ATS600 Automation

Running the Tracker Interface Separately from SA

One of the unique features about SA’s architecture is that the instrument interface can be run separately from SA. This provides a means to run multiple trackers independently on different machines while connect to a single SA for data storage. Doing so also provides the ability to separate the persistence files for individual trackers, as the persistence file will be saved in the directory as where the tracker interface is launched, as opposed to the C:\Analyzer Data\Persistence folder.

In order to run the SA Laser Tracker process separately some additional support files are required. These include the following files:

 

 

MP support for Automation

In addition to the standard Laser Tracker MP support there are a couple of commands of note that will be directly helpful for the ATS:

Scan CAD Faces. Takes the scan within perimeter idea and ap- plies it to a list of CAD faces. This command can include exclu- sion zones defined by holes in the selected CAD faces.

Edit Scan Perimeter Profile. This command offers a means to edit an existing measurement profile and add a set of scan re- gions to it.

When using Scan Within Perimeter, the “Parameter set name” (A2) can be used to define the resolution of the scan. Enter a string for the Param- eter set name as follows:

In 2022.3 a dialog entry method has been added to simplify this process:

 

There Instrument Operational Check command “camera view” can be used to open the OVC and while open, Configure and Measure can be used to trigger measurements using the user defined OVC definitions, as long as it is used with the OVC still open. This is a means to have a user guide a measurement setup from MP.