andrewmawson
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- Jan 9, 2003
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- UK
I have a CNC lathe (Beaver TC20) that was retrofitted with a Renishaw Optical Probing system - (that is it optically connected - the actual probe is mechanical).
When I bought the lathe the Renishaw LT02 optical probe head and LP2 sensor head had been sold off separately, but the Optical receiver head (OMM) and Machine Interface (MI12) remained.
I bought an LT02S head with LP2 sensor but could get no response from it (Renishaw assured me that the LT02S would work with the OMM) - thinking I'd been sold a pup I got an LT02 with LP2 but get the same symptoms.
I know that the actual sensors (The LP2's ) work, as I can test them with a meter, and when deflected they change state.
I know that the OMM is sending SOMETHING out, as it's yellow light flashes, and a little optical detector that I cobbled together responds to the OMM's out going signals.
When either the LT02S or the LT02 are in range and triggered I get no indication on either the OMM (which has a green 'signal' LED) or on the LT02s or LT02, both of which seem to have an indicator (touch indicator?) as they have thee devices behind their optical windows, a square one that I assume to be a receiver chip, and two other 'led shaped' blue devices - are these both transmitters or is one a touch indicator? The MI12 unit never shows 'probe status' changing.
Now all this testing is being done with no controller programming - the MI12 unit is supplying power to the OMM, and the OMM yellow LED is flashing away in time with my (home made) detector seeing it. The MI12 unit is showing 'error' which the Renishaw pamphlet says could be device out of range (it isn't)
Ideally I'd like to communicate with someone who has this system and compare note - even better would be to find someone locally that I could take my LT02S/LT02 to to see if they worked but that's sadly highly unlikely to be possible
So absolutely ANY help would be much appreciated
When I bought the lathe the Renishaw LT02 optical probe head and LP2 sensor head had been sold off separately, but the Optical receiver head (OMM) and Machine Interface (MI12) remained.
I bought an LT02S head with LP2 sensor but could get no response from it (Renishaw assured me that the LT02S would work with the OMM) - thinking I'd been sold a pup I got an LT02 with LP2 but get the same symptoms.
I know that the actual sensors (The LP2's ) work, as I can test them with a meter, and when deflected they change state.
I know that the OMM is sending SOMETHING out, as it's yellow light flashes, and a little optical detector that I cobbled together responds to the OMM's out going signals.
When either the LT02S or the LT02 are in range and triggered I get no indication on either the OMM (which has a green 'signal' LED) or on the LT02s or LT02, both of which seem to have an indicator (touch indicator?) as they have thee devices behind their optical windows, a square one that I assume to be a receiver chip, and two other 'led shaped' blue devices - are these both transmitters or is one a touch indicator? The MI12 unit never shows 'probe status' changing.
Now all this testing is being done with no controller programming - the MI12 unit is supplying power to the OMM, and the OMM yellow LED is flashing away in time with my (home made) detector seeing it. The MI12 unit is showing 'error' which the Renishaw pamphlet says could be device out of range (it isn't)
Ideally I'd like to communicate with someone who has this system and compare note - even better would be to find someone locally that I could take my LT02S/LT02 to to see if they worked but that's sadly highly unlikely to be possible
So absolutely ANY help would be much appreciated
