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Topic: How to get CMM data? OPC?
Conf: Misc., Msg: 210
From: Deleted User
Date: 4/30/1998 12:26 PM

Hello Everyone!
Speaking about standards (related to "New ideas" posting): is there a standard way to get CMM data from the outside world (from another computer on the network)? I need CMM measurement values to compare them with similar values from other measurement systems.
The only way I know is to program CMM to write an export file. Then I can parse this file and get data.
Can I use DMIS to get CMM data? Does any CMM support DMIS?
Supposedly there is a standard to access any industrial data, OPC (OLE for Process Control) http://www.opcfoundation.org. Did anyone in CMM world hear about it?
Thank you
Dmitriy