Hi, I'm Drew Klaber with Mitutoyo America Corporation.
I'm here Jeremy Banks, who's our National Data Management Sales Specialist.
And today we're going to be talking about Dynamic Gage interfacing in Measurlink 9.
So Jeremy, I understand that Measurlink 9 came out recently,
and I was hoping that you could explain a new feature that's beneficial
to the software that maybe we didn't have in version 8.
Right. So the new feature we're going to talk about today is Dynamic Gage.
Dynamic Gage allows us to record readings
from the gage without actually taking them as a measurement value.
So for example, if we wanted to find a sweet spot on a diameter
and then record the measurement, we can do that.
So let me show you how that works.
That'd be great. Thanks.
So Drew, as you can see, I've configured Measurlink up to collect dynamic data.
I've also configured my multiplexer to send streaming data.
So to use it, I'm going to turn on the streaming function of the multiplexer,
and then I'm going to start the indicator.
As the indicator moves, you can see that the dynamic charts
on Measurlink now update. This is sending live data.
When I get a measurement that I'm satisfied with,
I can hit the spacebar to actually collect the data.
The gage is still sending information so I can again measure
another part and then I can hit spacebar to collect that part.
It's not actually collecting these individual data points,
as it would have done in the older versions.
It's actually allowing me
to see the data dynamically before I take the measurement point.
That is a very cool feature, and I'm super excited that we have it
in Measurlink 9, but I do have a question for you.
So I notice that as the indicator was moving,
you picked an arbitrary point and you hit the spacebar.
Is it possible, let's say I have a part on centers
and I have my indicator in a stand and I always want it to find maybe
the highest point that the indicator reaches, or maybe the lowest point.
Do we have the ability to have it
automatically hold, based off of a max or min value?
Yeah, that's exactly right.
So we can collect max, min, and TIR.
Can you show me that as well?
Yes, sir. Let me show you how that set up.
So Drew, I'm in Support center, I'm in the Routine Library.
I've selected the routine that I want to add dynamic data to.
So I click on the Dynamic Data tab in the Properties window,
and then I'm going to add a new dataset.
When I add the dataset,
I select the characteristics that I'm going to get dynamic data for.
If I click on that characteristic, I can see my options are the actual
measurement value, the minimum, the maximum or max minus min or TIR.
So this allows me to pick which one of these settings that I want.
So if you're using a bore gage or if you're trying to measure run out,
these are some of the functions you would use.
If I go back to the data set,
I can also choose what my dynamic data reset function will be.
Normally, I'm going to reset after data collection.
What this means is
I will stop taking data when I press the spacebar
and then the gage will automatically reset.
That's what's commonly used in fixture systems,
but if you had a situation where while loading the part, you peaked out the gage,
you may want to do a manual reset and you could do that with a Reset After Prompt.
So this would allow you to reset the data,
just like hitting the start button on a TIR indicator.
I love it.
So that seems not only flexible to use, but very easy to implement.
I do have one more question, though.
So as far as getting the data in,
can I just take an indicator and an input tool and plug it in?
Or what are the requirements
for actually getting the data in through dynamic gageing?
OK, so the hardware requirements basically.
Any dramatic gage, but it has to stream, and most of our gages
don't stream so we can use a Mitutoyo multiplexer with a streaming function.
And then of course, it takes dramatic input.
So all of our hand tools,
major instruments will, that have the digimatic, will be able to stream.
So I can also collect data from multiple channels.
So this multiplexer has four ports, I can collect data from four
digimatic gages, all at the same time.
Very cool.
So, Jeremy, if I wanted to find out more information on
not only dynamic gageing, but other new features in Measurlink 9,
where could I go to get that information?
Right, so for more information on Measurlink 9,
please visit Measurlink.com or we can link there from Mitutoyo.com.
Very cool. Thank you for your time.
Thank you for your time as well.
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