8.7.8 Machine Connections
In order to obtain a license for a machine, you must
identify the type of machine you are configuring in the Set Machine Type pane.
The type of machine will also determine which settings you
are allowed to configure. As you work through the configurable settings,
FactoryWiz™ Monitoring will only show you the options available for the type of
machine you have selected in this pane. These
settings are described in separate sections for each machine type.
Adam (Legacy)
ADAM machines are legacy machines that must be connected to
FactoryWiz™ Monitoring through an ADAM 6051 device. Each device has 12 inputs
which may be wired to receive signals from the machine. The Machine Connection pane for an ADAM
machine allows you to specify the information reported to FactoryWiz™
Monitoring on each input channel.
In the first section of this pane, shown in you will enter
the IP address assigned to the machine, assign the channels used to report the
machine’s state to FactoryWiz™ Monitoring, and enter the polling rate.
Input Channels
Use the Run State
Channel drop-down list to identify which ADAM box input channel is
connected to receive the machine’s run state signal. Select digital input 0 (DI0) from the list if the run state signal is wired to input
channel 0 on the ADAM box, DI1 if
the signal is received on input channel 1, and so on.
Use the same procedure to select the paused state, alarm
state and part advance channels from the next three drop down lists if the ADAM
box is wired to receive those signals.
To enable the DPRNT
Pause feature, click the check box.
Enabling this feature allows a PAUSE DPRNT command to override the ADAM
status. Recommend being used on machines
that report as running when the they are in a feed hold status, for example:
waiting to pallet change.
Use the Polling Rate textbox to specify how often FactoryWiz™ Monitoring should poll this machine.
Note that the value must be entered in milliseconds. The recommended polling
rate is 3000 milliseconds (3 seconds). Less than this will increase network
traffic.
Audible Alarm (Buzzer)
You may also configure the ADAM box to trigger an audible
alarm (buzzer) to signal state changes. Use the second section of the Machine Connection pane to configure
the buzzer. This section is shown in Error! Reference source not found..
The ADAM 6051 has two digital output channels, digital
output 0 (DO0) and DO1. Enable the buzzer by using the Buzzer Output Channel drop-down list to select the output channel
connected to your audible alarm.
You may trigger the buzzer to sound when the machine reports
any of these states:
· running;
· idle, with no reason set;
· paused, with no reason set;
· alarm, with no reason set;
· off, with nor reason set;
· or manual.
If you have enabled the buzzer, use one of the six Buzzer Delay text boxes to select which
states will trigger the buzzer. The Buzzer
Delay is the number of minutes you want FactoryWiz™ Monitoring to wait
before triggering the audible alarm.
If you want the audible alarm to sound only if a state has
lasted past a certain amount of time, enter the number of minutes you want
FactoryWiz™ Monitoring to wait before triggering the buzzer.
A buzzer delay of -1 disables the buzzer for that state. You
will likely want to set the Running
Buzzer Delay to -1, so that the buzzer does not sound while the machine is
running normally, for example.
Set the buzzer delay to a state to 0 if you want the audible
alarm to sound as soon as the machine reports that state.
Notifications
The Notifications section of the Machine Connection pane for an ADAM machine allows you to configure
FactoryWiz™ Monitoring to send email notifications if one of the 12 input
channels turns on or off.
You may use this to configure custom alerts. For example,
you might have a sensor that detects when a door is open. If you want to know
if that door is left open for more than 5 minutes, you could connect the sensor
to the ADAM box and use this section to send a notification to an email list if
the door is open for more than five minutes.
If the door sensor were connected to channel 0 on the ADAM
box, you could configure this alert by first entering a description of the
input in the On Description text box
for DI0. Then use the ON Action drop-down list to select the
email list you want to notify. See Email
Configuration if you need to create a new email list for this notification.
You may select Do
Nothing, to disable notifications, Log
Only to record the event, or an email list such as Email 2, to log the event and send a notification email to the
recipients of Email 2. The event is
also logged when emailed.
Finally, you would enter “5” into the On Minimum text box to set the five-minute delay.
Analog Input Thresholds
Leave these values blank.
This is for use with analog ADAM units only. If your ADAM unit is equipped with analog
inputs, please contact FactoryWiz for assistance with these settings.
Allen-Bradley machine types are any machines that must be connected
to FactoryWiz monitoring through an Allen-Bradley PLC.
Enter the IP address of the PLC, the polling rate, and the
PLC type.
You will then need to set the running, pause, idle and alarm
tags. The tags are obtained from the PLC. You will need to specify what
triggers the status as true. Example:
If the running status is taken from plc_status and when the
value/string is “Y” when running, then:
Running State Tag = plc_status
Running Tag Condition = Y
Running Tag Type = String
Repeat for each status where you have a tag.
Enter the IP address assigned to the machine in the IP
Address text box, and the TCP port number in the TCP Port text box. The default
TCP port on a Brother machine is 10000.
Use the Polling Rate text box to tell FactoryWiz™ Monitoring
how often to poll the machine for information. If you enter “5” in the text
box, FactoryWiz™ Monitoring will poll the machine every five seconds.
The Parse Entire Program option determines whether
FactoryWiz™ Monitoring only looks at the top line of the program the Brother
machine is running, or reads the entire program. This option should only be
enabled if FactoryWiz™ Monitoring commands are embedded in program comments.
Note that reading the entire program may cause a slight
delay when switching to a very large program. Factory Wiz ™ recommends
disabling this option unless it is absolutely necessary.
The last setting in this pane tells FactoryWiz™ Monitoring
where to find the part ID number. Select an option from the drop-down list,
shown in Error! Reference source not found..
Select O Number if the part number is on
the top line of the program or select First
Comment if the part number is found on the first comment line. Select None if the part number cannot be read
by one of the other two options.
Note that if you select First
Comment you must also enable the Parse
Entire Program option.
Enter the IP address assigned to the machine in the IP
Address text box and Use the Polling Rate text box to tell FactoryWiz™
Monitoring how often to poll the machine for information. If you enter “5” in
the text box, FactoryWiz™ Monitoring will poll the machine every five seconds.
Use the Polling Rate text box to tell FactoryWiz™ Monitoring
how often to poll the machine for information. If you enter “5” in the text
box, FactoryWiz™ Monitoring will poll the machine every five seconds.
Enter the IP address assigned to the machine into the IP Address text box and the TCP port
into the TCP Port text box. Then
specify how often FactoryWiz™ Monitoring should poll this machine in the Polling Rate text box.
Part ID Source
Use the Part Id
Source drop-down list to describe where FactoryWiz™ Monitoring can find the
part ID number.
Select:
· First
Comment if the part ID number is in the first comment in the main program;
· O Number if
the O Number of the main program is the part ID number;
· Macro
Variable if you have assigned the part ID number to the value of a macro
variable;
· Macro
Variable Pointer if a macro variable holds a pointer to the O Number of the
subprogram that contains the current part number within its first comment.
Typically used for machines running from a pallet schedule;
· Sub First
Comment if the part id number is the first comment in a subprogram.
· Sub O
Number if the part ID is the O number of a subprogram.
· None if you want to enter the part id number manually.
Note that Sub First
Comment and Sub O Number will
probably not work well if the main program contains more than one sub-program.
In that case, it would be better to use a macro variable or a macro variable
pointer.
If you have selected Macro
Variable or Macro Variable Pointer,
you will have to provide an address for the macro variable in the Part ID Source Address text box. For
example, you may assign the part id number to the value of macro variable 501.
In this case, you would select Macro
Variable as the Part ID Source and enter “501” in the Part ID Source
Box.
For pallet change machines that run a sub program for each
pallet that are called from the same main program, use Macro Variable Pointer. In each sub (pallet) program, store to a
macro variable the number of that program, Fanuc Example:
O1(MAIN PROGRAM)
M61
M98 P1000(PALLET 1)
M62
M98 P2000(PALLET 2)
M99
O1000(PALLET 1 PROG)
#501=#4115 (SYS VAR)
nc code here
M99
In the above example the main program pallet changes (M61
and M62) and then calls the program for each pallet using M98.
In the Pallet Sub program O1000, the first line #501=#4115
stores the program number 1000 into variable 501 by using the Fanuc System
Variable 4115.
FactoryWiz will then look at the name associated with the
program number O1000 in the program directory.
This is then repeated for pallet 2.
This is an example, do not use these M Codes or variables in
your machine without reading the machine tool programming manual first.
Operator Messages
The Operator Messages drop-down list, shown in Error! Reference source not found.,
allows you to define which operator messages will force FactoryWiz™ Monitoring
to determine the machine is in alarm state.
Most machines prefix alarm messages with either “AL” or “ALARM”. You may
choose to have FactoryWiz™ Monitoring determine that a machine is in an alarm
state based on whether the message received begins with the letters “AL” and
whether the machine stops running after the message is received.
The options available from the drop-down list are:
· Never – no operator messages will cause FactoryWiz™ Monitoring to determine the
machine is in alarm state.
· Idle – the machine appears in alarm state if an operator message presents while the
machine is in an idle state.
· Idle,
Paused –the machine is in alarm state if an operator message presents while
the machine is in either an idle or paused state.
· Idle,
Paused, AL – the machine appears in alarm state if an operator message
presents while the machine is in an idle or paused state and the operator
message starts with the text “AL”.
· Always With
AL Prefixed – the machine appears in alarm state if the machine receives an
operator message that begins with “AL”.
· Always –the machine is in alarm state if it receives any operator message.
· When
motion stops –the machine is in alarm state if a message appears while
motion is stopped.
The default option is
Always With AL Prefixed.
Please
note, the machine will need the extended message function option enabled to
output messages.
Other Settings
Use the next four settings to set how FactoryWiz™ Monitoring
should account for dwell time and whether or not it should read tool and
workpiece offsets from the machine.
The Dwell Time drop-down list lets you select whether to count dwell time as running or as
paused time.
The default setting is Paused.
Use the Poll
Workpiece Offsets and Poll Tool
Offsets drop-down lists to select whether or not FactoryWiz™ Monitoring
reads the offsets from the machine. Reading the offsets does increase overhead,
which may affect FactoryWiz™ Monitoring’s performance.
If you suspect that this is causing a
problem, you may turn off the offset polling or use the Tool Offset Limit drop-down list to limit the number of tool
offsets tracked by FactoryWiz™ Monitoring.
Setting the Tool
Offset Limit to 0 will cause FactoryWiz™ Monitoring to poll all available
tool offsets. Setting it to any positive number, x, will cause FactoryWiz™
Monitoring to poll only the first x offsets. In the example shown, the Tool Offset Limit is set to “10”, and
FactoryWiz™ Monitoring will only read the first 10 tool offsets.
The last settings in the Fanuc FOCAS Machine Connection pane determines whether FactoryWiz™ Monitoring
will consider the machine to be paused if override dials are set to 0 and which
control path will be used to determine the part ID number and part count.
The F0% Forces Paused and R0% Forces Paused drop-down
lists let you select whether
FactoryWiz™ Monitoring should consider the machine to be paused if the operator
sets the feedrate override dial or the rapid override dial to 0% while the
machine is in cycle.
Use the Control Path textbox
to enter the controller path number used to determine the part ID number and
part count on multi-spindle machines. Generally, this will be control path 1, 2
or 3.
If you do not know which number
corresponds to the correct path, you may have to use trial-and-error to find
the proper setting.
The Monitor Primary
Path Only setting determines whether FactoryWiz™ Monitoring determines the
machine’s state based on all the control paths or just the primary path. This
should always be set to True for
single spindle machines.
If you set it to True for a multi-spindle machine, FactoryWiz™ Monitoring will consider the machine
to be in the running state only if the primary path reports the running state.
If you set it to False the machine
will be considered to be running if any of the control paths are
running.
It is possible to configure FactoryWiz™ Monitoring to
monitor multiple paths separately, but you would need to create separate
configurations and obtain separate licenses for each path you want to monitor.
For example, if you have a multi-spindle machine that you have named “Machine
1”, and that machine has different control paths on the right side and the left
side, you could configure “Machine 1 Right” and “Machine 1 Left” as two
different, virtual machines. Each “machine” in this case would only have one
spindle, and you would set the Monitor
Primary Path Only setting to True.
The
Fanuc control must have FOCAS option turned on.
This control type is custom in nature and requires custom
software from us and licensed software from Fidia.
This connection type has been depreciated, please contact us
to discuss new methods of connecting your machine.
Haas MDC using RS232 is managed in our DNC System. See the
DNC manual for further information. You will not need to configure any settings
in the Machine Connection pane.
The machine must have setting
143 to use this feature.
Use the Polling Rate text box to set how often FactoryWiz™ Monitoring will poll the machine for
data.
Use the Part Id
Source drop-down list to describe where FactoryWiz™ Monitoring can find the
part ID number.
Select:
· First
Comment if the part number is in the main program’s first comment.
· O Number if
the O Number of the main program is the part number.
· Macro
Variable if you have assigned the part number to the value of a macro variable.
· Macro
Variable Pointer if a macro variable holds a pointer to the O Number of the
subprogram that contains the current part number.
· Sub First
Comment if the part id is the first comment in a subprogram.
· Sub O
Number if the part ID is the O number of a subprogram.
· None if you want to enter the part id number manually.
Note that Sub First
Comment and Sub O Number will
probably not work well if the main program contains more than one sub-program.
In that case, it would be better to use a macro variable or a macro variable
pointer.
If you have selected Macro
Variable or Macro Variable Pointer,
you will have to provide an address for the macro variable in the Part ID Source Address text box. For
example, you may assign the part id number to the value of macro variable 501.
In this case, you would select Macro
Variable as the Part ID Source and enter “501” in the Part ID Source
Box.
Similarly, you could assign the O number of the subprogram containing
the part id number to the value of a macro variable pointer, and then select Marcro Variable Pointer as the Part ID Source and enter the address of
the macro variable in the
Part ID Source
Box.
Enter the IP address assigned to the machine in the IP Address text box.
The UDP Port is a fixed value and can not be changed.
Use the Head drop-down list to select which head / path you want to monitor.
Use the Part ID
Source drop-down list to tell FactoryWiz™ Monitoring where to read the part
ID number for the current program.
Select:
· None if you want to enter the part id number manually;
· O Number if
the O Number of the main program is the part number;
· Program
name if the part number is the name of the main program;
Fusion Client needs to be
installed and configured on the CNC. Point the Fusion Client to the FactoryWiz
IP with compatibility type 4.
Enter the IP address assigned to the machine in the IP
Address text box and Use the Polling Rate text box to tell FactoryWiz™
Monitoring how often to poll the machine for information. If you enter “5” in
the text box, FactoryWiz™ Monitoring will poll the machine every five seconds.
Enter the MTConnect Agent URL in the MTConnect Agent URL text box.
Be sure to give the full URL and include the http://, such as http://10.1.2.100:5000/current
If you’re unsure of the URL, please contact the machine tool
builder or agent.
MTConnect is licensed and
supplied by the machine tool builder. For machines FactoryWiz natively connects
to, we prefer to use our native protocols.
Use the Part ID
Source drop-down list to tell FactoryWiz™ Monitoring where to read the part
ID number for the current program.
Select:
· None if you want to enter the part id number manually;
· O Number if
the O Number of the main program is the part number;
· Program
name if the part number is the name of the main program;
· Sub O
Number if the part ID is the O number of a subprogram;
· or Sub
Program Name if the part ID is the name of a subprogram.
You will not need to configure any settings in the Machine Connection pane.
All Siemens OPC DA settings are defined at
the CNC.
Enter the machine’s IP address in the IP Address text box and the TCP port used to communicate with
FactoryWiz™ Monitoring in the TCP Port text
box. The default TCP port is 4840.
Use the Polling Rate text box to set how often FactoryWiz™ Monitoring will poll the machine for
data. The default rate is every 5 seconds.
If the Siemens software is v4.7 or higher, then the Username and Password must match what is set in the CNC control.
Use the Part ID
Source drop-down list to tell FactoryWiz™ Monitoring where to look for the
part ID number.
Select:
· First
Comment if the part ID number is in the first comment of the main program.
· First
Comment (Sub) if the part ID number is in the first comment of a sub program.
· Macro
Variable if the part ID number is assigned to a macro variable (if you
select this option, you must also enter the macro variable’s address in the Part ID Source Variable text box).
None if you wish to enter the part ID number manually.
Option Access My Machine OPC/UA
required on the Siemens CNC and needs to be configured.
You will not need to configure any settings in the Machine Connection pane. All System3R Cell settings are defined at the CNC.
This will only be used for one off connections. FactoryWiz
will advise you on this as it is rarely used.
This will only be used for one off connections. FactoryWiz will advise you on this as it is rarely used.
Related Articles
MySQL Too Many Connections
Too Many Connections We recommend taking a back up of your server beforehand. Set the following: You need to create 2 new DWORDS in the Registry. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters Value Name: MaxUserPort Data Type: ...Troubleshooting Mazak Native Connections
This is not for ADAM or MTConnect machines How to check Mazak Native Connections Can you ping the machine IP address? If not, check the IP address in the machine is correct. Check the physical network connection Check the switch is not blocking the ...8.8 Machine Groups
On the Machine Groups page, you can view a list of current machine groups, add new, and delete machine groups. For purposes of reporting and filtering machines, you may predefine groups of CNCs to allow for the quick selection of a subset of CNCs. ...8.10.5 Machine Modes
On the Machine Modes page, you can view a list of current machine modes, add new, edit, and delete machine modes. You may configure different modes, allowing you to keep track of when a machine is in production mode, actively producing parts, or when ...8.10.3 Machine Operators
On the Machine Operators page, you may view a list of current operators, add new, edit, and delete operators that will be allowed to sign in to OperatorConnect. Add Machine Operator Click the Add Machine Operator button in the upper left corner. A ...