Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Metrics Line Edition Administrators Guide - Manual (Page 50)

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After you have used the FactoryTalk Metrics LE Configuration Tool:
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Every data point in the FactoryTalk Metrics LE UDT is mapped to the appropriate
performance parameter for every workcell. You may not have use for all of the data
points in the UDT, and you may not have programmed them to contain valid data
when you added the UDT to the control program. If the control program is not
populating a UDT data point with valid data, you should delete that data point from
the performance parameters. In the case of events, you can disable or deleted unused
events.
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Every workcell is configured identically. In a real application this is rarely the case.
You can customize each workcell using the RSBizWare Configuration Console.
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Check to make sure the performance parameters are configured as expected and are
programmed in the controller (for example, all event triggers are configured for low to
high transition).
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Default names are assigned to events, and events are grouped into categories by event
type. You may want to change the way events are grouped and change the event
names and event categories to be more meaningful.
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No lookup lists are created by the configuration tool. You will want to make lookup
lists to translate integer values for analog event values and shift numbers into string
values. String values are more useful in both reports and in Report Expert parameters.
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Each workcell is disabled, you must enable it manually.
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If you chose to disable events in the configuration tool, you must manually enable all
the events that you want FactoryTalk Metrics to use. You must do this for all
workcells, not just the workcells you selected in the configuration tool.
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You may want to add performance parameters that use data points not contained in the
UDT, such as additional events.
Some performance parameters are not configured by the FactoryTalk Metrics LE
Configuration Tool. You must configure these manually. Performance parameters that are
not configured by the configuration tool include:
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Scheduled Availability using Time Patterns, as an alternative to collecting shift
information from the control system
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M achine States are required to use some of the standard reports provided with
Report Expert
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Event severity
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Lookup lists
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Event value - choose Beginning or Ending value
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