Hurco VMC with Renishaw Probe issues

[greg529G2]

We've got a Hurco VMX42i with a Renishaw part probe.  We've added the Renishaw macros and have it mostly working.  It just takes a little hand modification to get it to work.

First each probing block starts with P9832 and ends with P9833. This is supposed to turn the probe on and off but the hurco does that automatically when the tool is called up.  It throws the error "UNSUPPORTED FEATURE" if left in. Removing these lines fixes the problem.  

Second when printing results from the probe geometry option it's missing a POPEN and PCLOS.  This tells the hurco to record the results to where the print output file is pointed in NC Settings. I've got mine set to record to the hard drive as a .txt file.  Unfortunately the hurco also over writes the file every time this is used.  It cant be started and ended with every inspection.  Just once at the beginning and one at the end. I've tried it both ways and if it brackets every one you only get your last result. 

Attached are the .fd3 file of the test part, the post I'm using, and where I modified the code to make it work.  The post is an older version but the same things happen with the latest post in the library. 

Thanks

[joseph.komenda · Accepted solution]

Hi @greg529G2 ,

To remove the code you noted in the NC program, you only need to remove or comment out the lines 1003 and 2187 from the post you sent in.  Hope this helps.  Let me know if you need more details.

[greg529G2]

Thanks.  It also seems like just putting the POPEN/PCLOS at the start and end of the program doesn't effect anything else so I think I've got it sorted. 

[BOCA_VASILE]

Hi

How can i get the Renishaw macros files for Hurco VM10Ui ?