# \#touch-probing **URL:** https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/tag/touch-probing/732.md [Latest](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/tags.md) --- ## [Touch Probe and IRC5 Controller](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/touch-probe-and-irc5-controller/8686)
**Author:** [@Mjsh635](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/Mjsh635)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/touch-probe-and-irc5-controller/8686 "2019-02-04T16:27:26Z")
I have an ABB120 and IRC5 Controller. I have a known position and it’s Z value (call this 0) and i want to approach this position from say 10mm back and when I see the input from the touch probe go high, i want to know t…