Downtime tab

The Downtime tab allows you to select a Reason Tree which specifies which reasons can be selected by the operator for downtime during runtime.

The Downtime tab also allows you to select the data collection method for the equipment.

Reason Tree

The Reason Tree specifies which reasons can be selected by the operator for downtime during runtime.

Select a reason tree from the list or enable Use Default to automatically use the default reason tree.

For further information on reason trees, see here.

Data Collection

This section allows you to specify how data for production times and downtimes will be collected. There are three options:

Inherit Downtime Information from Equipment

If you select this option the downtime for the equipment will be recorded from another piece of equipment selected in the drop-down list.

This is useful if you have two or more pieces of equipment on a production line and you know that one machine stopping will stop production on the rest of the line.

Manual Data Entry

Select this option if production and downtime will be manually entered using Data Collect.

Select the following information from the drop-down lists:

●       Time Category for Operating Time: This time category will be used whenever production is recorded.

●       Time Outside Batches: This time category will be used whenever there is no production recorded (i.e. downtime).

For further information on time categories, see here.

Automatic Data Collection

Select this option if production and downtime will be stored automatically.

Select the following information from the drop-down lists: