When a machine (red box) or a network (green box) are offline in ei3, stopping you from performing remote service, the first thing to check are the physical aspects of the connection: Is the machine online? Are the Amphions online? Has anything been moved or reconfigured? Have there been any recent local network changes? Further […]
Category: Machine Data
DOWNTIME – Pareto
Use Pareto to analyze the impact of your machine’s downtime. You can access the Pareto tool from the top menu bar through DOWNTIME > Analysis > Pareto. Setup Analyzing Data Saving Graphs Setup When you first enter the Pareto page, you will be prompted to select what you wish to analyze in your Pareto Analysis. […]
MONITOR Alerts
Note: This alert function requires MONITOR to be active on the machine. MONITOR Alerts is a feature of ei3 that lets users configure custom notifications based on conditions related to machine data, for example if a data point’s value reaches a threshold, if a data point’s value is missing, or if there is a data […]
New Machine Data Collection Validation Checklist
When a new machine has been brought online for data collection, it’s important to validate the information being collected to ensure that it is correct. If a machine check is not performed, it can result in several problems with machine data coming across on reports, downtime tracking, or other aspects of ei3 data collection. To […]
Sample Scale Equations – Formatting and Syntax
When formatting scale equations for use with the scale type of Based on value of other tags (SQL compliant) selected, you’ll need to format the text properly or else the integrity of the data points will be impacted, which will affect machine data collection capabilities. The scale equations must be written in ANSI-SQL format. You […]
Data Gap Alert Checklist
If you get a data gap alert, follow the steps below to check your connection to ei3 and resolve the alert. 1. (If MONITOR is enabled for your machine) From the MONITOR menu, check the Data Snapshot page for the timestamp of the last successful data read from your machine: If the timestamp is current, […]
Data Gap Report – Resolution Checklist
After running a Data gap report, if you see any gaps in machine data, follow the steps below to resolve the issues and resume data collection without any gaps. (If Remote Monitoring is enabled for your machine) From Remote Monitoring, check the Data Snapshot to ensure data is collecting again. If the time stamp is […]
Data Points Used for Job Management
You may have set up job management (automatic or manual) on your machine, and are wondering what data points are being used for each part of the process. There are 8 tag types used in job management: Job Name Job Description Product Name Product Description Customer Name Customer Description Operation Name Operation Description Job Name The […]
What data should I monitor?
Today, everything that is important to the productivity and quality of a machine is controlled by a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), industrial PC, or embedded computer. Internet communications using standard protocols make instantaneous readings of key values from these controllers readily available to be collected as data. Examples include OPC-UA, PackML and others. Machine data […]
Quality Test Control Chart
Note: This charting function is only available on machines with Quality enabled. This chart is viewable from the Quality page, after selecting an individual job from the list on the Edit / View tab. y Y-axis (both charts) – The range of result values for the test in units of the test. x¹ X-axis (left […]