criterion  is triggered  when  all  three  sensors  of  the measuring head measure below the voltage set with this parameter.    Vibration Level [µm]  When the measuring head is positioned on the artefact ball, the residual system vibration may not exceed the value set with this parameter. Deviation Tolerance X-axis [µm]  With  this  parameter  the  maximum  deviation with respect to the reference run results is set for the X-axis. See Figure 5-9.  Deviation Tolerance Y-axis [µm]  With  this  parameter  the  maximum  deviation with respect to the reference run results is set for the Y-axis. See Figure 5-9. Deviation Tolerance Z-axis [µm]  With  this  parameter  the  maximum  deviation with respect to the reference run results is set for the Z-axis. See Figure 5-9.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 30 of 77   Figure 5-9 Explanation deviation tolerance.  Deviation tolerance dx, dy. R shows the reference run position, M the measured position. Left X and Y in tolerance, middle X in and Y out tolerance, right X and Y both out of tolerance.  Press ‘SAVE’ to save the values in the database.  Press ‘EXIT’ to return control to the ‘SETTINGS’ section.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 31 of 77  5.2.2  Parameter setting for “Rotary Inspector”  When ‘EDIT LOCAL MACHINE’ is pressed as described in section 5.1.2, a machine is selected and ‘EDIT MACHINE’ is pressed, the following screen appears for the Rotary Inspector:   Figure 5-10 Parameters for Rotary Inspector  Parameter name Explanation Time to wait (After Vibration) [s]  When  the  vibration  level  criterion  is  met  after positioning the measuring head on the artefact ball,  the  system  waits  the  amount  of seconds set with this parameter before a measurement  point is taken. Trigger Level [V]  Measurement  of  the  vibration  level  criterion  is triggered  when  all  three  sensors  of  the measuring head measure below the voltage set with this parameter.    Vibration Level [µm]  When the measuring head is positioned on the artefact ball, the residual system vibration may not exceed the value set with this parameter. Q Tolerance green [mm]  This  level  represents  the  lower  limit of  the  Q-value, the meaning of this value is explained in the Rotary Inspector user manual section 3.1. Q Tolerance red [mm]  This level represents the upper  limit of the Q-value, the meaning of this value is explained in the Rotary Inspector user manual section 3.1.  Note that when the Rotary Inspector is used in conjunction with the Rotary Inspector Data Manager, both Q tolerance values are overwritten by the values saved for this machine in the global database when:  1.  The local machine is linked to a machine in the global database 2.  Both machines are synchronized  Synchronization will be explained in section 6.  Press ‘SAVE’ to save the values in the database.  Press ‘EXIT’ to return control to the ‘SETTINGS’ section.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 32 of 77  6  Rotary Inspector and RI Data Manager  When multiple machines, which may be situated in more than one location, are measured with the Rotary  Inspector,  the  system  can  be  extended  with  the  Rotary  Inspector  Data  Manager.  This includes:  1.  A global database in which a history of all measurement results and reports are gathered through  synchronization  between  the  global  database  and  one  or  more  local  databases situated on computers/laptops used for measurement with the Rotary Inspector. 2.  Several means of presenting and reporting results of one or more machines over time. This presentation and reporting can be performed for a single machine or a group of machines which are situated in a specific location by choice. This can be all machines in a plant, a group of machines located in a single department within a plant or a group of machines located within a single cell which, in turn, is part of a department. Full description of the RI Data Manager can be found in the appropriate user manual.  For correct communication between the Console and the RI Data Manager, a wired connection between the PC/laptop running the Console and the network is required.  Here, the interactions of the Console with the RI Data Manager will be described.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 33 of 77  6.1  Settings  When the Rotary Inspector is selected from the application matrix shown in Fig. 4.1,  the “APPLICATION SETTINGS & NETWORK SETUP” program is started and appears with the screen shown in Fig. 4.2.  As explained, this is the only application showing the ‘SYNCHRONIZE’ button. Pressing this button will start the synchronization of all machines which are defined in the local database AND are linked to a machine in the global database. During the synchronization a little square box on the button will blink; when finished the square box will disappear.   Figure 6-1 Blinking square box during synchronization  Once the connection between the two databases is established, the global database will be locked for other local databases until the synchronization is finished.  When another local database (a Console located on another laptop) tries to synchronize with the global database when it is locked, the following message appears:   Figure 6-2 Global database locked for synchronization  The synchronization consists of three parts:  1.  The measurement history in both databases will be synchronized with each other; this synchronization is executed in both directions which means that all measurement results for all linked machines are available in both databases. 2.  All measurement reports in PDF format will be uploaded to the global database from each linked machine in the local database. 3.  The measurement tolerance settings for the Q-value will be downloaded from the global database to each linked machine in the local database.   When the  synchronization is  finished, the global database will be  unlocked for  access by  other local databases or the RI Data Manager for maintenance purposes.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 34 of 77  6.2  Opening the database for editing  Pressing the ‘SETTINGS’ button and logging in as shown in Figure 4-5, the ‘Settings’ section for the Rotary Inspector will appear as shown in Figure 6-3:   Figure 6-3 Settings screen for Rotary Inspector  Machines: Action Result LOCATE GLOBAL DATABASE  Select the location of the global database CREATE LOCAL MACHINE  Creates a new machine, see also section 5.1.1 EDIT LOCAL MACHINE  Edit an existing machine (if applicable), see section 5.1.2 REMOVE/DELETE LOCAL MACHINE  Remove or delete an existing machine, see section 5.1.3 LINK MACHINE TO GLOBAL DATABASE  Link a local machine to a machine located in the global database SYNCHRONIZE WITH GLOBAL DATABASE  Synchronize a local machine with a linked machine in the global database  Note that at initial startup the location of the global database is unknown to the Console and needs to be setup; this is explained in section 6.2.1. This is represented by the red LED stating that the global database is not present.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 35 of 77  6.2.1  Locate Global Database  The global database and its location is setup by the RI Data Manager and is usually found on a network drive or mapping marked by a specific drive letter. At initial startup of the Console, the location of the global database needs to be entered. Once the database is found, the location is saved in the initialization files of the Console and will be recognized at startup.  Pressing the button ‘LOCATE GLOBAL DATABASE’ opens the following windows screen:   Figure 6-4 Locating the global database  Find the network directory which contains the subdirectory ‘Plants’ and press ‘Current Folder’, the ‘Settings’ section for the Rotary Inspector will re-appear as shown in Figure 6-5:   Figure 6-5 Settings screen for Rotary Inspector with global database present
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 36 of 77  Note that the button ‘LOCATE GLOBAL DATABASE’ has disappeared from the screen and that the ‘LINK’ and ‘SYNCHRONIZE’ buttons are enabled.  When the selected machine in the upper left block is linked to the global database (green LED), the lower left block shows the link information about the local machine in the global database.  6.2.2  Create Local Machine  Pressing the ‘CREATE LOCAL MACHINE’ button shows the following screen:   Figure 6-6 Create Local Machine  The  creation  of  a  new  local  machine  is  similar  to  the  procedure  described  in  section  5.1.1.  In conjunction with the global database, a second option for creating a local machine is implemented.  6.2.2.1 Creating a local machine from the global database  When the local machine to be created already exists in the global database and there is no active link  to  this  machine,  it  is  possible  to  download  this  machine  and  define  this  as  the  new  local machine. The advantage of this method is that the new local machine is automatically linked to and synchronized with the original machine in the global database. Press the button ‘SELECT MACHINE IN GLOBAL DATABASE’. The following screen pops up:   Figure 6-7 Selecting the machine in the global database
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 37 of 77  On  the  left  side  of  the  screen  four  pull  down  fields  can  be  used  to  select  the  machine  to  be downloaded:  1.  Select available plant 2.  Select available department 3.  Select available cell 4.  Select available machine (Figure 6-8):   Figure 6-8 Select machine to download  Press ‘RETURN’.  When the selected machine is already linked to a local machine the following warning appears:   Figure 6-9 Machine link already exists  In this case, another machine must be selected. The download procedure is aborted at this point and returns control to the screen shown in Figure 6-6 where the procedure can be restarted.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 38 of 77    If the download succeeds, the previous screen appears with the new machine selected:   Figure 6-10 Machine selected from global database  The  ISO  description  (in  this  case  S_HS_HT_BC)  for  the  selected  machine  is  explained  in  appendix H. Enter the machine name and press ‘CREATE MACHINE’. The tab on the right side of the screen will be enabled:   Figure 6-11 Set parameters  Here the parameters can be set for the new machine individually; it must be noted however that when  the  machine  is  synchronized,  the  Q-tolerance  values  will  be  downloaded  from  the  global database and are set in the local machine: the Q-tolerance values from the global database are therefore leading over the local database. The parameters can be saved by pressing ‘SAVE’.   Press ‘EXIT’ to return to the ‘Settings’ section.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 39 of 77  6.2.3  Edit local machine  A full description is given in section 5.1.2.  6.2.4  Remove/Delete local machine  A full description is given in section 5.1.3.  6.2.5  Link local machine to global database  To  link  an  existing  local  machine  to  an  existing  global  machine,  press  ‘LINK  MACHINE  TO GLOBAL DATABASE’. The following screen will pop up:   Figure 6-12 Linking an existing local machine to an existing global machine  The screen opens with the first machine in the local database; this machine is already linked into the global database: the link path is shown in the left part of the screen.  Select the local machine to be linked in the pull down field on the upper left side of the screen:   Figure 6-13 Select local machine to be linked
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 40 of 77  No link exists for this machine at this point:   Figure 6-14 Select machine in the global database to link local machine to  The  list  of  machines  in  the  right  pull  down  field  represents  only  the  machines  in  the  global database which are not linked to any local machine. When one is selected the location information including all names is shown in the field on the lower right side of the screen. Press  ‘CREATE  LINK’. The  Console  will  check  whether  the  ISO  descriptions  of  both  local  and global machine match. If this is not the case, a link will not be created:   Figure 6-15 Machine type mismatch  If  both  ISO  descriptions  do  match,  the  link  will  be  created  and  an  automatic  synchronization between both machines will be executed:   Figure 6-16 Machine type match  Press ‘EXIT’ to return to the ‘Settings’ section.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 41 of 77   6.2.6  Synchronize with Global Database  Press the ‘SYNCHRONIZE WITH GLOBAL DATABASE’ button will synchronize only the selected local machine with its linked global machine.  This option is useful when more than one computer/laptop is used to perform the measurements with. While each computer has its own copy of the local machine linked to the same machine in the global  database,  the  measurement  history  will  be  shared  among  these  computers  through  the synchronization. The measurement reports however, will only be uploaded in the global database and can be selected from the RI Data Manager only.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 42 of 77  Appendix A  Database  A.1  Database  The central database is a structure of directories and files which contain the setup, configuration parameters and measurement data performed by inspector packages.  Note: For a correct operation of the Console it is not permitted to change, move or delete (parts of) this structure in any way.  Figure A-1:  Database structure  The tree is built up as follows:  The three .ini files contain only the names of the artefacts, machines and Trinity probes respectively.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 43 of 77  The ‘Machines’ directory contains one directory for each machine which, in turn, contains a ‘Measurements’ directory which is related to the given machine only. The database directory structure opened looks like:   Figure A-2: Database structure opened  When a new Trinity measuring head or an existing Trinity measuring head calibration is added, the installer copies this file in the ‘New\NewProbe’ directory. The Console program moves this file to the appropriate directory along with its configuration settings automatically.  •  A new measuring head calibration overwrites the old one in the existing directory. •  The calibration file of a new measuring head is placed into a newly created Trinity probe directory, leaving older existing Trinity probe directories untouched.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 44 of 77  A.2  ConsoleConfig.ini file The ‘ConsoleConfig.ini’ file which contains the data which is exchanged between the Console and the selected application is as follows:  [GENERAL INFO] DB_Location = "/C/Program Files (x86)/IBS Precision Engineering/MachineToolDataBase" SelectedProbe = "Probe_34" SelectedMachine = "LU-620" SelectedMeasurement = "PI_03_Balls" SelectedArtefact = "BB_UMTK_1619_june2010" NW_Adapter = "NETGEAR WNDA3100v2 N600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter" NW_Adapter_GUID = "2614341687_41530_19167_163_200_237_7_27_208_76_79" NW_Profile = "TRINITY_001_0034" Xbee_Vs_S6B = 0 Probe_Available = 1  Where:  1.  DB_Location is the location of the database directory structure; 2.  SelectedProbe is the current wireless ‘Trinity’ measuring head and refers to the directory name which is, in turn, part of the ‘probes’ directory. In this ‘Probe_xx’ directory a configuration file is read which contains all network settings for this particular probe; 3.  SelectedMachine is the current machine on which measurements will be performed; 4.  SelectedMeasurement is the current measurement which will be performed; 5.  SelectedArtefact is only used by the ‘Position Analyzer’ and will further be ignored; 6.  NW_Adapter is the description of the type name of the used network adapter, this is NOT a user given name; 7.  NW_Adapter_GUID is the ID number of the network adapter which is set in the hardware, windows uses this number for network adapter identification. The Console software needs this number in order to be able to call the adapter for signal strength information; 8.  NW_Profile is the current network profile the Console software uses to set and load the network profile in windows; 9.  Xbee_Vs_S6B is the version number of the wireless interface inside the wireless probe. Currently, there are two different types of wireless interfaces for the probe: version ‘S6’ and the newer version ‘S6B’. The Console software has to determine which version is contained in the current probe because the command set used to control this interface is different in both versions; 10. When the wireless probe is available and recognized in the system this value is set to ‘1’ and the applications can work with the wireless probe to perform measurements. Otherwise, when the probe is not available and/or recognized in the system, the applications can still be called and used for analytical purposes if available. Obviously, measurements cannot be performed in this mode and this value is set to ‘0’.  This information is initially read by the Console at startup and shown on the screen as the previous setting. When all desired selections are made and the application (e.g. Position Inspector) is started, this data is written to this file BEFORE the application starts. The application reads this data at startup and the appropriate settings for machine, measurement and probe are retrieved from the various locations in the database to make an instant correct measurement possible.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 45 of 77  Appendix B  Operation in a ´.local´ domain  Introduction  In some cases the domain is setup as a “.local” network. There is a known compatibility issue with this domain and a component required by the National Instrument runtime engine, which is installed by the Console software.   Problem  A subcomponent of NI products may cause unexpected behavior when installed on Windows machines located on a .local domain.   Two main behaviors have been observed:  •  Longer than normal boot times (around 20 minutes); •  Screen blacks out and becomes unresponsive after entering log-on credentials.   Identification  When running the setup program an automatic check for a .local domain is performed. If it is found a warning is issued. At the end of the installer, a batch file supplied by National Instruments, which solves this issue, is always executed.    To verify your domain right-click Computer and select Properties from the shortcut menu. Look under “Computer name, domain, and workgroup settings” and check the “domain”. If it contains .local the unexpected behavior may occur.  Solution 1  If the unexpected behavior still occurs please run the disable_nsp.bat which can be found on the setup cd. Make sure to run it as an administrator.  Figure B-1:  Running ‘disable_nsp.bat’.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 46 of 77  Solution 2  If the unexpected behavior still occurs after running disable_nsp.bat please do the following:  Start regedit through the windows start menu:  Figure B-2:  Start regedit.   Scroll to the following keys:  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\WinSock2\Parameters\NameSpace_Catalog5\Catalog_Entries
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 47 of 77   Figure B-3:  Contents windows registry.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 48 of 77  Find the key nimdnsNSP. This is usually the last number in the list.  Set the “Enabled” value data to 0.  Figure B-4:  Editing windows registry.  If the key Catalog_Entries 64 exists:   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\WinSock2\Parameters\NameSpace_Catalog5\Catalog_Entries64  Then repeat the procedure; Find the key nimdnsNSP, and set the “Enabled” value data to 0.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 49 of 77  Appendix C  Password  The password used to log into the ‘Settings’ and the database is by default:  ‘welcome’  Without  the  quotes  and  is  set  at  installation.  This  password  can/may  be  changed;  for  an explanation see section 4.2.2.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 50 of 77  Appendix D  Output definition parameters D.1  Overview Rotary D.1.1  Rotary Analyzer (RA)  Output Description Definition in ISO   Tabsheet Processed (the second)   XOC   Pivot point correction of C-axis in X direction in mm  XOC YOC   Pivot point correction of C-axis in Y direction in mm  YOC AOC  Squareness error between C-axis and Y-axis  (C-axis is rotated along X-axis).   Variation  in  Z  of  least  squares  straight  line  fit  in  the  YZ-plane in mm AOC (Radius  needed  for squareness angle) BOC  Squareness error between C-axis and X-axis  (C-axis is rotated along Y-axis).   Variation  in  Z  of  least  squares  straight  line  fit  in  the  XZ-plane in mm BOC  (Radius  needed  for squareness angle)      XOB  Pivot point correction of B-axis in X direction in mm  XOB ZOB  Pivot point correction of B-axis in Z direction in mm  ZOB AOB  Squareness error between B-axis and Z-axis  (B-axis is rotated along the X-axis) Variation in Y of least squares straight line fit in the YZ –plane in mm AOB (Radius  needed  for squareness angle) COB  Squareness error between B-axis and X-axis  (B-axis is rotated along the Z-axis) Variation in Y of least squares straight line fit in the XY –plane in mm COB (Radius  needed  for squareness angle)      YOA  Pivot point correction of A-axis in Y direction in mm  YOA ZOA  Pivot point correction of A-axis in Z direction in mm  ZOA BOA  Squareness error between A-axis and Z-axis  (A-axis is rotated along the Y-axis) Variation in X of least squares straight line fit in the XZ –plane in mm BOA (Radius  needed  for squareness angle) COA  Squareness error between A-axis and Y-axis  (A-axis is rotated along the Z-axis) Variation in X of least squares straight line fit in the XY –plane in mm COA (Radius  needed  for squareness angle)        Tabsheet Raw (the first)   Sx  Measured deviation in X direction in mm  Sx,xyzbc Sy  Measured deviation in Y direction in mm  Sy,xyzbc Sz  Measured deviation in Z direction in mm  Sz,xyzbc      ACT-  Minimum XYZ measurement in mm  n.a. ACT+  Maximum XYZ measurement in mm  n.a. Q-value  The maximum variation measured (=ACT+ minus ACT-)  n.a.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 51 of 77  D.1.2  Rotary Inspector (RI)  Output Description Definition in ISO Q-value  The maximum variation measured (=ACT+ minus ACT-)  n.a.      Sx Measured deviation in X direction in mm  Sx,xyzbc Sy Measured deviation in Y direction in mm  Sy,xyzbc Sz Measured deviation in Z direction in mm  Sz,xyzbc      XOC  Pivot point correction of C-axis in X direction in mm  XOC YOC  Pivot point correction of C-axis in Y direction in mm  YOC      XOB  Pivot point correction of B-axis in X direction in mm  XOB ZOB  Pivot point correction of B-axis in Z direction in mm  ZOB      YOA  Pivot point correction of A-axis in Y direction in mm  YOA ZOA  Pivot point correction of A-axis in Z direction in mm  ZOA  D.2  Overview Linear D.2.1  Position Analyzer (PA)  Output Description Definition in ISO EXX A  Linearity; Accuracy X-axis in mm  EXX A EXX B  Linearity; Backlash in mm  EXX B EXX E  Linearity; Systematic Positional Deviation in mm  EXX E EXX M  Linearity; Mean Positional Deviation in mm  EXX M EXX R  Linearity; Repeatability of positioning in mm  EXX R EYX  Straightness error X-axis in Y direction in mm  EYX EZX  Straightness error X-axis in Z direction in mm  EZX      EYY A  Linearity; Accuracy Y-axis in mm  EYY A EYY B  Linearity; Backlash in mm  EYY B EYY E  Linearity; Systematic Positional Deviation in mm  EYY E EYY M  Linearity; Mean Positional Deviation in mm  EYY M EYY R  Linearity; Repeatability of positioning in mm  EYY R EXY  Straightness error Y-axis in X direction in mm  EXY EZY  Straightness error Y-axis in Z direction in mm  EZY      EZZ A  Linearity; Accuracy Z-axis in mm  EZZ A EZZ B  Linearity; Backlash in mm  EZZ B EZZ E  Linearity; Systematic Positional Deviation in mm  EZZ E EZZ M  Linearity; Mean Positional Deviation in mm  EZZ M EZZ R  Linearity; Repeatability of positioning in mm  EZZ R EXZ  Straightness error Z-axis in X direction in mm  EXZ EYZ  Straightness error Z-axis in Y direction in mm  EYZ  D.2.2  Position Inspector (PI)  Output / Ball Description Definition in ISO Deviation X  Deviation in X w.r.t. reference measurement in µm  n.a. Deviation Y  Deviation in Y w.r.t. reference measurement in µm  n.a. Deviation Z  Deviation in Z w.r.t. reference measurement in µm  n.a.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 52 of 77  Appendix E  Hardware  The Machine Tool Console measurement system is supplied in a travel case containing, see Figure : 1.  Trinity measuring head; 2.  D-Link Access Point (switch in Router/AP position); 3.  NetGear Wireless USB Adapter; 4.  Four batteries;  5.  Battery charger & adapter; 6.  Master ball 75mm; 7.  Extension rods for Master ball; 8.  Tool setter ball with M4 fine thread; 9.  Mounting magnet with M8 thread hole; 10. Two Allen keys, size 4 mm.  Figure E-1: Content of Trinity travel case.  Default this system is supplied with a euro plug. Contact IBS Precision Engineering if another plug type is required.  Warning: The Trinity measuring head is a precision measurement instrument and should be treated as such. Handle the Master ball and tool setter ball with great care.  Specifications of the Trinity measuring head system: Roundness error Master ball:     < 0.6 µm Nominal diameter of Master ball:    22 mm Length Master ball:        75 mm  Measuring head: Measurement uncertainty of  TP-001:  U1d < 1.5 µm (full range)       U1d < 1 µm (within 1 mm range)  Measurement range:       3.50 mm Power consumption (idle/measure/sleep):  1W (21.5 hrs.) / 1.3W (17 hrs.) / 0.52 W (42 hrs.)  8 6 2 3 4 5 5 7 10 9 1
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 53 of 77  Wireless specifications: Operating frequency:        2.4 GHz Standard:          802.11b/g/n Security:          WPA2-PSK (only in access point mode) Regulatory Approvals of Wireless module:  FCC, IC, CE/ETSI, C-TICK, TELEC  Supplied: •  Manual Console software manual(this document); •  Calibration certificate measuring head; •  Application install DVD including the Console software; •  Measuring head calibration file installer DVD;  The Trinity is provided with LEDs on both sides and these have 4 modes of operation: 1.  Constantly lit of one of two sides System is on, but not associated with a wireless network; 2.  Slow flashing (1 second interval) System is on and associated with a wireless network; 3.  Flashing (0.2 second interval) System is on and streaming data; 4.  Very slow flashing (2 second interval) System is asleep.  The red LED lights up when the battery has approximately 1 hour of measurement time remaining. It is advised to replace the batteries when this LED becomes active.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 54 of 77  Appendix F  Troubleshooting   •  The Console application is by default set to run as administrator and will be added as a rule to the windows firewall at first run. If that fails please make sure you are administrator or have full administrative rights.  •  If the Console application is to be run from a standard user account without the necessary administrative rights, the application must be started using a specific configured shortcut which  takes  care  of  these  administrator  issues.  Detailed  instructions  how  to  set  up  this shortcut are given in appendix G.   •  If your system has an additional firewall (other than windows) please consult the manual of that firewall to allow  access for the software packages. All packages must be allowed to write and read for UDP and TCP protocols.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 55 of 77  Appendix G  Using the application in a standard user account  To be able to run, the Trinity software requires administrative rights. Running the software from a standard  windows  user  account  requires  a  special  shortcut  which  takes  care  of  these administrative requirements without prompting for the administrator password.  This specially configured shortcut has to be setup in the built-in administrator account which must therefore  be  enabled  and  set  with  a  password.  Creating  the  shortcut  using  other  defined administrator accounts will fail.  G.1  Enable built-in administrator account  The built-in administrator account is by default disabled and not password protected in windows and must therefore be enabled first. A password must also be set. The following description will show how to check the enabled state and the setting of the password of the administrator account.   Figure G-1 Select Computer Manager
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 56 of 77  See figure G-1: click “Start”, right click “Computer” and select “Manage”. In the following screen, select “Local Users and Groups” and open the “Users” folder. Right click on “Administrator” and select “Properties” (Fig. G-2):   Figure G-2 Select administrator properties  In  the  administrator  properties  make  sure  the  “Account  is  disabled”  option  is  unchecked  (see figure G-3):   Figure G-3 Enable administrator account   When any changes are made, the “Apply” button becomes active. Press “Apply” (only when active) and “OK” to return to the screen shown in figure G-2.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 57 of 77  Right click on “Administrator” again and select “Set Password…”, the following message appears:   Figure G-4 Proceed to set password  Click “Proceed” to the following screen:   Figure G-5 Set password  Enter a unique password in both fields and press “OK”. If both fields are filled with an identical name the following message appears:   Figure G-6 Password set successfully  Press “OK” twice and close the computer management screen.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 58 of 77  G.2  Get the computer name  In order to be able to set the administrator credentials (section G.3) and create the special shortcut (section G.4), the computer name must be available. If the computer name is unknown, it can be found in the control panel:   Figure G-7 Select Control Panel  On the control panel, select “System and Security”. In the “System” item select “See the name of this computer” (Fig. G-8):   Figure G-8 See the name of this computer  On the following screen the computer name can be found (Fig. G-9):   Figure G-9 Computer name  Save the computer name and close the control panel.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 59 of 77  G.3  Set administrator credentials  Back on the desktop press “Start” and select the “Control Panel”:   Figure G-10 Select Control Panel
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 60 of 77  The “Control Panel” appears:   Figure G-11 Control Panel  See figure G-11: select “User Accounts and Family Safety” and open the “Credential Manager”:   Figure G-12 Select Credential Manager
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 61 of 77  In  the  “Credential  Manager”  select  “Add  a  Windows  Credential”,  the  following  input  fields  will appear:   Figure G-13 Enter credentials  Fill  the  fields  with  the  information  as  shown  in  figure  G-13.  The  ‘Internet  or  network  address’ contains  the  name  of  the  PC  followed  by  a  backslash  and  “Administrator”,  the  ‘User  name’  is “Administrator” and the ‘Password’ is the unique password entered in figure G-5 as shown above. Press “OK” when done.  The entries should look like the screen shown in figure G-14:   Figure G-14 Credentials after entering  Close the “Control Panel”.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 62 of 77  G.5  Creating the special shortcut  Right click on the desktop, select “New” and “Shortcut”:   Figure G-15 Create new shortcut  The following screen appears:   Figure G-16 Enter settings for shortcut  The easiest way to set up this shortcut: Right click on the desktop and select “New” and “Shortcut”. Use the “Browse…” button to select the ‘IBS_Console.exe’ application. In the location field the full path and name to the application appears:  “C:\Program Files (x86)\IBS Precision Engineering\IBS_Console.exe”
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 63 of 77  The following must be added before the file location:  runas /user:name-PC\Administrator /savecred  Notes:  1.  ‘runas’ is followed by a space 2.  ‘/savecred’ is followed by a space which in turn is followed by the full path and name of the application set at the beginning.  The result is shown in Fig. G-16 (where the last part of the setup is not visible caused by the field size).  When done, click “Next” and enter the name for the shortcut and click “Finish”:   Figure G-17 Enter name for shortcut
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 64 of 77  When finished, the shortcut icon will default to the “runas.exe” icon from Windows rather than the IBS Console icon. It is optional to set the icon back to the IBS Console. This may be executed as follows:   Right click the shortcut and select “Properties”:    Figure G-18 Select shortcut properties
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 65 of 77  In the “Shortcut” Tab of the properties click “Change Icon…” which will show the “Change Icon” message shown in figure G-19:   Figure G-19 Change icon
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 66 of 77  Click “OK” to open the screen containing the standard windows icons. Click “Browse…” and select the application that the shortcut is pointing to (in this case “IBS_Console.exe”):   Figure G-20 Select correct icon  Click “Open”, “Apply” and “OK” to set the shortcut icon to the desired image.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 67 of 77  G.6  Put the shortcut on the user desktop and activate  Once  the  shortcut  is  created  on  the  administrator  account’s  desktop,  the  shortcut  needs  to  be copied to the desktop of the standard user.  To copy the shortcut to the user desktop, execute the following procedure:  Open Windows explorer and select “Users”, the name of the standard user account (in this case “TestUser”) and “Desktop”:   Figure G-21 Copy shortcut to user desktop  Copy the shortcut from the administrator desktop to the desktop of the standard user account. See Figure G-21.  To activate the shortcut, the administrator needs to switch from the administrator account to the user account by pressing “Start”, the small arrow button at the right side of the “Shut down” button and select “Switch user” (Fig. G-22):   Figure G-22 Switch to User account
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 68 of 77  Run the shortcut from the user desktop; the following command prompt will appear:   Figure G-23 Prompt shown on user account  Enter the administrator password (see section G-1) here once: the prompt will disappear and the application will start with no additional password requests.  Note: when entering the administrator password, the cursor in the command prompt will NOT move along: this is normal.  The  next  time  the  shortcut  is  run,  the  command  prompt  will  show  up  very  briefly,  windows ‘remembers’  the  credentials  and  will  start  the  application  with  no  further  interference  from  the administrator.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 69 of 77  Appendix H  Machine types explained  In the Console, 16 different machine tool configurations are implemented covering most existing machine types used in industry: A.  Swivel head machines (5 machine types) B.  Trunnion table machines (7 machine types) C.  Mixed type machines (4 machine types)  Overview swivel head machines     Z Y X Y X Z S_HS_HT_AC S_HS_VT_AC Y X Z Z Y X S_VS_HT_BC Y X Z S_HS_HT_BC S_VS_HT_AC
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 70 of 77  Overview trunnion table machines   T_VS_HT_AC Z Y X Z Y X T_HS_VT_AC Z Y X T_VS_HT_BC Z Y X T_HS_VT_BC Z X Y T_VS_VT_AB Z Y X T_HS_HT_AB Z Y X T_HS_VT_BA
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 71 of 77  Overview mixed type machines     Explanation machine code name: MachineType_SpindleOrientation_TableOrientation_RotaryAxes  Machine Type:   S (swivel head), T (Trunnion table) or M (Mixed type) Spindle Orientation:   HS (Horizontal Spindle), VS (Vertical Spindle) Table Orientation:   HT (Horizontal Table), VT (Vertical Table) Rotary Axes:     AC, AB, BA or BC.    M_VS_HT_AC Y X Z Y X Z M_VS_HT_BC Y X Z M_VS_HT_BA Y X Z M_HS_HT_AB
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 72 of 77  Appendix I  EC Declaration of Conformity
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 73 of 77
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 74 of 77  Appendix J  FCC Compliance Statement  This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.  These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.    This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment  does  cause  harmful  interference  to  radio  or  television  reception,  which  can  be determined  by  turning  the  equipment  off  and  on,  the  user  is  encouraged  to  try  to  correct  the interference by one of the following measures: •  Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. •  Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. •  Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. •  Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.  FCC  Caution:  To  assure  continued  compliance,  any  changes  or  modifications  not  expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate this equipment.   This  device  complies  with  Part  15  of  the  FCC  Rules.  Operation  is  subject  to  the  following  two conditions:    (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and   (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.  Radiation Exposure Statement This  equipment  complies  with  FCC  RF  radiation  exposure  limits  set  forth  for  an  uncontrolled environment. The  antenna(s)  used for this transmitter must be installed to  provide a  separation distance of at least 20 cm from all persons and must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.  This equipment marketed in USA is restricted by firmware to only operate on 2.4 GHz channel 1-11.
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 75 of 77  Notes (intentionally left blank)
IBS Precision Engineering    Machine Tool Console   Page 76 of 77  Notes (intentionally left blank)
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