This feature is available to Admin users only.This procedure works for eligible Amphions of networks and machines in ei3. In Remote Service, navigate to Admin and then either the Networks page or the Machines page. Using the Search bar, find the network or machine you’re looking to configure, and then select the Configuration icon for […]
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Setting Manual Quality For A Machine
How to set or change the Quality component of OEE calculations for a machine that is not able to determine the quality of the material it is producing With the correct data points set up in ei3, a machine can be set up such that ei3 will automatically calculate its OEE quality metrics. For ei3 […]
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 […]
How to Set up and Start Data Collection with Rockwell, XML, and JSON
This article explains how to set up and run XML, JSON, Rockwell and eWOD-based Amphion Edge Device data collection in detail. For a general overview of data collection, see this article. For OPC-UA-based data collection, see this article instead. Adding Data Points Starting Data Collection Adding Data Points To set up data through these protocols, […]
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 […]
Machine Product Activations
Product Activation – Overview Accessing Product Activations Product Activation Symbols How To Set Up Products Auto-Renew Pre-Activating Products Product Activation – Overview Product activations allow specific machines access to certain products. With no product active, a machine cannot collect data, track downtime, or have access to any other features available with data collection. Activating products […]
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 […]
New Customer Creation
The guide below provides a step-by-step outline on adding a new company, its divisions, as well as machines and their devices. Note that some or all of these capabilities may not be available to some users. If you need assistance with any customer or machine creation, contact us for assistance. There are 6 menu items that […]
Using User Groups effectively
User Groups can provide easy and effective user management. When used properly, permissions and rules can be set for several users at once. For instance, if you want to make it possible to track downtime on several cutting machines from one user account, you could: Create a user called Cutter users. Make a user group […]
Restarting Data Collection on the Amphion
This function only works with specific Amphion Edge Device data collection for certain automation controls protocols. If you do not meet these requirements, please contact us to restart data collection on your machine. In some cases, you may want to swap or reconfigure your Amphion settings to implement changes to your data points. Note that adding […]