The LINKS feature allows you to see available shop floor displays for your machines, add your own convenient links to company or external websites, and share them with other ei3 users at your company. It is available in the ei3 Customer Portal. The LINKS drop-down menu includes two sections: Shop Floor Displays and My Links. […]
Category: Admin
Previously known as Admin Tools
What Are System Messages?
System Messages are short text messages that can be created and displayed at the top of the ei3 apps web pages for all users of Remote Service and / or the Portal during a specific window of time. They can be used by administrators to notify users of planned downtime & maintenances, new feature launches, […]
What is the Data Value Accumulator Function?
This article is split into the following sections: Lifetime Material Counter Accumulator for any data point Accumulator Conditions When selected in the set-up of a data point, the Accumulator function will cause the value of the data point to become an accumulating sum of the difference in values (“delta-value”) read from the device. The system […]
Amphion Edge Device Data Collection – Overview
The Amphion Edge device is robust and able to handle various types of data collection. This article lists each step required to successfully set up and start collecting data from your devices. ei3‘s data collection services are optimized for an ever-growing list of specific control systems. While the current data collection services available are only […]
Trigger Data Collection
Trigger-based data collection allows users to set up a set of data points to be collected when a specific trigger event occurs on the machine, as detected by a change in the value of any one data point. This means a trigger-based collection job might collect data several times in a minute, or only a […]
Required Format for Importing Data Points Using Excel
When importing data points to a machine using Excel, it’s important that all the data point information is properly formatted. Any errors will result in a failed import attempt. When you export an existing data point list into an Excel file, the data points will be properly formatted for Excel, and can easily be copied […]
Data Points – Full Text Search Functions
By default, most pages in the system will load displaying a blank page. Machines with a high volume of data points, for example, may take a while to load fully. By displaying each page as blank by default the system can load faster in your browser, and users can easily find specific entries on a page […]
Applying DOWNTIME to Shift Schedules
This feature requires Downtime enabled on your machine. Downtime enables users to identify downtime root causes in order to maximize machine productivity. For more information on downtime please click here. 1. Select a schedule For more information on creating machine schedules, see New Schedule Creation. To edit an existing schedule, select the desired schedule from the list displayed, and […]
Viewing Machine Data Points
To find and view the data points on your machine: Log in to the Customer Portal, and navigate to the Admin Tools > Data Points page. Admin partner users can also access this page from the Remote Service Platform, under Admin > Data Points. Select a machine from the drop-down menu provided. The page will load […]