566 Manual Operation and Setup
14.8 Datum Setting with a 3-D Touch Probe
Center line as datum
U Select the probe function by pressing the PROBING
soft key.
U Position the touch probe at a position near the first
touch point.
U Select the probing direction by soft key.
U To probe the workpiece, press the machine START
button.
U Position the touch probe at a position near the second
touch point.
U To probe the workpiece, press the machine START
button.
U Datum: Enter the coordinate of the datum in the menu
window, confirm with the SET DATUM soft key, or
write the value to a table (see "Writing the measured
values from touch probe cycles in datum tables", page
551, or see "Writing the measured values from touch
probe cycles in the preset table", page 552, or see
"Storing measured values in the pallet preset table",
page 553.)
U To terminate the probe function, press the END key.