Wintriss ShopFloorConnect SMI 2, Installation Manual

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1146400 SFC Machine Interface (SMI 2) Installation Manual
Appendix A
– SFC Primary Item Discovery
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Appendix A
– SFC Primary Item
Discovery
The Primary item identifiers to be used at the machine the SMI 2 is monitoring are made available to
SFC in one of three ways:
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Primary items can be imported into SFC in a CSV file
•
Primary items can be entered manually into SFC
•
Primary items can be automatically “discovered” by SFC the first time they are entered at an
SMI 2
In order for SFC to “auto-discover” Primary items at the SMI 2, the SMI 2 must be powered up,
connected to the network, and communicating with SFC, and all Primary items to be used at the
SMI 2 must be entered and loaded once (see
Loading Primary Items for the First Time in your user
manual ) .
SFC creates a record for each new Primary item it “discovers.” If the primary item has been run
previously at another SMI 2, SFC adds the new SMI 2 to the list of machines that run that Primary
item. If the Primary item has not been run previously, SFC creates a record for it and “associates” it
with that machine.
After records have been created for Primary items at the SMI 2, an SFC user with administrative
privileges can access the SFC Administrator and configure the Primary items for description, status,
rates and affiliations.
Once auto-discovered, the new Primary item will be available to the SFC Schedule Interface.