Multiple Probe Mode (Only Applicable When Rmp60 Is Used With Rmi-Q) - Renishaw RMP60 Installation Manual

Multiple probe mode (only applicable when RMP60 is used with RMI-Q)

The RMP60 can be configured, using Trigger Logic, to allow multiple radio probes in "spin on/spin off"
or "shank on/shank off" to be used with a single RMI-Q.
Up to four RMP60s can be used with a single RMI-Q or in "radio on / radio off mode". For further
details of this functionality, refer to the RMI-Q radio machine interface installation guide (Renishaw part
no. H-5687-8504).
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"Multiple probe mode" will not appear when the "radio on" option has been selected.
RMP60 probes which are set to "multiple probe mode on" can coexist alongside any number of
RMP60 probes set to "multiple probe mode off".
To allow multiple radio probes to work in close proximity, and with a single RMI-Q, 16 choices of
"mode on" colours are available, each representing a different machine tool installation; for more
information, see page 4.3, "Multiple probe mode settings".
All probes operating with a single RMI-Q must be set to the same "mode on" colour choice; any
multiple probes located on adjacent machines must all be set to an alternative "mode on" colour
choice.
NOTE: Each probe per "mode on" colour choice must be partnered with the RMI-Q. By configuring
multiple probes to a single "mode on" colour choice, all probes using this "mode on" colour choice
will have the same identity.
The probe is partnered after selecting the "multiple probe mode" setting and choosing the "mode
on" option; for more information, see page 4.10, "Changing the probe settings".
There is no limit to the number of probes that can be used with a single RMI-Q so long as they all have
the same "mode on" colour choice. All RMP60 probes are factory set to "mode off".
The addition of any further probe(s), or replacements, into a multi-probe installation can be achieved
through the reconfiguration of the probe to the same "mode on" colour choice.
NOTE: "Multiple probe mode" does not exist when an RMP60 (model RMP60QE) is used with an
RMI-QE.