# TP1-IR Wireless Touch Probe | DynamiTech

> The TP1-IR wireless touch probe: 950 nm infrared to the receiver up to 5 m, 0.005 mm repeatability, IP65, and NO/NC with PNP, NPN or push-pull output.

- **Markdown version of:** https://dynamitech.cz/tp1-ir
- **Product page:** https://dynamitech.cz/product/tp1-ir (Markdown: https://dynamitech.cz/product/tp1-ir.md)
- **Price:** $1220
- **Documentation:** https://docs.dynamitech.cz/tp1-family/

DynamiTech Touch Probe. Turn your machine into a data-driven tool.

- **Stainless and sealed** — Stainless steel body, sealed to IP65 against coolant emulsion, oil and chips. Steel conduit available over the cable.
- **Probing at 2 m/min** — Touch reports 2 ms behind the stylus. Long stylus included.
- **One switch, any control** — One switch sets the output. Siemens, Heidenhain, Fanuc, Haas, Mach3 and LinuxCNC all wire the same way.

## Sealed against coolant and chips

Stainless steel body, sealed to IP65. Coolant emulsion, cutting oil, swarf and shop dust stay outside. The seal keeps the kinematic seat clean, which is what holds repeatability over a shift. An optional steel conduit protects the cable to the receiver.

- **Protection:** IP65
- **Working temperature:** +10 to +40 °C

## 2 ms from stylus to control

Touch follows the stylus by 2 ms, or 3 ms on the first deflection while the probe leaves standby. Approach at rapid, probe at up to 2 m/min, take the next point without waiting for the signal to settle. A long stylus measures at the same rate as a short one.

- **Probing speed:** 2 m/min
- **Touch delay:** 2 ms

## Wires to any control

One switch on the receiver board sets the output the way the control expects it: normally open or normally closed, PNP, NPN or push-pull. Touch and Ready leave on a 5 m cable at 5 to 24 VDC. Siemens, Heidenhain, Fanuc, Haas, Mitsubishi, Mach3 and LinuxCNC all connect from the same terminal block.

- **Supply:** 5 – 24 VDC
- **Cable:** 5 m

## 950 nm infrared, up to 5 m

The probe transmits on 950 nm infrared and reaches the receiver at up to 5 m on direct line of sight. No cable down the spindle, nothing to snag in a tool change, nothing to replace when it is cut.

- **Range:** 5 m
- **Infrared:** 950 nm

## 800 days on one cell

Deflecting the stylus wakes the probe. It transmits, then drops back to standby after the idle time set on it. One SAFT LS14250 runs about 800 days in standby and about 150 hours measuring.

- **Standby:** ≈ 800 days
- **Operating:** ≈ 150 h

## Stylus, Touch, Ready

### Output signal timing

Timeline of the Touch and Ready outputs against the deflection of the stylus.

| Signal | High between (ms) |
| --- | --- |
| touch | 5 → 9, 13 → 18 |
| ready | ≥ 5 |
| stylus | 2 → 7, 11 → 16 |

## Output set on one switch

The output is two settings: resting state and drive type. Both are made on a single switch on the receiver, with the legend printed beside it. No control-specific variant to order, nothing to solder, nothing that has to be right before the probe ships.

- **Signal state:** NO · NC
- **Signal type:** PNP · NPN · Push-Pull

Set on the switch on the receiver’s board, where the legend is printed too.

## Two parameters, no software

P1 matches the infrared duty cycle to the working distance. P2 sets how long the probe stays awake before it sleeps. Both are entered by touching the stylus and read back by the LED on the probe. No software, no cable, nothing to connect.

- **P1 · Duty cycle of the IR LED:** 10 % – 50 %
- **P2 · Transition to standby:** 1 min – 20 min

### Programming procedure

1. Remove the battery. Tilt the stylus and hold it.
2. Still holding it, insert the battery and screw on the cap. Green LED on.
3. After 2 s, green goes out and red comes on.
4. Release the stylus. Green for 1 s, then off — ready for P1.
   > If green flashes instead, programming mode was not entered — start again.
5. Touch the pad once per unit of P1, each touch under 0.5 s. Red follows the pad.
6. Hold for over 1 s to confirm. With no short touch first, P1 is unchanged.
7. Green flashes back the value of P1.
8. Green for 1 s, then off — ready for P2. Same procedure.
9. Green flashes back the value of P2.

## Specifications

- **Repeatability:** 0.005 mm
- **Range:** 5 m
- **Protection:** IP65
- **Directions:** ±X, ±Y, -Z

## Order the TP1-IR

The TP1-IR ships as a probe. An M4 stylus, the CS16 clamping shank and the BP58 base plate are ordered alongside it. Ordered together, the assembly arrives centred and ready for the machine.

- **Price:** $1220
- **Product page:** https://dynamitech.cz/product/tp1-ir (Markdown: https://dynamitech.cz/product/tp1-ir.md)

## See also

- [Wired TP1](https://dynamitech.cz/touch-probes)
- [Accessories](https://dynamitech.cz/accessories)