Patent ID: 8600523

Claim:
A method for controlling operation of a coordinate measuring device, which comprises the steps of providing a controller configured to perform on a basis of at least one operating parameter of the coordinate measuring device, said controller having a determination device for determining the at least one operating parameter intended to be valid during operation, and performing the following steps with the controller: a) determining at least one operating parameter which is intended to be valid during operation; b) assigning each of a plurality of components of the coordinate measuring device at least one of a value of the operating parameter, a rule for determining the value of the operating parameter or information for determining the value of the operating parameter; c) specifying a sequence for determining the operating parameter for the plurality of components which results in a specified determination sequence; d) when determining the operating parameter in the specified determination sequence, performing a procedure as follows for each component, the procedure starting with the component which is first in the specified determination sequence: d1) if the component has been assigned a given value for the operating parameter, the given value is adopted, optionally depending on the rule for determining the value of the operating parameter, the rule being valid for the operating parameter, as the value of the operating parameter which is valid for operation and thus substituting for a previously valid value of the operating parameter; d2) if the component has not been assigned the given value of the operating parameter, the previously valid value of the operating parameter still remains valid as the value of the operating parameter; d3) if the component has been assigned a given rule for determining the operating parameter, the given rule is at least one of: adopted as a valid rule for determining the operating parameter; or implemented; d4) if the component has been assigned given information for determining the operating parameter, the given information: is adopted as valid information for determining the operating parameter; or is used; and d5) if the component is not a last component in the specified determination sequence, the procedure continues at step d1) for a next component in the specified determination sequence.