In order to plan display points, you must think about what data you want to collect from the tracking model and how you want to present it in CimView displays and scripts.
Data can be displayed on screen at a main operating station and at workstations on the plant floor to provide operators with runtime information about the product during production.
CIMPLICITY setpoints can be configured to enhance your Tracking Model. There are numerous uses for setpoints.
Display points
Keep in mind all of the following when planning your display points.
The kind of information needed at
workstations on the plant floor and at main interface stations.
The type of display needed for
information: graphic or text representation.
When to generate alarms when
certain production conditions exist.
The placement of detainment
regions, e.g. shifting regions may need user-configured detainment
regions.
How to standardize your displays
with consistent features. Keep in mind all of the following:
Function buttons reside in
the same place on each screen
Color scheme
Font
Language for column heads,
buttons, products, machinery, etc.
Screen size and
geometry.
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Display point examples |
CIMPLICITY setpoints can be configured to enhance your Tracking Model. There are numerous uses for setpoints.
You can configure setpoints to:
Specify the status of the
Region.
Indicate the quantity of Items in
the Region.
Calculate the quantity of Items in
the Region by Item Type.
Update when an Item is
automatically moved into a Region (Point-based move).
Inform when an Item passes a
Region transition indicator, to include the Item ID for serialized
Items and the Item type for non-serialized Items.
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Display point examples. |
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Production Tracking Model layout plans. |
