Hexagon RDS, User Manual

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Page 2: ...Contents H000002007 RDS User Manual Version 5 0 0 2018 09 17 1 RDS User Manual Information support www HexagonMI com ...

Page 3: ...h 29 C 2 1 Connect a new device 30 C 3 Shortcuts 31 C 4 Scan view 32 C 4 1 Description 32 C 4 2 Minimum Extended Window 32 C 5 Quick Access Menu Arms only 33 C 5 1 Control the Q A M 34 C 5 2 Available actions 36 D 1 Summary 39 D 1 1 Summary arm 39 D 1 2 Summary tracker 40 D 2 Connection 41 D 2 1 USB connection arm 42 D 2 2 WLAN Settings arm 43 D 2 3 Computer setup for wireless connection arm 46 D ...

Page 4: ... About 91 E 1 Find a target OVC 93 E 1 1 Description 93 E 1 2 How to find and lock a target 94 E 2 Select a target 95 E 3 Settings 96 E 4 Measure with the tracker 98 F 1 Presentation 99 F 2 RDS Toolbox description 102 F 2 1 Main panel description 102 F 2 2 Menus navigation 103 F 2 3 RDS Toolbox notifications 105 F 2 4 Local and Distant arms 107 F 2 5 Maintenance Connection 107 F 3 Panels common fe...

Page 5: ...tion 145 J 5 Alerts 146 J 5 1 Alert notifications 147 J 5 2 SMART Alerts panel 148 J 5 3 Alert details 149 J 6 Analyse Indicators 150 J 6 1 Description of the panel 151 J 6 2 Use a template 152 J 6 3 Select an indicator 153 J 6 4 Details of an indicator 154 J 6 5 Type of charts 156 J 6 6 Period time counters only 157 J 6 7 Add an indicator to a chart 158 J 6 8 Display a graph details 159 J 6 9 Exp...

Page 6: ... 1 3 3DReshaper 186 M 1 4 Spatial Analyzer 187 M 1 5 Quindos7 187 M 1 6 Romosoft GPad GTube 188 M 1 7 Docs 188 M 1 8 PolyWorks 189 M 1 9 Verisurf 191 M 1 10 PowerINSPECT 194 M 1 11 PowerSHAPE 195 M 1 12 Metrolog µLog 196 M 1 13 Geomagic 198 M 1 14 Aberlink 199 M 1 15 Calypso 203 M 1 16 Rhinoceros 204 M 2 TCP Ports 205 M 3 Troubleshooting 206 ...

Page 7: ...are registered trademarks owned by the Bluetooth SIG Inc and any use of such marks by Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence is under license Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners IMPORTANT NOTE All information contained in this document is subject to be modified without any notification and does not represent any engagement from HEXAGON AB The software described in ...

Page 8: ...d Failing to heed this advice may result in damage to your HEXAGON system or in inaccurate measurements Information indicates general advice or links to relevant documentation Moreover the present document mostly respects the following international standard ISO 8601 format of the dates Pictures in the manual Pictures presented in this manual are not contractual especially regarding the colours th...

Page 9: ... product including the user manual and original accessories in a complete and safe condition Manufacturer of non HEXAGON accessories The manufacturer of non HEXAGON accessories for the product is responsible for developing implementing and communicating safety concepts for their products and is also responsible for the effectiveness of those safety concepts in combination with the HEXAGON product ...

Page 10: ... some quick tools RDS Toolbox Maintenance software for Alignment data synchronization to database and arm diagnosis RDS Service The driver RDS Control Panel User s interface to setup the machine RDS Data Collector Utility software for Alignments verifications and accuracy diagnostics RDS Quick Measure Utility to quickly measure basic dimensions In this manual are described RDS Agent RDS Toolbox Le...

Page 11: ...aphic card 512MB SVGA graphics card capable of OpenGL representation NVIDIA Video RAM 1 GB Screen HD1080 1920x1080 Operating System Windows7 or Windows10 Pro 32 64 bits Windows7 or Windows10 Pro 64 bits Wi Fi card FP2 Any card supporting IEEE802 11b g n Ad hoc only FP3 ONLY Netgear USB Wi Fi provided with FP3 FP2 FP3 CP2 CP3 Any card supporting IEEE802 11b g n Access Point NET 3 5 for W10 Internet...

Page 12: ...System Windows7 or Windows10 Pro 32 64 bits Wi Fi card FP3 ONLY Netgear USB Wi Fi provided with FP3 Not supported Not supported FP3 Any card supporting IEEE802 11b g n Any card supporting IEEE802 11b g n Intel N series Not supported CP3 Not supported Any card supporting IEEE802 11b g n Intel N series NET 3 5 for W10 Internet connection For SMART data exchange an internet connection must be availab...

Page 13: ...ms Connection Probing Scanning Tubing RDS Absolute Arm RA8 ROMER Absolute Arm RA7 Cimcore CA7 Multi Gage Infinite II Infinite I Stinger Sigma Omega Flex System6 R100 Armony IT5 excepted HP L 8 9 Wireless connection to the RA7 with FP2 and FP3 may require a specific wireless adapter with Windows10 The RS1 laser scanner is not supported by RDS V5 0 Measuring Laser Trackers Reflector T Probe T Scan L...

Page 14: ...yzer 2011 Quindos 7 Bending Studio TubeInspect PolyWorks 12 0 7 Verisurf X5 Implemented by the software but not tested and validated by Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence Other application software compatibilities Min V Contact TTP Tube Probe RSx HP L 8 9 CMS108 HP L 20 8 Perceptron 3DTubeCAD Aberlink 30 30 Arcocad BuildIT Calypso 5 2 16 DezignWorks Geomagic Inca3D Inspect 3D MCosmos Metrolog 13 M...

Page 15: ...S User Manual Version 5 0 0 2018 09 17 14 Min V Contact TTP Tube Probe RSx HP L 8 9 CMS108 HP L 20 8 Perceptron TubeExpert VTube Laser 2 9 10 2017 Implemented by the software but not tested and validated by Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence ...

Page 16: ...the consolidation by Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence and the process of information coming from all HEXAGON Arms Thanks to this centralized knowledge thresholds are adjusted to improve the detection and prediction of potential failures and loss of performances We also included in this version a feature allowing diffusion of news from Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence This information is relate...

Page 17: ...nce travelled by the probe Encoders information as Temperatures working status Count of errors and warnings Voltage Accuracy time passed since the last Alignment time passed since the last probe Alignment result of last quick check and probe Alignment USB WLAN communication information as How long the arm has been connected using USB or WLAN Count of communication warnings or errors Battery How ma...

Page 18: ...facturing Intelligence is committed to protect your privacy Hence we are not collecting or processing any personal data or information This user information statement explains how Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence uses and protects the data and information we collect We may disclose collected information to affiliate partners i e service centres when we judge necessary to inform you about a possi...

Page 19: ...f the measurement software for this installation If a legacy version of RDS up to RDS V4 is already install you may need to uninstall it manually 1 From the Installation stick run Menu exe or Setup exe RDS installation can be run also directly by running RDS Installer V exe located on the RDS folder or from a downloaded file Depending on the computer security settings User Account Control a confir...

Page 20: ... removed acknowledge 5 Select the destination path and click on next let the installation proceeding The installation of the USB drivers may require a confirmation 6 At the end of the installation read the user information and press Finish 7 If Windows asks for computer restart press OK 8 Set up the connection to the machine ...

Page 21: ...e processing to the new installation All settings configuration and options are preserved It is recommended to disable any firewall as it may prevent RDS from functioning properly Depending on the version of Windows it may be necessary to confirm some message boxes or allow some installation such as Jungo driver installation dotnetfx netfx Sentinel driver Windows NET Framework 3 5 needs to be acti...

Page 22: ...hange the sound volume 27 Modify the mouse settings 82 Switch on off the wrist camera 84 Configure the wrist camera 84 Switch on off the wrist headlight 54 Activate the Haptic feedback 82 Scanner Configure a HEXAGON scanner 64 Save a scanning profile 66 Use a scanning profile 32 36 66 Upgrade the scanner 171 Quick Measure Proceed a quick measurement 179 Backup Restore Backup the arm data 136 Resto...

Page 23: ...de Standard Advanced Admin Support Service Level 1 2 3 4 5 Protection None Password default Advanced Password default Administrator Feature Key Password Feature Key Password Verifications Alignments Incorrect Alignments Basic settings Advanced settings System parameters Password change Service tools Activate an End User profile Standard user is the default profile RDS always starts with the defaul...

Page 24: ...Standard and Advanced user profiles upper profiles Admin Support and Service are hidden To activate one upper profile select the Advanced profile and enter the appropriate password or enter the activation code in Features tab Change passwords To change the password of one profile the Tab Access Control in RDS Control Panel can be used ...

Page 25: ... gives access to its interface At any moment it is possible to access those functions by clicking on RDS icon in the task bar on the right bottom of the screen the RDS Agent then appears a System global status b System status and quick configuration c Access to RDS tools d Window control see below Window control Switches the window size reduced medium maximized When using scanners Closes the inter...

Page 26: ...following conventions Colour Signification Status example Blue Operational mode Ready The instrument is operational home position Green Ready to measure Press trigger The system is ready to measure Scanning Scanning The system is currently digitizing with a Laser scanner Orange Non critical issue Axis over limit The instrument is connected but an event prevents from measuring Encoder on its limit ...

Page 27: ...ted through Wired Ethernet Connection issue c Type and status of the instrument The selected type of instrument is Arm The selected type of instrument is Tracker No instrument of the selected type can be found d Type and status of the probe The current probe is a contact probe The current probe is a tube probe The current probe is a scanner The current probe is a reflector The current probe is a T...

Page 28: ...t advanced user Connection status Item Type Shows the type of connection to the machine USB WLAN Ethernet Status Shows the connectivity status Connected Connecting Control Panel Gives access to RDS Control Panel for the configuration Machine status Item Status S N Shows the serial number of the connected instrument when available Arm Type Shows the type of machine MG RA7 RA8 Extension Pack Shows t...

Page 29: ...he probe scanner selection Control Panel Shows more status information in RDS Control Panel Align Probe Runs the probe alignment process in RDS Data Collector Check Probe Runs the probe verification process in RDS Data Collector Sound guide Activate deactivate the Depth sound guide for the scanners Power off Power off the HP L 20 8 CMS108 scanner Battery ies status Battery status OK Low No battery...

Page 30: ...RDS Agent Click on the Bluetooth icon to display the list of available connected or registered devices a Selected line b Type and status c Name d Current information e Battery level f Address of the selected device g Auto connection activated selected device h Connect disconnect the selected device i Unregister the selected device j Seek again for new devices b c d g h i j a f e ...

Page 31: ... Manual Version 5 0 0 2018 09 17 30 C 2 1 CONNECT A NEW DEVICE Click on the Bluetooth tab to open the panel RDS Agent seeks for available devices and lists them Select the wanted device and click on Connect The device is now ready ...

Page 32: ...ccessories verification and Alignment RDS Toolbox Main interface for the configuration and maintenance RDS Quick measure Tools to do basic measurements Add a shortcut Gives the possibility to add a customized shortcut Remove a shortcut Add customized shortcuts 1 Press to add a new shortcut 2 Browse and select the file executable or not Remove shortcuts 1 Select the shortcut to remove 2 Press Only ...

Page 33: ...ress on the button Main scanner mode RS5 HP L 8 9 Exposure Auto Manual modes HP L 20 8 Width Points spacing c Nb of points per stripe d Depth Indicator bar graph showing how target is placed against scanner Z field Only in capture mode e Speed Bar graph indicator telling the user if he is moving the arm too fast while scanning If the bar is out of range RDS prevents from getting points f 2D view o...

Page 34: ...rom the wrist of the arm without the need of going back to the computer The Quick Access Menu is similar on the Wrist Display on the RA8 7 axes Actions may be Display system status information Access to verification or Alignment Control Main settings Real time feedback for scanning The Quick Access Menu contains very basic and easy interface and use Left Right Make your choice Click validate the c...

Page 35: ...an be opened simply with a press on the buttons on the Wrist of the Arm RA8 Other arms Simply press on the 3States Button 6 or 7 axes Press simultaneously the left and right buttons Then the Q A M appears on the lower line of the RDS Agent On the wrist of the ROMER Absolute Arm RA8 7axes the Wrist Display provides the same menu ...

Page 36: ... right with the buttons of the wrist RA8 Other arms Previous action left Press the 3 States button to the left Press left button Next action Press the 3 States button to the left Press right button Validate the choice Press the 3 States button down Press Middle button Exit the Q A M Press the Trigger button Press left right buttons ...

Page 37: ...posure Switch exposure mode RS2 5 scanners Switches Static Dynamic exposure modes Switch sensor RA8 7 Switches to the upper or lower sensor location Align probe All systems Offers the choice of Alignment method and runs the RDS Data Collector script Sphere Sphere with reference Plane Plane with Reference Single point contact probe only Check probe All arms Runs the appropriate script in RDS Data c...

Page 38: ...Shows the status of the machine Connection Used to setup the connection with the machine General parameters Language and volume SMART Privacy statement and activation of SMART functionalities Measurement Profile Used to activate and manage Arm profiles when available Probe Shows current probe and available probes settings Reference Allows moving the device keeping the original reference Scanner Av...

Page 39: ...000002007 RDS User Manual Version 5 0 0 2018 09 17 38 Any modification of the settings needs to be saved click on The displayed tabs depend on the connected device some tabs won t be displayed when using a Multi Gage Save ...

Page 40: ... Version of the arm Performance Performance level of the arm Hardware version Version of arm Firmware version Version of electronic program in the arm Armspecs date time Date and time of last arm Alignment CURRENT PROBE Name Name of the probe see C 4 1 Type Contact trigger scanner or NC Tube probe Diameter Ball probe diameter ARM STATUS Arm Status Information about connection and status Battery Le...

Page 41: ...oduct name Exact type of probe Serial number Identification of the sensor T Probe or LAS LAS XL Diameter Ball probe diameter Face Left Top Back Right Last Alignment result and date for each face SMR T Probe LAS STATUS Status Information about connection and status Create LMF Log file In order to help diagnosis on a tracker RDS can generate a log file which contains all the necessary information Pr...

Page 42: ...solute Arm RA8 CP0 CP1 CP2 CP3 ROMER Absolute Arm RA7 CA7 None FP1 FP2 FP2 FP3 FP3 Multi Gage WLAN Activation code Leica Tracker AT960 According to the selected type of connection additional parameters may be displayed above Please refer to the arm manual ROMER Absolute arm manual Multi Gage manual for complete description of WLAN connection WLAN selection for Multi Gage needs a valid WLAN Wi Fi f...

Page 43: ...Absolute Arm Cimcore CA7 Arm Multi gage Infinite and Stinger arms through USB Arm setup 1 Power on the arm 2 Ensure that the USB cable is correctly connected from the arm to the computer RDS setup 3 Enter RDS Control Panel 4 Select Connection tab 5 Select arm type and USB type 6 Save the modifications 7 Now RDS automatically connects to the arm Connection Save Quit ...

Page 44: ...k the IP address to the default one according to the machine Wi Fi interface Displays the selected Wi Fi interface Profile Displays the selected Wi Fi Windows profile Opens the configuration window to select the Wi Fi interface and the Machine network Default IP address Feature Pack IP address FP2 192 168 0 3 FP2 CP2 192 168 178 1 FP3 192 168 178 199 FP3 CP3 192 168 178 1 Wi Fi connection to FP2 a...

Page 45: ...ofiles Select Modify button to access to the following window Wi Fi interfaces Information Description Value Selected interface Name Displays all available Wi Fi interface devices ID Identification code of the interface Channel Wi Fi channel currently used by the interface Status Displays the connection status of each interface Connected Disconnected Button to refresh the list of available interfa...

Page 46: ...ks Button to validate the choice of the selected network Button to delete the existing profile If the computer has several Wi Fi devices choose the one that must be used to connect to the arm and click on Select RDS checks then scans all the Wi Fi networks recognized as an arm network and displays them in the list Select the one fitting to the feature pack of the arm or to the Multi Gage and click...

Page 47: ...nnect RDS to any arm through Wi Fi Computer setup 1 Switch on the computer s Wi Fi adapter 2 Access the Search function on the right side of the screen in Windows10 Start menu for Windows7 type in ncpa cpl to access the network connection settings 3 Right click on Wireless Network Connection and select Properties 4 Select Internet Protocol TCP IPv4 then Properties 5 Use the following IP address an...

Page 48: ...e computer may be managed by specific software for the device In this case refer to its manual to connect to the arm network and setup the IP address If the Wi Fi of the computer manages preferred order for networks make sure that the arm network is at the top of the list Ex if Windows manages the Wi Fi in the wireless configuration select change the order of preferred networks You access then to ...

Page 49: ...that the Mobility Pack or higher is installed on the arm or that the Wi Fi feature code for the Multi Gage is installed in RDS 2 Power on the arm 3 Ensure that the USB cable is disconnected from the arm to the computer and that the Wi Fi light on the front of the arm is on Computer setup 4 Setup the TCP IP V4 address of the Wi Fi interface of the computer according to the Feature Pack see previous...

Page 50: ...Arm and Wi Fi 8 If the Pack address has been modified enter the TCP IP address 9 Connect the network FP2 FP3 CP2 CP3 FP2 FP3 Click on Modify Choose the Wi Fi interface and Select Choose the Feature Pack SSID and Select Close the Wi Fi window and Display the available wireless networks and connect the Feature Pack 10 Save the modifications 11 Now RDS automatically connects to the arm Modify Connect...

Page 51: ...en the Absolute Arm SI integrated scanner is equipped with a Pack Wireless Scanning Pack CP3 FP3 or FP3 the scanner can be connected through the wireless connection of the arm no specific operation is needed once the arm is connected with the Wireless Scanning Pack the scanner connection doesn t need any cable ...

Page 52: ...onnect RDS to the arm Absolute Arm or Cimcore CA7 Arm with FP3 CP3 or the tracker through wired Ethernet Machine setup 1 Power on the machine 2 Ensure that the Ethernet cable is correctly connected from the machine to the computer RDS setup 3 Enter RDS Control Panel 4 Select Connection tab 5 Select the type of machine and Wired Ethernet link type Connection ...

Page 53: ...ess Click on Discover select the tracker to connect and OK Enter manually the IP address 7 Save the modifications 8 Now RDS automatically connects to the arm or the tracker The tracker is connected only when a measurement software connects its RDS plug in The Default button permits to get back the original default address Save Quit ...

Page 54: ...ble Not available Under condition The sound level can be set directly on the RDS Agent D 3 1 LANGUAGE By default RDS automatically select the language depending on the language of the operation system Select the wanted language then save validate the message asking for restart Once saved the change of language RDS needs to be restarted For RDS Control Panel or RDS Data Collector or RDS Quick Measu...

Page 55: ... 54 D 3 2 HEAD LIGHT FOR EQUIPPED ARMS This tab is displayed only for a 6 axes 75XX V1 V2 V3 and 73xx V3 series ROMER Absolute arm Starts Stops the head light on the F axis Activate deactivate the auto start Nb do not forget to save configuration after modification Save ...

Page 56: ...r 2 Activation of the SMART alerts Activated when activated RDS will display a popup notification when a SMART alert is detected or when a news is received 3 Activation of the Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence news Activated when activated RDS will be able to provide news regarding the product new versions 4 Display user information English Display the official user information as during the inst...

Page 57: ...of the arm These profiles then appear in this tab and can be activated It is possible to specify how must react RDS when the user measures out of the restrictions Display a warning display a message at the centre of the screen Play a sound a beep is emitted Invalidate the measurement the point is not accepted Contact your Hexagon agent for more information about the profiles ...

Page 58: ...r different available methods are proposed HA8 7axes only switches Centred probe Scanner or Offset probe 3 Registered probes Displays the list of all the probes aligned and saved in the memory of the arm Selected probe is highlighted in blue see next chapter for more details 4 Action buttons Management of the selected probe in the list see after Displays the characteristics of the selected probe G...

Page 59: ...00755 Ball 3mm Hard probe 3 000 0 003585 NCP2 Tube probe 0 086 0 086842 HP L 8 9 15 03 016 RSx 0 000 0 000393 In the sheet above are shown all available probes with all corresponding information Information Description Displayed value Name Name of the probe entered when Aligned name Type Show the type of probe contact trigger scanner Tube probe type Status Current status null Detected Forced statu...

Page 60: ...re automatically saved in the probe memory Item Description Values ID Name Type Diameter calculation result All same values as before Custom Probe Defines if the probe is specific or standard Yes No Repeatable probe Shows if the probe is repeatable TKJ probe or not and then needs realignment each time it is mounted Yes No X dev Y dev Length X Y and Z dimension according to TKJ axis Value in mm Cre...

Page 61: ... settings of a probe 1 Connect the arm to RDS USB or Wi Fi 2 Mount the probe to edit 3 Open RDS Control Panel Tab Probes 4 Select the probe to edit 5 Click on View 6 Click on Edit 7 Modify the desired value s 8 Click on Save 9 Validate the warning message 10 Proceed to the probe Alignment ...

Page 62: ...HEXAGON HP L 20 8T Laser scanner managed by RDS CMS108 CMS 108 Laser scanner managed by RDS External Scanner Any 3rd party scanner such as Perceptron Kreon RS2 RS3 RS4 RS2 RS3 RS4 ROMER Laser Scanner SI arm Once this is informed the scanner appears in the list of probes In case of HP L CMS or RSx RDS connects it and asks for scanner qualification RDS can manage only one legacy scanner at a time If...

Page 63: ... repeatable probe is connected on the arm RDS remind the user to do a probe Alignment Keep quiet RDS will skip the warning Until another probe is detected If the probe is dismounted from the arm then mounted again no message will appear when mounting again the same probe even if it is a non repeatable probe If another probe is mounted then RDS will warn again when the non repeatable probe will be ...

Page 64: ...connector on the 71xx series arm Thus all the existing threaded probes should be replaced by TKJ probes However if the adapter is dismounted to mount again a threaded probe for ex each time the TKJ adapter is mounted back on the arm screw not repeatable all probe Alignments should be invalidated and all probes realigned RDS automatically detect when the adapter has been dismounted and ask the ques...

Page 65: ...RDS Control Panel H000002007 RDS User Manual Version 5 0 0 2018 09 17 64 D 7 SCANNER Scanner tab appears only when a scanning head is detected on the arm The parameters depend on the type of scanner ...

Page 66: ... Button once to start and stop the button of the arm is used as a switch one simple press and release to start digitizing another one to stop Capture while button is pressed press and hold the button to start and continue digitizing release the button to stop Capture n not empty stripes Service user profile only press the button to start digitizing then RDS automatically stops when the defined num...

Page 67: ...for a specific surface for instance Most of the scanning parameters are memorized To enable easily one profile the selection can be done either in RDS Control Panel either on the RDS scanning window either even with the button on the machine Save a profile Advanced user Whatever the type of scanner to save a new scanning profile 1 Access RDS Control Panel Tab Scanner 2 Select the profile to modify...

Page 68: ...own list on the RDS Scanning window From RDS Control Panel access the tab Scanner and select the profile in the drop down list don t forget to save Control Panel With the machine the main button of the tracker can be used to switch to the next profile Use the Q A M or Wrist Display on RA8 7 to select the profile Double click on the scanner button to switch to the next profile x2 Surface Default Su...

Page 69: ...rofile for RS5 Linear RS2 3 4 static exposure and HP L 8 9 manual exposure Edge Profile for small details highest resolution but narrowest line Feature Standard profile mid size part and some details Surface Profile for large parts with a few details Line width mm Points spacing mm Sampling Gain Quality filter CMS 108 HP L 20 8 LAS LAS XL CMS 108 HP L 20 8 LAS LAS XL Points Line Edge 25 51 51 0 05...

Page 70: ...ing a regular percentage of points points by points or line by line Points sampling HP L 20 8 LAS LAS XL CMS 108 RS3 RS4 None keep all the points 100 80 keep 4 points on 5 75 keep 3 points on 4 60 keep 3 points on 5 50 keep 1 point on 2 40 keep 2 points on 5 33 keep 1 point on 3 25 keep 1 point on 3 20 keep 1 point on 5 10 keep 1 point on 10 5 keep 1 point on 20 2 5 keep 1 Point on 40 Etc Line sam...

Page 71: ...nual setup the exposure is setup manually defining the exposure value It is not possible to setup while digitizing Capture the exposure RDS switches temporarily to an automatic exposure until it is setup It is not possible to setup while digitizing Auto mode RS2 5 only the exposure is setup automatically in real time even while digitizing no need to take care about set it up The mode can be also s...

Page 72: ...en necessary to adjust this parameter correctly Cursor Percentage 1 25 50 75 100 Exp time 20µs 200µs 1000µs 4000µs 10000µs Light capted by the scanner Darkness of the part Noise Capture the exposure static mode RDS provides a process to setup automatically the exposure This exposure can be done with through the Quick Access Menu Q A M Access the Q A M with a press on the 3 States button and select...

Page 73: ...points points spacing in mm HP L 20 8 LAS scanning modes Line width mm Laser line Point spacing Rate Hz 220 0 050 37 130 0 050 51 63 0 025 50 0 013 28 51 0 050 100 25 0 013 50 Table 1 HP L 20 8 LAS scanning modes LAS XL scanning modes Line width mm Laser line Point spacing Rate Hz 468 0 905 51 228 0 452 50 0 226 29 182 0 905 100 91 0 226 50 Table 2 LAS XL scanning modes CMS108 scanning modes Line ...

Page 74: ...ed when gain is set to High or Very High since the likelihood of low quality data being generated is increased However if the quality filter is enabled these data should be automatically removed Quality filter The sensor has a quality filter to remove points which are deemed to be low quality including Double reflections Poor quality data on edges Isolated points outliers When measuring dark gloss...

Page 75: ... by a reference extending then the measurement volume Several solutions are available Simple arm Leap Frog consists by taking same points before and after moving the arm Grid Lok permits to position the arm anywhere on the Lok floor and reference the position by taking Lok points Space Lok permits to move the arm around the Space Lok tool Part Tool Loks used to move around the part tool Load a ref...

Page 76: ...sured from both positions the software comparing them will calculate a displacement matrix displacement in X Y and Z of the origin point and each rotation it underwent between both positions along X Y and Z Overlap points The displacement method consists by an Overlap method using geometric elements probed identically from both positions Depending on the accuracy of the measurement device this dis...

Page 77: ...lay an information status window in the task bar after the calculation Disable Macro Max Best Fit Maximum authorized best fit value over which the reference is not accepted Available references Item Description Values Available references Display the list of all references Name Name given to the reference Type Type of reference Leapfrog GridLOK Memory Permanent Temporary Status Shows which referen...

Page 78: ...rt the system then it is recommended to define this reference as a permanent to save it and when the work is finished to delete it All references notified as Permanent are saved in the arm memory if the arm is connected on another computer it is not necessary to reload those references Reference components Item Description Edit Display the characteristics of the selected reference Add Use to add a...

Page 79: ...ccurate This group needs at least 3 points that will be probed IN THE SAME ORDER from position 1 and position 2 Only one probe can be used for this operation Method In RDS Control Panel in RDS Data Collector or directly from the task bar access to new Leapfrog 1 Control Panel Tab Reference click on new 2 Place or choose correctly the points to probe 3 Run the script 4 Probe the points from 1st pos...

Page 80: ...ically the position of the arm on the GridLOK Measurements can be done in any software and the arm moved at any moment only 3 points are necessary to take without any button to press or click on any other operation than hit 3 points on the seats SpaceLOK recalls the principle of GridLOK but instead of a large grid of several seats on a floor the only 4 seats are fixed on a triangular 3D pyramid th...

Page 81: ...ve and Exit RDS Plug In the GridLOK dongle on the USB port of the computer GridLOK is then ready to use At any moment under any software or even out of any software mount the ball probe dedicated to the GridLOK on the arm and probe 3 GridLOK points Attention the three points must form a 90 triangle For each point no need to hit the button simply keep the probe seated in the target a few second unt...

Page 82: ...lighting the measured ones In RDS Control Panel Reference tab the GridLok reference appears as Engaged The RDS status notification reminds then Back to machine reference To come back to original Arm reference take three times the point Be sure to slightly pause between each point then RDS will display status information on the screen Each time the arm is disconnected from RDS the GridLOK is unlock...

Page 83: ... measuring device the mouse in Windows can be controlled by the arm Each button button 0 1 2 3 can be affected to a specific mouse function Left Button Middle Button and Right Button Movement sensibility in of highest sensibility defines the minimum movement speed of the arm to start moving the pointer This is useful to manage double click Remote mouse available unselect to completely deactivate t...

Page 84: ...B D and F axes When enabled when one axis B D or F reaches the limit measurement and mouse will be stopped NOTICE For security and constraints reasons it is recommended to always keep this setting on Allow measurement even if encoder over limit only for Alignment Centres Enable disable the possibility to take points when the arm reaches its limits i e if it is under constraints ...

Page 85: ...eo camera The camera can be either the one located on the wrist of the absolute arm either an external USB webcam Some measurement software are able to manage Align the video camera and use the picture When Video capture is activated a picture is automatically taken and sent to the measurement software each time a point is taken with a contact probe The picture can be also saved on the hard drive ...

Page 86: ...ragraph Store captured frames to disk When this option is ticked the taken picture is also saved on the computer on the specified folder Captured frames Path for stored frames and pictures please contact your local agent for modification Explore directory Opens Windows explorer on the specified folder Start Stop Start Stop Manually starts stops the video Automatically start video As soon as the ar...

Page 87: ... definition of the resolution of the image in pixels Item Description Values Resize captured image Standard size Predefined sizes Tiny 160x120 Small 320x240 Medium 480x360 Large 640x480 Custom size Used for other resolutions Width height Custom resolutions In pixels Image processing Flip Horizontal Flip vertical Used to mirror the image Output format Format and quality of the shot picture Jpeg Bmp...

Page 88: ...nistrator profile To be sure about the password that has been entered click on Show plain password the asterisks are replaced by the real characters D 11 1 HOW TO MODIFY THE PROTECTION OF A FUNCTION 1 Open RDS Control Panel tab Access Control use at least the Advanced profile 2 Select the profile to change and Modify PROFILE DESCRIPTION Standard Shop floor user he can only perform checks but canno...

Page 89: ...ble Each feature parameter is displayed period Mac address S N Information Description Displayed value Button to get a request code for an option Advanced User profile Button to enter a new activation code Advanced User profile Shows if the option is valid or not valid no more valid Name Type of option Run all Alignment Diagnosis tools Upgrade firmware Period Limitation date of the option if limit...

Page 90: ...request code to your Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence contact give request code 20 digit code you ll then get back activation code Enter the activation code 8 Once you have the activation code click on Enter Activation code now Or from the main tab click on add an activation code 9 Enter the code and click on OK Ask for a new feature Please select the feature you want to activate Wi Fi Run singl...

Page 91: ...URE Wi Fi Multi Gage Default connection for NCA ABSOLUTE and Multi Gage is USB Wi Fi option has to be activated to be able to use it on Multi gage Follow previous chapter to activate Wi Fi Wi Fi activation code is associated with the device and cannot be used with another device Alignment Diagnostic tools Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence agents can use RDS to Align the system under condition of ...

Page 92: ...ul information about the versions of RDS Windows and about the computer s adapters SYSTEM INFORMATION 1 Windows Operating system version 2 RDS v Details of RDS version 3 Network adapters Checking and details of all available network devices on the computer including Wi Fi Bluetooth wired RJ45 network 1 3 2 ...

Page 93: ...rget Shows the active reflector T Probe or Scanner and provides the list of reflectors to manually select them Start measurement According to the settings Triggers the measurement of a point Starts Stops the measurement continuous time or distance Stable probing Activate deactivate the auto triggered point measurement after a movement once the reflector stabilized the point is automatically taken ...

Page 94: ...s setting will be stored persistently b Target the OVC image contains for each reflector in the field of view FoV a green spot Green spots for each reflector in the FoV are present all the time regardless if the Absolute Tracker AT960 is locked or not to a target c Lock Lock option auto locking action on the click of the mouse or on closing the OVC When active the Tracker will drive the beam to th...

Page 95: ...e target 3 Once the target appears on the video affine the position by clicking at the centre of the target only one green dot is displayed on the target The target is not centred correctly two green dots are displayed click on the target The view gets centred on the click point Only one dot is displayed 4 If Lock is enabled the tracker automatically adjusts and locks target 5 Once the target is l...

Page 96: ... can be used T Probe and Scanner are automatically recognized no need to select The SMR reflectors cannot be recognized and require to be selected in the list Target Selection T Probe Automatic Scanner Automatic see RDS Control Panel and RDS Scanning window for details Reflector Select the appropriate reflector type in the list ...

Page 97: ...probing points are automatically triggered at a specified distance from the previous point The space between each point is constant and does not depend on the speed of movement The distance between each point can then be specified default 1mm Another probing option is available on the home screen to enable the triggering of the point based on the stability of the probe see next chapter Accuracy Th...

Page 98: ...tialization process all the subsystems in the Absolute Tracker AT960 are initialized and are verified to be functional During the initialization process the sensor moves to safety position Once the system is ready it will return back to its initial position Find reflector The Find Reflector function searches for a reflector within a defined search area and locks onto a target found The search patt...

Page 99: ...me or Continuous distance the points are triggered automatically once the specified delay or distance is reached after the previous point Press the Measure button to start the automatic measurement Then press the Stop button to pause Stable probing SMR only RDS provides the ability to trigger automatically a point when the probe stops moving no need to press any button move the probe to the desire...

Page 100: ...When Windows prompt the security alert click on Allow Access RDS Toolbox is a part of RDS package and is globally dedicated to the maintenance of the arm Open RDS Toolbox To access RDS Toolbox open the RDS Agent RDS icon on the notification bar and select RDS Toolbox in the links RDS Toolbox can be also opened from start menu Programs RDS RDS Toolbox Fig 2 RDS Toolbox start Menu Windows ...

Page 101: ...ult 3 groups of tiles give access to the different function panels News tiles RDS Toolbox can collect news and information from HEXAGON SERVER database internet connection required to give advices to the user Main arm configuration vault and SMART tiles Other maintenance tiles specific programming diagnose and analyse functions Profiles There are 2 profiles of RDS Toolbox depending on a valid feat...

Page 102: ...formation can be consulted at any time in RDS Toolbox on the same computer or even on any other computer via a download One first aim is to let the user of the maintenance people checking and analysing indicators of the arm then to locate any issue or to survey the good health of the arm A second application is to warn the user in any case of potential damage When an indicator goes out of the reas...

Page 103: ...menu b Ribbon Displays the choice of arm c Connection status Shows if the computer is currently connected to the HEXAGON Server d Arm selection Shows the current arm and gives the ability to select another arm in the memory e News links Tiles Information tiles contains all the received news and several official links f Main tools Tiles This is the centre of RDS toolbox contains the main functions ...

Page 104: ...he upper level Click on the Exit button on the Action line Go back to the Home panel Click on the Home button on the Ribbon Use tiles In RDS Toolbox to open a panel or activate a link simply click on the desired Tile Depending on the resolution of the screen RDS Toolbox panels may go over the screen In such case shift the panel from right to left by dragging it with the mouse click out of the tile...

Page 105: ...n choice b Menu levels c Current panel Simply remind the current menu no ribbon choice Click on Home to display the home panel and use the tiles To go back to the main panel simply click on the Home button Action line On most of the panels is located a band that contains the action buttons RDS Toolbox automatically shows the useful buttons a Action buttons b Action line a b c b a ...

Page 106: ...while Topic Colour of the notification SMART Alert notification Information notification News notification Click on the text Opens the notification in the appropriate Panel Pin the notification Pin the notification to keep it displayed on the foreground until it is unpinned or until the user click on it to open in RDS Toolbox Unpin the notification Unlock the notification and let it be hidden Clos...

Page 107: ...eminders Information notifications Some notifications may pop up giving simple information regarding an event A click on this information notification may run an action depending on the type of information News notifications One aspect of RDS Toolbox is to provide latest news information or useful links to the user When the computer is connected to internet news is automatically downloaded and dis...

Page 108: ...cted arm Currently connected arm Off line arms Arms that have been previously connected Distant arms Arms that have never been connected to the computer F 2 5 MAINTENANCE CONNECTION Some tools of RDS Toolbox require a special connection when using those tools the arm enters in a Maintenance connection status and the connection with RDS service itself is temporary hung on The tools that are using t...

Page 109: ...internet connection is needed When the computer is not connected to internet the SMART data and all the new Vault packages are stored locally on the computer to be synchronized as soon as the computer gets a connection Once the computer is connected to internet RDS Toolbox automatically synchronize the Vault content packages up and down and collects and displays any new publications On the top rig...

Page 110: ... the Arm selection button the ribbon shows all the available arms in memory Depending on the status of the selected arm the icon colour changes The Arm is connected and ready The Arm is connected but a warning is currently displayed Rest position error alert about it or Maintenance connection is in use The Arm is Off line The selection of Off line arms can be used only for SMART and Arm status fun...

Page 111: ...n be sorted by each item Click on the column header that has to be used to sort a symbol on the column header shows which column and which order is used Lists filtering On most of the tables displayed in RDS Toolbox filters can be applied to reduce it place the pointer over the column header and click on the filter symbol Then select in the list the wanted filter Available values Customized filter...

Page 112: ...trl F will provide a search function by keyword Any time the filter symbol is present the search function can be activated 1 On the keyboard press Ctrl F a search area appears 2 Enter the keyword the list is automatically reduced Groups expand reduce In some panels the information is grouped ex Arm status In such case it is possible to expand or hide the content of a group by clicking on the arrow...

Page 113: ...NKS PUBLICATIONS News notifications When the computer is connected to Internet RDS Toolbox can receive publications of news As soon as a new publication is received a notification appears on the bottom right of the screen Click on the open button to see the details of the publication See Notifications for more details RDS Toolbox Home Panel On the RDS Toolbox home panel one tile is dedicated to th...

Page 114: ... window d Pages control buttons Action line The list of news is sorted by publication date Click on the news to display in the publication window The publication window behaves like an internet browser the publications are html pages with text pictures and eventually internal or external internet links For example a publication may contain a link to the Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence web site ...

Page 115: ... 0 2018 09 17 114 H ARM STATUS Click on the Arm status tile this screen shows information about the selected arm The Arm Status can be used both for the currently connected arm and for an Off line arm The displayed information is grouped by categories ...

Page 116: ... Date and time of the end of connection of the Off line arm Arm Status Overall status Information about connection and status ex Rest position Armspecs date time Date and time of last arm Alignment Profile name Arm profile in use External Temperature Temperature measured by the arm see arm manual for sensor location Battery Level On power supply on Battery of the full charge Position XYZ Coordinat...

Page 117: ...e current probe Type Hard contact trigger scanner or NC Tube probe Dimensions Diameter and length of the probe Calculation result Precision of the probe residual error of the last probe Alignment Sub type ID Identification number of the probe Axes deploy A to H Raw value and angle radians of each encoder ...

Page 118: ...el of equipment and accuracy of the arm 71 73 75 Brand ROMER Cimcore Volume Measurement volume of the arm in mm Revision Version of arm Advanced properties deploy Technician only Factory Montoire Oceanside Assembly ID Version Version of arm see the arm manual for details Components Component set Steps of the history of arm each time the hardware or firmware of one component is changed a new set is...

Page 119: ...st step stored locally on the computer in order to be sent to the HEXAGON Portable Arms server HEXAGON Server Database through an internet connection The synchronization of the data is automatic no set up to do In return packages are available for downloaded from the HEXAGON SERVER to a local computer The vault of RDS Toolbox displays so the list of available packages for all the local arms For th...

Page 120: ...ble packages grouped by arm d Search filter Ctrl F for available arms Columns description Item Description Serial Number Serial number of the arm in the package Date time Date and time of creation of the package Type Type of package Armspecs Certification Profile Diagnosis see after Comment Comment entered at the creation of the package Local status Shows if the package is present or not locally o...

Page 121: ...the connected arm Restore Restore the memory of the arm with the selected package Extract content Extract the content of the package into RDS Data Collector environment Open Report Opens the certification report Switch to SMART database Switch RDS Toolbox in Database mode with the selected Dataset package Upload SMART dataset Does a manual upload of the SMART dataset to the HEXAGON Server on the r...

Page 122: ...erSpecs the Backup Specs can be restored into the UserSpecs block and restore the memory as it was after the last Alignment by the Service Centre If the complete memory is damaged it is possible to download the package and restore it Type Description Cal Calibration RDS Data Collector raw data Armspecs Ce Certification RDS Data Collector Raw data Armspecs Op Optimization RDS Data Collector Raw dat...

Page 123: ...e computer On a first step the data are store on the memory of the arm and on the computer then after the synchronization with the HEXAGON Server all the data concerning the arm that may come from several computers are merged into a SMART DATA SET package One SMART DATA SET package refers to a period Once the current SMART DATA SET package has reached a maximum size a new package is automatically ...

Page 124: ... downloaded Not online Action status Explanation downloaded The package has been successfully downloaded and can be used uploaded The created package has been successfully uploaded to HEXAGON Server error download upload Last try to download upload failed Local status Action status Online status Explanation Not on disk Available The arm has been added to the list and the package is available for d...

Page 125: ...e and its Local status the following information can be found Package information all packages Package name Identification number of the package File size Locate on disk When clicking on this line a link to the folder becomes available opens the browser on the Vault folder and pre selects the package file Calibration report Calibration packages Opens the complete Calibration report text file spat ...

Page 126: ... Backup This manual operation can be used at any moment to make a security backup of the arm in order to restore later the arm in the same configuration 1 Ensure first that the arm is correctly connected 2 Click on the Backup button 3 At the prompt enter a comment 4 Press OK the new Backup package appears in the list The arm specs will backup Please type a comment and confirm the backup Security b...

Page 127: ...Collector is asking the user if a package must be created or not A comment is also asked SMART Data set package A SMART Data set package is automatically created periodically It collects all the SMART indicators and computer information for the concerned period The Smart Dataset packages appear only once the periodic set has been uploaded and implemented on the HEXAGON Server I 4 3 COMMENT When a ...

Page 128: ...y on HEXAGON SERVER If no internet connection is available the package is kept locally pending for a connection to HEXAGON SERVER The package becomes notified as Uploaded in the Action status 3 After a security check out the package becomes available for any RDS Toolbox user on any computer Synchronization of the list of packages When a new arm is added to the list of the vault new connected arm o...

Page 129: ...onized and displayed The packages are available but not locally downloaded Refresh the vault The list of packages of an arm may get newer items new Alignments new periodic SMART Data sets Thus the list in RDS Toolbox needs to be updated This operation is normally done automatically however if a new package has just been synchronized from another computer it is possible to refresh manually the list...

Page 130: ...t on the computer Once the package is downloaded it stays available On disk even if the computer is no more connected to HEXAGON SERVER Select the package Download click on Download or 2x Double click on the package Its status becomes Date time Type Comment Local status Action status Online status Date type Comment On disk Downloaded Available And the package becomes locally available to be used S...

Page 131: ... to be able to reproduce a previous situation to analyse or safely restore a status of the arm Depending on the profile usage is available or not Button Refresh Restore Package information Extract content Add Arm Analyse a diagnosis package Remove Arm Open Report Download Switch to Smart database Backup Close all users Technicians only ...

Page 132: ...On disk or not Moreover for the On Disk packages a button gives a direct access to the location folder of the packages files so that it is possible to get back the package file and send it by E Mail in case the computer cannot be connected to internet The vault can be accessed also directly on C Users Public Documents ROMER RDS Vault Select the package click on Package Information or Do a right cl...

Page 133: ...t contains the desired Arm data status Restore Click on Restore button If the package doesn t fit with the arm the structure of the arm doesn t fit with the arm data RDS Toolbox displays a message I 6 3 SWITCH TO SMART DATASET To visualize the SMART data from a SMART dataset package once the package is downloaded simply use the action Switch to SMART dataset RDS Toolbox then prompt a confirmation ...

Page 134: ...status On disk Downloaded Available 2 weeks later Local status Action status Online status Not on disk Available Packages are only removed from the local computer not from HEXAGON SERVER data base Manually remove an arm To clean the list of packages in the Vault a distant arm can be manually removed from the list Select the arm to remove Remove Click on Remove arm A local arm connected or offline ...

Page 135: ...I 8 1 MANUAL UPLOAD OF SMART DATASET The period of synchronization upload of the SMART dataset to the HEXAGON Server is 24h If an issue occurs the Technician of the Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence Service Centre may have the need to investigate the situation and then to be able to consult the SMART dataset package before the term of 24 h An action button is available in the Vault panel to antic...

Page 136: ...5 Copy the dump file on a removable support USB memory CD and send the file to the Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence technician The dump file contains the following data current s Content of the whole local SMART dataset including all the local arms Rds log RDSLocalDBDLL log RDSToolBox log RDSTOolboxDLL log Log files that can help the investigations I 8 3 OPEN A SMART DATASET To be able to read a...

Page 137: ...m S N type of package comment date 4 RDS Toolbox automatically reduces the list to the packages that contain the keywords highlighting them With a filter 1 Open RDS Toolbox 2 Select Vault 3 On the header of the column where to apply a filter click on the filter icon top left corner 4 Select the desired value or choose Custom for advanced filter 5 RDS Toolbox automatically reduces the list to the p...

Page 138: ...for a service aim In case the computer cannot be connected to internet the package can be got back as a file to be sent to a Service Centre by E Mail 1 Select the package 2 Download it 3 Use the Information action button 4 In the information window notice the package identification name 5 Select the line Locate on disk and click on the magnifying glass 6 In the opened browse window select the pack...

Page 139: ...ersion 5 0 0 2018 09 17 138 I 9 3 HOW TO SAVE THE ARM DATA 1 Connect the arm to RDS through USB 2 Open RDS Toolbox 3 Select Vault 4 Click on Backup 5 Enter a comment 6 Press OK Arm specs will be backed up Please type a comment and press OK to proceed OK Cancel ...

Page 140: ...SB 2 Open RDS Toolbox 3 Select Vault 4 In the list of packages select the package to restore Backup Alignment Certification If the arm is not present in the list a Technician profile is necessary Click on Add An arm Enter the serial number Click on Search for Select the wanted arm Click on Pick out 5 Click on Download 6 Click on Restore 7 Restart the arm ...

Page 141: ...s several indicators and possible alerts if some indicators overpass specified limits Several indicators get information from sensors on the arm even when the arm is not connected the sensors collect data The data are synchronized with HEXAGON SERVER through the computer SMART Data set packages as soon as the arm is connected to the computer With this tool it is possible to survey the arm and prev...

Page 142: ...at have been connected to the computer This is the standard mode that uses the local memory Connected arm RDS Toolbox collects SMART indicators and information any time an arm is connected to the computer All the previous SMART data in the memory of the arm are downloaded onto RDS Toolbox Then the data are periodically synchronized with HEXAGON SERVER The SMART information from the currently conne...

Page 143: ... Mode all the SMART Data Set Packages On Disk can be surveyed 1 Simply select the SMART Data Set Package and click on Use database 2 A prompt is asking you for confirming the use of the selected database answer Yes 3 Then RDS Toolbox switches into ta Database Mode RDS Toolbox doesn t use anymore the local memory but only the database coming from the SMART Data set package 4 Then a SMART dataset ac...

Page 144: ...tics and information about the status and use of the system a Database mode Reminds when the database mode is used Arm selection Local mode Permits to select which arm connected or Off line in the local mode to survey Database mode reminds which arm is displayed b Components graphic view Shows each component and highlight whether they are OK green or not red c Global status of the system Shows ver...

Page 145: ...ox gets a SMART alert from the system the concerned component is shown red In the present case 1 warning is shown the Target accuracy By pointing the component The description of the component and its status are displayed on it On a green component On a red component Component is working properly Component presents an alert By clicking on a component Some statistics for green components or the ale...

Page 146: ...atistics can be consulted through the analyse Indicators button Example of statistics No selection Number of Arm full power on off cycles Accuracy Time since last Alignment Computer Number of RDS Control Panel activations Comm_Link Times and duration of connection Comm_USB Times and duration of connection Count of errors Comm_Wi Fi Feature Pack Battery level Arm Base Duration of use Temperature of...

Page 147: ...se of an alert The aim is to warn the user that a problem occurs a component may be damaged or may be about to be damaged In any case an alert must be checked to avoid a major issue It can be also a reminder for a late operation too old Alignment for example What to do when an alert is generated When an alert is generated a notification is displayed several times in sort of ensure that the user ca...

Page 148: ...er Manual Version 5 0 0 2018 09 17 147 J 5 1 ALERT NOTIFICATIONS As soon as RDS generates an alert a notification is displayed on the bottom right of the screen Click on the alert to view the details in the SMART Alerts panel ...

Page 149: ...t Alert ID Identification number of the alert Triggered on Data and time of the alert Impacted Arm Criticity Warning Major Critical importance of the alert Critical alerts appear in red Problem description Short description Occurrences Number of times Acknowledged on Date and time of validation of an alert View alert Button to open the full details of the selected alert close Close this panel and ...

Page 150: ...T indicator of the faulty component name and description Problem description Description and values of the indicator error Criticity Minor Major Critical Suggested solution Suggestion of checking repair contact to try to solve or avoid the problem Acknowledged on Date and time of the validation of the alert Actions Acknowledge for active alerts once the problem is solved repaired or to dismiss the...

Page 151: ...he SMART overview screen To go deeper in the analyse of those indicators a complete panel provides the display of one or several SMART indicators their current values and time graph To give the best possibilities the display is customizable From the SMART overview panel or from the details of an alert click on Analyse indicators From SMART Overview Analyse panel opens automatically the templates t...

Page 152: ...s can be displayed b Chart 2 e Zoom Graphic control of the time range Actions Adds the current indicators selection on a new chart up to 4 charts Adds the current indicators selection on the existing chart Nb1 2 3 or 4 Displays all the alerts on the charts Displays all the events on the impacted chart Exports the values of each graph into a separate excel file Saves the current workspace as a new ...

Page 153: ...stalled RDS Toolbox provides default predefined templates which represent useful indicators To use them simply select the tab Templates a and click on the graph to display it b If one or several graphs were already displayed the whole view is overwritten with the new graph from the template It is possible to get more templates Ask your Service Centre b a ...

Page 154: ...ab to display the list of indicators The list can be reduced or deployed by clicking on each expand button As soon as one indicator is selected its details appear below the list Deploy the group Click on the indicator The search by keyword function can be used with Ctrl F click first on the header of the column ...

Page 155: ...unter Bar A Time counter evaluates duration A Time counter is increased in real time as soon as the SMART sensor is active The name usually ends by Time The last value details zone represents the overall total The chart can represent sub totals per hour per day per month The chart may also represent the overall total evolution Period time None Immediate Line An immediate indicator evaluates an ins...

Page 156: ...xes of an indicator may concern encoders indexes probes indexes In such cases several indexes can be selected and displayed at the same time using Ctrl or keys For example the indicator Enc_BoardTemperature provides one value for each encoder Only A is selected the graph shows only one curve A B C D E and F are all selected the graph shows 6 curves ...

Page 157: ...ine chart but all the area under the line is filled It is useful to better see the graph but not recommended for multiple lines on same graph Step line All the points are linked through steps This is more convenient for counters and time counters Step area As for Area based on Line Step area is based on Step line and the field under the steps is filled Here again the purpose is to better see the g...

Page 158: ...e time counters the values can be displayed per period None Bar graph The graph shows the complete incrementing of the indicator in real time Hour The graph shows the total counter value per hour Day Step area graph The graph shows the total counter value per day Month The graph shows the total counter value per month ...

Page 159: ...n the details of the indicator select one or several indexes 3 For counters choose the period time 4 Choose the type of chart Display the chart Once the preliminary choice is done add the selected indicator On a new chart On an existing chart It is possible to add an indicator to an existing chart only if the type of graph is the same Then the graph is displayed On the left side the Available tab ...

Page 160: ...ows the current charts and indicators As for the Available tab the window is split List List of the charts and indicators the colours of the charts and graphs are reminded here A check box permits for each indicator to be hidden or displayed The list can be reduced or deployed Details Details of the selected indicator it reminds the description of the indicator and the chart type and period ...

Page 161: ...click on a position to zoom on it Left cursor Move it to adjust the lower limit of the graph Right cursor Move it to adjust the upper limit of the graph Click on a position Click on a specific time position to reduce and zoom the graph to this position Translate the range To translate the time position Pan the selection on the range graph Use the horizontal lift at the bottom of the chart Pan the ...

Page 162: ...oom in a box Shift key Left click Zoom in on the pointer location Alt key Left click Zoom out on the pointer location Mouse middle button Pan the zoom on X and Y axis Action button Refit to all the graph Check the values Whatever one or several indicators are displayed on one or several graphs to survey the graphs values just place the pointer over the graph at the desired time position A line sho...

Page 163: ...and events to get a better understanding of why the event occurred Displays the events All the events such as the start of a session are displayed on all the charts to locate them and do a link between the indicators that may explain the cause of the alert Displays the alerts All the alerts notified for the current arm are displayed on the chart to locate them ...

Page 164: ...t of values can be exported into a separate Excel file 1 Once the wanted charts displayed click on Export to file 2 Select the column separator comma semicolon tabulation 3 Select or enter the file folder and name 4 Validate the export The target folder is displayed showing as many CSV Excel files as number of indicators 2 3 4 1 ...

Page 165: ...mplates Default templates can be automatically proposed and user templates can be created When entering the Analyse panel from the SMART Overview one the templates are automatically displayed Otherwise click on the Templates tab a Templates tab b List of templates Select the wanted template the graph s is are automatically displayed with the updated values b a ...

Page 166: ...In details zone select the index es of the selected indicator encoder index probe index 4 In details zone select the type of graph Period time None Hour Day Month Chart type Bar Area Line Step line Step area Spline Spline area Point 5 Click on a graph button to choose to add on a new graph or an existing one 6 On the Control of the time range scroll the left and right sides to define the start and...

Page 167: ...ds on the profile Opt Tool to reprogram a probe Panel to survey in real time the components of the arm encoders values voltage temperature buttons boards Tool to configure the arm Wi Fi component Tool to program the electronic boards of the arm or the scanner Displays the RDS Toolbox Log file External tool to view and decode RDS and RDS Toolbox Log files Technician profile only a valid RDS feature...

Page 168: ...es database is automatically updated as soon as the computer in connected to internet synchronization with HEXAGON SERVER database On first launch after the installation the list of probes is empty until the computer is connected to internet to update it a List of probes b Action buttons Start programming process c Lift to scroll the probes d Selected Probe program highlighted green e Search tool ...

Page 169: ...ation Name Complete name of the probe file The name contains the necessary information Tip diameter Tip material Type of probe Length of the probe Type of arm Absolute Multi Gage Angle if not straight Gender of TKJ Picture Part Number Refer to your catalogue to get the part number Type Type of probe Hard contact probe Tube non contact probe Touch trigger Probe ...

Page 170: ...he search box 6mm The list is automatically reduced to the search criteria Cancels the text filter Use the filters on the Probes tiles For each of the details on the probes tiles tools are available to filter or sort the list by the selected detail Move the pointer over one detail two symbols appear Filter Click on it to reduce the list of probes to the selected type of detail Sort by Click on it ...

Page 171: ... probes select the appropriate one 5 Click Program a probe button 6 Confirm the following question 7 RDS displays the information message 8 Once the message is validated the probe is added to the list of probes in the memory of the arm and the probe Alignment is requested The probe programming affects the memory of the probe itself not the memory of the arm if the probe was already in the memory o...

Page 172: ...cy by changing the channel or enhance the security by using a Wep key Here are all the possibilities that can be used and setup through RDS Toolbox SSID Country code Channel Wep64 Wep128 Wpa Multi Gage MG ROMER Absolute Arm RA7 FP2 FP3 FP3 FP3 Absolute Arm RA8 CP2 CP3 Standard optional The configuration of the FP2 and FP3 must be operated through RDS Mobile On demand specific chipset files can be ...

Page 173: ...Fi Chipset 3 Click on Start 4 Multi Gage and RA7 only select the chipset file to use in the browse window on C Users Public Documents ROMER RDS FactorySpecs Wi Fi and validate dp for Multi Gage Wi Fi V1 dp551 for Multi Gage Wi Fi V2 cb for Absolute Arm FP2 FP3 5 Enter the values for each feature and press Commit 6 Switch off then on again to reboot the arm with the new chipset ...

Page 174: ...w version is always compatible with old boards For the RSx scanner a valid Activation code must be entered in RDS Control Panel Please contact your Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence representative Main Mother board iic Check the latest version with your local Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence Service Centre Mother board PIC fw Event board fw Control Feature Pack gz SMART Board RS1 5 Scanner swu ...

Page 175: ...WARE 1 Establish the USB connection to the arm 2 Run RDS Toolbox and select Upgrade Firmware 3 Wait until the list of components is displayed The list can be refreshed by clicking on Check Firmware Check Firmware 4 Check the list check the versions or send the list to the Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence technician ...

Page 176: ...5 Validate both confirmation prompts 6 Wait until the end of the upgrade then validate the message NOTICE The upgrade may be long depending on the board Don t switch off the arm before the end of the download 7 The arm then automatically reboots if not switch off then on again to reboot the arm with the new firmware NOTICE RA8 in case of issue when programming the Mainboard firmware a boot on Safe...

Page 177: ...ence reseller when ordering the upgrade The firmware file This will be provided with the feature code To order the Feature code and the firmware file please contact your local Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence representative Always ensure that the requirements are respected according to the version of Scanner Motherboard Event Board PIC firmware How to get a Feature Code for RSx Upgrade 1 Notice ...

Page 178: ...ne yet communicate the information to the Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence representative 3 Press Upgrade firmware 4 In the browse window select the new firmware file 5 Once the scanner is upgraded as prompted restart the scanner to apply the changes 6 In RDS Control Panel Probes tab remove the RSx probe move the probe switch to the contact probe location then delete the scanner To correctly res...

Page 179: ... thus it is possible to consult the list of the latest events The events are classified by type and levels For convenience a default predefined filter is set when opening the panel Item Default filter a Date Date and time local of the event Today b Level Level of details event INFO DEBUG WARN ERROR c Message Description of the event itself a b c ...

Page 180: ...CK MEASURE ARMS RDS Quick measure is a little tool to allow the user to very quickly measure simple dimensions a Available features to measure b Access probe Alignment see RDS Data collector manual c Access to RDS Control Panel d Exit Quick Measure tool e Choose the units mm inch d c b a e ...

Page 181: ...the probe c Coordinates of the last probed point d Number of taken points this must be at least equal to the minimum before validating the element e Minimum number of points f Instructions to follow g Reminder of the buttons functions h Mounted probe specifications i Validate the measured element yellow BP2 or exit this menu j Cancel delete last probed point OK validate the element a b c e h g f j...

Page 182: ... 2 MEASUREMENT PROCEDURE 1 Access to Quick Measure 2 Select the desired measurement 3 Follow the instructions 4 Hit the points respect the required number of points for each feature 5 validate each measured feature except single point 6 After last measurement the result is displayed ...

Page 183: ...ameter of a shaft circle Plane projection 3 Circle 3 L 2 2 DISTANCES Icon Measurement Features to measure Min Nb of Pts Distance between 2 single points not compensated Single point 1 auto validation 1 Single point 2 auto validation 1 Distance between 2 planes Plane 1 3 Plane 2 3 Distance between 2 circles Plane 1 3 Circle 1 3 Plane 2 3 Circle 2 3 Distance between a line and a point Plane 1 projec...

Page 184: ... ANGLES Icon Measurement Features to measure Min Nb of Pts Angle between 2 planes Plane 1 3 Plane 2 3 Angle between 2 lines Plane 1 projection for line 1 3 Line 1 2 Plane 2 projection for line 2 3 Line 2 2 Angle between a plane and a line Plane 1 3 Plane 2 projection for line 3 Line 2 ...

Page 185: ...interface Pc Dmis Touch 1 0 TubeShaper 1 0 No No configuration 3DReshaper 6 3 RDS Install RDS plug in SpatialAnalyzer 2011 10 20 Select Absolute Arm Quindos Q7 Bending Studio Visi 2018 R2 GPad GTube 2 05 No Select RA7 MG RDS Driver Romosoft is not supported by the RA8 Docs 3 0 No No configuration PolyWorks 12 0 7 No Select Absolute Arm PowerInspect 2012 Hexagon RDS Select Hexagon RDS interface Pow...

Page 186: ...g13 ROMER Arm Select ROMER RDS Metromec Metrosoft Pema Point2CAD Polygonia 30 12 Rapidform Reverse Engineering RevWorks Rhino V5 0 Use ROMER digitizer ScanWorks 5 5 Select Hexagon Absolute Tezet TopMes TopSolid 7 7 TouchDMIS TubeExpert Certified by Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence Implemented but not certified by Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence ...

Page 187: ...the operator laser CMS HEXAGON Scanners For customer s licences no more configuration is necessary to use one of the HEXAGON scanners as any contact probe the scanners managed by RDS will be automatically recognized M 1 2 TUBESHAPER Trigger button 3 States button Left 3 States button Right Short Hit Pt Del Pt Cancel Validate OK Long Measurement menu M 1 3 3DRESHAPER Trigger button 3 States button ...

Page 188: ...ls the stop condition Scanning also ends when the red main button is released This feature can be switched on and off with the registry entry EndScanOnButtonUp in the Driver section of the working environment Probe naming The probe names in Quindos and RDS will differ due to different naming conventions RDS Centre reference probe 6mm 3mm Quindos _Centre_reference_probe _6mm _3mm The name conversio...

Page 189: ...onfiguration is needed for the Absolute Arm 1 In ROMOSOFT toolbar do a right click on GDS Then select Board 2 The following window will appear Click on RA7 MG RDS Driver 3 The following window will appear Click Cancel 4 Then Exit The remote mouse may not work properly Romotic application must be deactivated and manual shortcuts must be created Ask your local agent for more details M 1 7 DOCS Trigg...

Page 190: ...toolbar select Absolute Arm 3 Click on the connection button to connect to the Arm Absolute Arm settings In Probing toolbar click on the probe button then click on Properties Configuration Opens RDS Control Panel Probe Alignment Opens Probe alignment script in RDS Data Collector Arm buttons use for message boxes When a message box appears the arm buttons can be used to make a choice in the box A s...

Page 191: ... Absolute Arm Scanning Peripherals Don t forget to save the configuration to keep it as default configuration for new projects Configuration for Perceptron scanner In ImAlign or ImInspect in the menu select Plug Ins Perceptron Contour Probe Scanworks starts then scanning and all Scanworks tools are available directly from PolyWorks ...

Page 192: ...or to measurement the RDS arm must be assigned to the Verisurf Device Manager and started Device Setup is accessed from the Device Manager Toolbar 1 On the Device Manager Toolbar choose the Device Setup button Device Setup window opens 2 Select the number of devices 3 On the tab of the Device Device1 Device2 that must be allocated to the RDS arm select the appropriate RDS arm The primary instrumen...

Page 193: ...g the connection Select the Start button in the control area On the Device List right click on the device that you want to activate and then choose Start Device from the speed menu right Verisurf starts the device Activating a Device Starting a device doesn t mean make it active As several devices can be started it is necessary to activate the one to use In the list of devices check or uncheck the...

Page 194: ...be Manager dialog Create Copy Probe Creates a new probe based on the current one Simply rename it Renaming a Probe Available for Custom Probes only All the probes must have a unique name Deleting a Probe Available for Custom Probes only Delete cannot be undone Align Probe Opens RDS Data Collector Loading Probe Sets To recall a saved Probe set prb file Save a Probe Set Used to save the current Prob...

Page 195: ...point Validate Long Burst Pts Scan Delete all points At first start of PowerInspect or through the menu select the type of measuring system Hexagon RDS To connect PowerInspect to the arm click on the connect button Wait few seconds after press buttons to start first scan It is strongly recommended to use scanner filters to decrease the number of points for geometric items ...

Page 196: ...AGON arm scanners After PowerShape installation V2013 minimum install the CMM driver provided by Autodesk Once PowerShape Pro is run click on the Arm connection button for Probing or on the laser button for scanning The system is ready CMM toolbar Once the arm contact probe or scanner are connected a toolbar is available a Close the toolbar b Open the Autodesk driver CMM selection box c Connect to...

Page 197: ...figuration program in case it doesn t start automatically go to Start Menu All Programs Metrolog Configuration Assistant 1 Enter user name and password then Next 2 Skip following window by Next 3 On next window select type of machine Absolute RDS and check Automatically recall last probes file then click on Next 4 Finish the configuration by clicking on Save 5 Run Metrolog software the probe is au...

Page 198: ...ER Absolute SI RDS or ROMER Absolute SE CMS108 RDS and tick Automatically recall last probes file then click on Next 4 Finish the configuration by clicking on Save 5 Run Metrolog software probe is automatically recognized and activated the system is ready to use Configuration for Perceptron Once Metrolog is installed run Metrolog configuration program in case it doesn t start automatically Start M...

Page 199: ...3State button Left 3State button Right Short Hit Pt Scan Validate OK Long Configuration for probing or HEXAGON scanners After Geomagic installation install Absolute Probing and Absolute Scanning plug ins In Qualify or Studio material tab select Hexagon Absolute Probing or Hexagon Absolute Scanning Configuration for Perceptron After Geomagic installation run Perceptron SetUp exe plug ins installati...

Page 200: ...ntil you come to the select components custom installation Choose Retrofit In practice it makes no functional difference which option you choose This option only sets the reference picture and relevant section of the language file neither of which is used by the Absolute Arm Click through the next windows Various other packages will be installed i e Net framework etc Again these are standard insta...

Page 201: ... 200 Tab Reference Marks Reference Marks used is unticked Tab Probe Head 13 Fixed Tab Others All options unticked except SPC option is ticked Probe default state is ticked Probe check enabled is ticked Close the setup form then close down and restart Aberlink3D ...

Page 202: ...n at a point on the positive X axis and at a point on the XY plane with a positive Y value Once an alignment has been set up the Use alignment check box is enabled and checked Whilst the check box is checked all measurements taken will be mapped from raw arm coordinates to the new reference frame The user can set up a new alignment at any time using the Align button or disable an existing alignmen...

Page 203: ...d at a rate controlled by the Scan Rate setting This may be set from 1 one measurement per second to 10 ten measurements per second Distance from Previous Point In this mode Aberlink 3D will take a measurement when the probe has moved by at least Scan Spacing from the previous point and whilst Button 1 is depressed The spacing is set in mm or inches depending on whether Aberlink 3D is configured f...

Page 204: ...e a new controller by typing a name and pressing Enter and then clicking the Add button 2 In the Control tab define the controller Select NonCZControl from the Controller selection Make sure you have Simulation only offline unchecked 3 In the Machine tab define the machine properties Please select Non CZControl ROMERRDSArm from the dropdown list For more details see the Calypso User Guide 4 In the...

Page 205: ...ich the ROMER Interface is installed Normally you enter localhost NONCZCONTROL in the address field while Control is selected The settings for Panel don t need to be changed M 1 16 RHINOCEROS Trigger button 3State button Left 3State button Right Short Hit Pt Validate Long Burst Pts Configuration for contact probes In the menu of Rhino V5 select Tools 3D digitizer Connect Then select the type of di...

Page 206: ...r data transmission To avoid any issue the following ports need to be open to RDS Direction Firewall rule needed Component TCP 4020 Incoming Yes RDS Agent TCP 4021 Incoming Yes RDS Toolbox UDP 15789 Incoming Yes RS5 scanner TCP 23 Outcoming No TCP 4000 Outcoming No TCP 8023 Outcoming No TCP 4001 Outcoming No TCP 4002 Outcoming No ...

Page 207: ...be used only in USB connection mode If the current connection is Wi Fi use the USB cable to connect the arm to the computer When adding a new scanner RDS gets frozen just after the selection of the type of scanner Solution is to disable nView Desktop Manager open the nVidia nView Desktop Manager control panel by choosing Windows Menu Settings Control Panel nVidia nView Desktop Manager Then uncheck...

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