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− | This page describes the setup and use of the VTube to BLM communications.<br><br> | + | This page describes the setup and use of the VTube to BLM communications using alternative protocols.<br><br> |
| + | <b>Note that none of the protocols are recommended for use with VTube. They are included here for customers that still use these protocols.<br><br> |
| + | For the recommended BLM communications protocol, see this page:</b> [[VTube Communication for BLM VGP3D]] |
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− | | + | =PROTOCOL NUMBER 2: The BLM CMM Protocol= |
− | =PROTOCOL 1: BLM SVNET PROTOCOL= | + | |
− | ==Use the BLM SVNET NETWORK PROTOCOL for CORRECTING the BLM==
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− | <table width=1000>
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− | VTube-LASER supports the BLM SVNET protocol for correction.<br><br>
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− | ===BLM SUPRAVISION PROTOCOL - Preferred===
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− | This is the communications protocol that we recommend you use.
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− | * BLM charges for this protocol to be switched on. The BLM catalog number is "SW0453".
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− | * This protocol can send and receive corrected bender XcYcZc, part number, diameter, wall thickness, cut length, and radii values.<br><br>
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− | </td>
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− | <td width=500>
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− | [[image:BLM control.png|600px]]<br><br>
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− | </td>
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− | </tr>
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− | </table>
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− | <br><br>
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− | ==BLM SVNET CORRECTIONS PROTOCOL: The Capabilities==
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− | <table width=1000>
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− | <tr valign=top>
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− | <td width=500>
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− | * VTube-LASER RECALLS, MODIFIES, and SAVES data directly in Supravision files that the VGP3D software can export and import. Per the instructions above, a communications link can be setup through a standard Windows network connection.<br><br>
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− | * The communication is bi-directional to and from the bender. It is possible to RECALL data from the BLM.<br><br>
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− | </td>
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− | <td width=500>
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− | [[image:blm_vgp3d_screen_xcyczc.png|600px]]<br><br>
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− | </td>
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− | </tr>
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− | </table>
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− | <br><br>
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− | ==BLM CMM CORRECTIONS PROTOCOL: Setup Benderlink at VTube-LASER with the BLM CMM Protocol==
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− | ===Entering Benderlink Setup===
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− | <table>
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− | <tr valign=top>
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− | <td width=300>
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− | #Enter the VTube System Options menu.<br><br>
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− | #Enter the Global List tab menu.<br><br>
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− | #Enter the Setup Benderlink Network menu.<br><br>
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− | </td>
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− | <td width=300>
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− | [[image:BenderlinkSetupButton.png|600px]]
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− | </td>
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− | </tr>
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− | </table>
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− | ===Setup the Benderlink Network Grid for the BLM CMM Protocol===
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− | <table cellpadding=10>
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− | <tr valign=top>
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− | <td width=300>
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− | #Choose an unused row in the grid for a new BLM bender setup. (Click on the image at the right to see a zoomed image.)<br><br>
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− | #Assign a bender name that will help operators identify what this bender is. This text will be displayed at the top of the Bender Setup menu.<br><br>
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− | #Set the protocol to BLM SVNET.<br><br>
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− | #Enter the path to the shared drive or folder in the NetPath field. Use the same location as the BLM setup. VTube accepts UNC names as well as regular paths with drive letters.<br><br>
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− | #Enter the IP address in the PING IP ADDRESS field if it is a fixed field. (This is not required. It allows VTube to ping the address to see if the network location is active before trying to open communications.)<br><br>
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− | #Most BLM benders handle Positive rotations as a Clockwise motion, so you will probably need to enter "YES" for these options (so that the rotations are not corrected in the wrong direction).<br><br>
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− | #Press Close to save the settings. VTube will save these values to a global configuration file that will not change unless you change them in this grid.
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− | </td>
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− | [[image:vtube-laser_benderlink_blmsvnet_pulldown_setup.png|600px]]<br><br>
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− | [[image:vtube-laser_benderlink_blmsvnet_pulldown_closeup_setup.png|600px]]<br><br>
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− | </td>
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− | </tr>
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− | </table>
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− | <br><br>
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− | ==BLM SVNET PROTOCOL: How to SEND CORRECTION Data to the BLM Control from VTube-LASER==
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− | <table cellpadding=10>
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− | <td width=300>
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− | ===Bend the Part on the BLM then Open Measuring Center Communications===
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− | Click on the measuring center image to the right of the part number.
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− | <br><br>
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− | This will display a small communications window on top of the VGP3D user interface.<br><br>
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− | The window will allow the BLM to respond to requests for communication from VTube-LASER.<br><br>
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− | </td>
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− | <td width=400>
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− | [[image:blm_measuringcentericon.png|600px]]<br><br>
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− | </td>
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− | </tr>
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− | </table>
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− | <table cellpadding=10>
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− | ===Measure the tube with VTube-LASER===
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− | Measure and align the tube to determine if it qualifies by falling within the envelope tolerance for the tube shape.
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− | In the VTube-LASER screen shot, you see the actual result of the first tube not qualifying in shape. The red cells in the tangent point grid on the lower left show that the measured tube centerline is out-of-tolerance.
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− | </td>
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− | <td width=400>
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− | [[image:vtube-laser_v2.7_soco_part_measure.png|600px]]<br><br>
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− | [[image:vtube-laser_v2.7_soco_out_of_tolerance.png|600px]]<br><br>
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− | </td>
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− | </tr>
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− | </table>
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− | ===Correct the BLM with VTube-LASER - Enter BENDER SETUP===
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− | <table cellpadding=10>
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− | Follow these steps in the VTube-LASER:
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− | Press the "BENDER SETUP button in the Navigation Pane.
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− | <td width=400>
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− | [[image:vtube-laser_2.7_bendersetup_button_navigationpane.png|400px]]<br><br>
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− | </td>
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− | </tr>
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− | </table>
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− | ===INITIAL RECALL Setup of Bender Setup Window===
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− | <table cellpadding=10>
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− | <tr valign=top>
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− | <td width=300>
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− | These steps assume that you have programmed a part into the bender and that you have measured and aligned a part.<br><br>
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− | STEP 1 - Set the correct bender number at the top of the window. The BLM SVNET bender icon should display if you have already set up the bender protocol in the Benderlink grid.
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− | STEP 2 - Click on the "RECALL LRA from BENDER" button.
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− | </td>
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− | <td width=400>
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− | [[image:VTL RECALL from BLM SVNET.png|600px]]<br>
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− | [[image:VTL RECALL in progress from BLM SVNET.png|600px]]<br>
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− | </td>
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− | </tr>
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− | </table>
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− | ===RECALL Warning Boxes===
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− | <tr valign=top>
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− | <td width=300>
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− | VTube-LASER will probably warn you that the incoming data count and part number does not match what is in VTube-LASER.
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− | <br><br>
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− | * It is very important that you allow the incoming bender data to increase the bend count to whatever is at the bender.<br><br>
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− | * If you want the Part Number at the bender to be left untouched, then just accept the incoming part number and use it for transfer from this point forward.
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− | </td>
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− | <td width=400>
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− | [[image:VTL BLM SVNET RECALL use incoming part number.png|600px]]<br><br>
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− | </td>
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− | </tr>
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− | </table>
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− | <br><br>
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− | ===THE BLUE COLUMNS SHOULD MATCH THE BLM XYZc DATA AFTER THE RECALL===
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− | After the RECALL, the blue columns should show the data that is programmed in the BLM control.<br><br>
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− | This ensures that corrections are being made to the correct foundational data. If the blue column data does not match the bender at correction time, then it is probable that the bender will not be corrected properly.
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− | </td>
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− | [[image:VTL BLM SVNET RECALL Complete.png|600px]]<br><br>
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− | </td>
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− | </tr>
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− | </table>
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− | <br><br>
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− | ===SEND THE CORRECTIONS TO THE BLM FILE===
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− | <table cellpadding=10>
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− | SAVE the Correction data to the file for the BLM by pressing AUTO SEND BENDER CORRECTIONS.
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− | <br><br>
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− | STEP 1 - Click on Bidirectional Communication<br><br>
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− | STEP 2 - Click on AUTO SEND BENDER CORRECTIONS.<br><br>
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− | <br><br>
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− | This will change the contents of the BLM XYZ to the values from the VTube ORANGE cells.<br><br>
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− | </td>
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− | [[image:VTL BLM SVNET Send Send Correction.png|600px]]<br><br>
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− | </td>
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− | </tr>
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− | </table>
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− | <br><br>
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− | ===AT THE BLM, Close the Communications Window===
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− | <table cellpadding=10>
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− | <tr valign=top>
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− | <td width=300>
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− | If you saved the orange columns of data from VTube-LASER to the BLM, then you can close the communications window at the BLM and then check the new XYZ bender values. Be sure that they match the data in the orange cells in VTube.<br><br>
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− | </td>
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− | </td>
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− | </tr>
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− | </table>
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− | <br><br>
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− | ===SIMULATE and RUN===
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− | * Run the simulator with the new data.<br><br>
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− | * Bend the corrected part.<br><br>
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− | * Press the measuring center icon in the upper right corner to build the CMM.txt file in Z drive.<br><br>
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− | * Take the part back to VTube-LASER to measure it again for qualification.
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− | </td>
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− | [[image:blm_elect80.png]]<br><br>
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− | </td>
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− | </table>
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− | ===IMPORTANT RULES for CORRECTIONS LOOPS===
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− | * A RECALL from the BLM must be performed first so that VTube learns the data that is currently used to bend the part that you just measured.<br><br>
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− | * The number of bends must match in both VTube-LASER and BLM.<br><br>
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− | [[image:BLM control.png|300px]]
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− | <br><br>
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− | =PROTOCOL NUMBER 2: BLM CMM Protocol=
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