Revision 2.7

Release Date: Not Released

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We've embedded Benderlink for BLM bender communications inside VTube-LASER.

• This protocol uses communications through a standard Ethernet connection.
  
  
• The protocol modifies YBC data inside BLM data files.
  
  

A new SOCO-specific bender communications protocol is now built into VTube-LASER.

• This protocol uses communications through a standard Ethernet connection.
  
  
• The protocol can send XYZ data for building new parts, or modify YBC data in the Execution File page when the bender is running in Auto mode.
  
  
• See VTube Communication for SOCO for details.

A new CRIPPA-specific bender communications protocol is now built into VTube-LASER.

• This protocol uses communications through a standard Ethernet connection.
  
  
• The protocol reads and writes CRIPPA MPF files.
  
  
• It can build NEW CRIPPA MPF files without the use of existing templates.
  
  
• It can recall and correct EXISTING CRIPPA MPF files to bender corrections.
  
  
• See VTube Communication for CRIPPA MPF for details.
  
  
• See also CRIPPA

VTube-LASER will now allow for the complete setup of all bender and setup data that can be stored in a Premier, EL2000, or Velog control.

The Eaton Leonard values are never lost because this data is now stored inside each VTube-LASER project file.

Press the new "Additional Bender Data" button at the top of the Bender Setup screen, and VTube will now load the new Eaton Leonard Setup window shown (see the second image).

YBC Velocity, Function, Stop, and C Last Included

This data includes all the part setup data and all the data that is included in each YBC row, including these data columns:

• Y
• Y Velocity
• Y Function
• Y Stop
• B
• B Velocity
• B Function
• B Stop
• C
• C Velocity
• C Function
• C Stop
• C Last

Click on the image on the right so see a close-up of this screen.

YBC Data Automatically Synchronized with Blue Column LRA Data in the Parent Window

The YBC data in this new Eaton Leonard Setup window is always synchronized with the blue columns in the parent VTube Bender Setup window.

Change the data in either window, and the corresponding data in the other window will automatically change.

Use Either Inches or Millimeters

The screen allows you to switch between Inches and Millimeters and back again with the press of a single button.

• See Eaton Leonard

In order to help with migration from TeZet to VTube-LASER, the Excel XLS file import in VTube-STEP (included in VTube-LASER) is enhanced to handle TeZet file imports better.

• The import automatically discovers the XYZ row with no data in order to set the point count.
  
  
• The import lets you set the part number from the XLS data.
  
  
• The import lets you set the diameter from the XLS data.
  
  
• The import lets you set the wall thickness from the XLS data.
  
  
• The import automatically sets the default radius value in the Part Setup menu.

A new checkbox in the Path Manager allows you to control if VTube offers to add new paths detected.

Some customers find the repeated offer by VTube annoying. This will allow you to turn this feature on and off.

As of this version, VTube-LASER will ignore cut planes when in tactile probe mode.

After observing how customers use the cut plane, we've concluded that it is best to let probed points be measured anywhere - even beyond the cut planes.

Now cut planes are used exclusively for the LASER scanner. If the LASER scanner is active, then active cut planes are also used.

• See VTube-LASER Cut Planes
• See the tutorial on DCP - Diameter Cut Planes