Each piece of equipment sending data needs to have a tag (created within an OPC or XML channel) associated to its mode and state.
This is done in the Downtime tab of the equipment.
1. Select the Equipment & Downtime hierarchy tab.
2. Click Equipment Hierarchy.
3. Double-click on a piece of equipment.
4. Select the Downtime tab.
5. Select the required Reason Tree.
6. Enable Automatic Data Collection.
7. Select the following information from the drop-down lists:
● Machine State Mapping List: Select the mapping list to use. For further information on mapping lists, see here.
● Collector: Select the required Collector service. For further information on Collectors, see here.
● Machine Mode Tag: The Machine Mode value will be read from this location.
● Machine State Tag: The Machine Mode value will be read from this location.
Click the information button (
) next to the tags
for further information on them.
8. Click OK.
The tag associations are saved.