Difference between revisions of "VTube Communication with YLM Benders"

VTube-STEP can export Supravision data to YLM benders.

VTube-LASER, the version of VTube that connects to a FARO measuring center arm, can send measured data to the YLM control for corrections.

• This method doesn't use the automated Supravision Network protocol - but it does require that the VTube-LASER operator saves Supravision files in a network location shared with the YLM control.
  
  
• YLM communications never requires that VTube-LASER perform a RECALL to update the pre-correction bender data in VTube-LASER BENDER SETUP, because, unlike other benders, the YLM control (not VTube-LASER) applies the corrections from the measured data it loads into the YLM control.
  
  

The process works like this:

1. In VTube: Measure a part.
   
   
2. In VTube: Save the MEASURED part data (not the MASTER part data) to a Supravison file using the File/Export feature in the Measured menu.
   
   
3. In YLM Control: Load the same Supravision file into the control using the CORRECTION button.
   
   

For networking VTube-LASER computer to a YLM bender control, setup a method where one computer can see where the other computer has placed the files. If your bender control cannot log into the company network for read/write privileges, then just share a folder on the YLM operator station hard drive, and allow VTube to save the measured data in that folder.

The connection the bender is made with standard network connection, and a shared folder location between the VTube computer and the operator station computer.

For a NEW TUBE, the YLM takes in VTube MASTER Supravision LRA data in a Supravision file.

STEP 1
Switch to the MASTER TUBE window and press the EXPORT tab.

STEP 2
Choose "Export to Supravision file" in the pulldown menu.

STEP 3
Choose the appropriate data options, then press "Save to Supravision File."

The Path Manager will display and allow you to select the correct bender path.

STEP 4
Move to the YLM control and follow the steps below to import the new data.

In the YLM control, clear the YBC data. (Note:Clearing is optional. It is not always necessary - but seems to keep data from overlapping between older and newer setups.)

In the YLM YBC menu, click on CORRECTION.

Note: This button can be disabled on some controls and must be enabled in the setup. Contact Joe Seibel ([email protected]) of this button is disabled so that he can give you instructions for enabling the feature.

In the lower right corner of the screen, select the drive and path then explore for and select the $$$ file that was created by VTube-LASER.

In the YLM YBC menu, click on IMPORT. (Do not click "COMPARE" - as that is for corrections.)

Press the Exit menu close button in the lower right corner of the screen.

In order to exit the YBC screen, you might need to double tap on the teach mode button in order to turn on teach mode. Then double tap on the sequences icon on the top of the sequences column. Reset the sequences.

The connection the bender is made with standard network connection, and a shared folder location between the VTube computer and the operator station computer.

The YLM control handles corrections differently than any other control. This is how it is unique:

• First, for a CORRECTION, the YLM takes in VTube MEASURED Supravision LRA data. To make a correction to a YLM bender, it is important to send ONLY this data. The standard correction process will not work with the YLM.
  
  
• Second, the YLM uses the correction in the opposite way in its standard setup when taking in the MEASURED data and comparing it to its MASTER or NOMINAL data. For example, if the Measured data shows 1 degree overbent, then the YLM correction procedure will send that bend one MORE degree.

Handling Opposite Corrections

There are two ways to overcome the opposite correction problem:

1 - Use a special INVERSION checkbox in the VTube Supravision Export menu. Only use this inversion switch when sending measured data for correction.

2 - Have the YLM technician change the internal low level setting in the YLM control that makes the correction be apply in the normal way.

Switch to the MEASURED TUBE window and press the FILE tab.

Some YLM benders require that you reverse the rotation directions. VTube-LASER thinks as CCW is a positive rotation viewed from the front of the bender. If the bender rotates positive in the clockwise direction, then put a check in the "Additive Invert the Rotation Values in the LRA Data for CW Positive" checkbox.

Most newer YLM benders use the pure MEASURED data for corrections. However, some older YLM benders need the MEASURED data to be inverted with the "Invert the Measured LRA Output for YLM Control Corrections" option. with thechanged into the CORRECTED data. - and the CORRECTIONS are always made based on the MASTER data (not the existing data in the bender). We call this "YBC Correction Inversion".

If you find that the corrections move in the wrong direction on a YLM, then you might want to change the state of the inversion check box.

Save the Supravision file.

Move to the YLM control and follow the steps below to import the correction.

In the YLM YBC menu, click on CORRECTION.

Note: This button can be disabled on some controls and must be enabled in the setup. Contact Joe Seibel ([email protected]) of this button is disabled so that he can give you instructions for enabling the feature.

Search for and select the $$$ file that was created by VTube-LASER.

Select COMPARE to bring the data into the YLM control. The COMPARE button will only display when a file is selected.

NOTE: DO NOT press the IMPORT button for corrections. Pressing IMPORT will make the correction data the nominal data - which would be incorrect.

Press the menu close button in the lower right corner.