Hi John
I felt the same first time we "optimised" ; the board looked like a cow
pasture ;
not amused at all .
With the outline we battle as much as you , Nasir is right ;
we can not rely on COPS . We program on machine , even that is not
simple.
Can you give me the contact on the German software fellow please ;
we'll give it a shot too . We'll have Shaafi here in October ; when we
address all the quirks .
Nasir
would you have any insight on programming the dispenser off line with
unicam ?
Thanks a lot
Paul Klasek
http://www.resmed.com
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> From: Arroyave, John
> (FL51)[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, 29 July 1998 0:06
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [TN] C.O.P.S. Software problems
>
> Gentlemen,
> I would like to thank you for your insightful information.
> This was
> a good sanity check for me. I wasn't going crazy after all.
>
> Paul,
> It seems that we were doing the wrong thing by utilizing the
> optimize function in this software package. I had a feeling that it
> may be
> something that we were doing that was causing the foot to step on
> previously
> deposited solder paste. You all have confirmed my suspicions and I
> will
> definitely not use the optimize function. Could you please provide
> e-mail
> or contact information on the people that you mentioned in your last
> reply
> that had experience with Camalot machines. Have you tried to utilize
> the
> outline function in the C.O.P.S. software? If so any success? More
> about
> this below.
>
> Nasir,
> I wish I had gotten as far as you apparently had with this
> software.
> When I mentioned my problem with my fiducials, it was still at the
> programming stage, I have not even had a chance to test the fiducial
> function out on the machine. I think that we may have different
> versions of
> the software. The software that I am referring to is Camalot's latest
> windows software for the Camalot solder dispensing machine: Camalot
> COPS
> version 1.50.
> What is happening is that after I have programmed all of my parts and
> I am
> ready to translate my Neutral file (Mentor), along with my library
> parts
> that I have made, into the Calls and Functions that the Camalot uses
> to
> dispense the solder I get an error message. This error message is
> apparently caused by the fact that at the time when the software is
> ready
> for me to translate the data, it gives me the option of specifying
> Layout,
> Fiducials, and Offset in a file that called the outline file. I try
> to do
> so but, whenever I enter this information and try to translate it,
> this is
> when the program "bombs-out" and I get some sort of memory error. I
> have
> noticed that the values that are actually displayed in this outline
> file are
> not the ones that I originally entered. I try to re-enter the values
> but to
> no avail. However, if I bypass specifying the Fiducials and therefore
> bypass the outline file altogether I have no problems. It is just
> that we
> purchased this software so that the machine would be fully automated
> and at
> this point it is not. I even tried to contact the designer of this
> software
> out in Germany, but could never get him on the phone.
>
> Thank you very much for the advice.
>
> John Arroyave
> Production Engineer (Plant #3 PDF Labs)
> Honeywell Space Systems
> 13350 US Hwy 19 N. M/S 802-3
> Clearwater, FL 34624
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