Selecting Probe Cycles - HEIDENHAIN iTNC 530 User Manual

Selecting probe cycles

U
To select the Manual Operation or El. Handwheel mode of operation
U Select the touch probe functions by pressing the
TOUCH PROBE soft key. The TNC displays additional
soft keys: see table above.
U To select the probe cycle, press the appropriate soft
key, for example PROBING ROT, and the TNC
displays the associated menu.
Recording measured values from the touch-
probe cycles
The TNC must be specially prepared by the machine tool
builder for use of this function. Refer to your machine tool
manual for more information.
After executing any selected probe cycle, the TNC displays the soft
key PRINT. If you press this soft key, the TNC will record the current
values determined in the active touch probe cycle. You can then use
the PRINT function in the menu for setting the data interface (see the
User's Manual Chapter 12, "MOD Functions, Setting the Data
Interfaces") to define whether the TNC is to
print the measuring result,
store the measuring results on the TNC's hard disk, or
store the measuring results on a PC.
If you store the measuring results, the TNC creates the ASCII file
%TCHPRNT.A. Unless you define a specific path and interface in the
interface configuration menu, the TNC will store the %TCHPRNT file
in the main directory TNC:\.
When you press the PRINT soft key, the %TCHPRNT.A
file must not be active in the Programming and Editing
mode of operation. The TNC will otherwise display an error
message.
The TNC stores the measured data in the %TCHPRNT.A
file only. If you execute several touch probe cycles in
succession and want to store the resulting measured data,
you must make a backup of the contents stored in
%TCHPRNT.A between the individual cycles by copying
or renaming the file.
Format and contents of the %TCHPRNT file are preset by
the machine tool builder.
492 Manual Operation and Setup