Dakota Digital CMX Chapter Eleven Setups - Create, Store, Edit, & Recall, Introduction to Setups

CHAPTER ELEVEN

SETUPS – CREATE, STORE, EDIT, & RECALL

11.1 Introduction to Setups

Often times, users are faced with a variety of tasks and applications that are sometimes similar, but often times very different. With a standard thickness gauge, the user would have to recalibrate for each individual application respectively. With all the features of the CMX, the number of potential applications also increases based on ability alone. This is primarily in refe rence to the addition of those very difficult applications, where a standard thickness gauge would not be feasible, or capable of accomplishing the tasks.

The increased number of features and parameters also adds to the overall setup time, or amount of time to set up marginal applications with perfection and understanding. Because of the additional time involved, the CMX has been equipped with the ability to save these setups to memory and be recalled at any time. The CMX can store up to 64 custom setups. These setups can be bi-directionally transferred to and from a PC. Therefore, the user can save as many setups as necessary for all their individual applications requirements. This saves a great deal of time and knowledge for future inspections of the same job or project. This feature also eliminates error between two or more users during the setup and calibration process.

11.2 Opening a Setup

The CMX is loaded with a number of setups from the factory. These setups can be opened, edited, and saved to any one of 64 setup locations. If a factory setup is

written over, the user can simply reload the default factory setups at anytime using the utility software included with the CMX. The factory setups are general setups Only. However, they may serve as an excellent starting point, requiring only minor adjustments to work for custom applications. It is recommended that user customized setups be saved to an empty location, and save the factory setups for the purpose of a general starting point. The following procedures outline how to open factory and custom setups:

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