Acu-Rite CNC 3500i User Manual

ACU-RITE 3500i

You must have:



The probe in the spindle with its tool number active and the tool type 
set to "Touch Probe".

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The Ring Gauge mounted on the machine table.

Boss

Q

Set Q to 1 if you are calibrating to a boss 
verses a ring gauge. Otherwise, do not set 
or set to 0. Default is: 0. (Optional)

Top

H

If set to 1, the cycle finds the top of the part 
before calibrating the probe. If Q parameter 
is set to 1, H is forced to 1 as well; 
otherwise, the Default is: 0.  (Optional)

DistDown

E

The distance to go down from the top of 
the ring gauge or standing boss for 
calibration. This is only used if H parameter 
is set to 1. Without any E value, the cycle 
brings the probe down past the top of the 
ring gauge after finding the top, 0.1". Note: 
If the stylus ball is greater than .2" (5.08 
mm), E must be set to at least half the ball 
diameter. (Optional)

DistBack

V

The V parameter specifies the distance to 
back away from the edge for the probe to 
fast feed to before trying to find it. Default 
is: 0.1" (2.54 mm) if not set. (Optional)

GaugeDim

D

The diameter of the ring gauge hole the 
probe stylus comes in contact with. This is 
only to override the value in the machine 
setup parameter 
diameterOfSpindleProbeGauge if needed 
and should be an exact measurement. 
(Optional) 

DistInX

A

The distance from the starting point to 
move in the X-axis to find the top of the 
gauge. The default, if Q is not set or set to 
0, is 0.1" (2.54 mm) beyond the edge of the 
ring gauge hole. If Q is set to 1, the default 
is the current probe position. (Optional)

DistInY

B

The distance from the starting point to 
move in the Y axis to find the top of the 
gauge. The default is the current probe 
position. (Optional)