Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Metrics User Guide - Manual (Page 73)

Collecting Performance Data Chapter 3
This item: Is data of type:
Normal State Boolean:
• 1, 0, or
• true, false (case-insensitive).
How do I access the dialog box?
1. On the Configure menu, click FactoryTalk Metrics >
Performance Parameters.
The Manage Performance Parameters dialog box appears.
2. Select the activity area for which you want to associate
machine states, and then click Configure.
The Configure Performance Parameters dialog box appears.
3. If necessary, select the FactoryTalk Transaction Manager
configuration for the activity area.
4. In the left pane of the dialog box, click Monitored
Availability.
The Monitored Availability parameter is part of the Availability
value in the OEE equation. The parameter indicates when the
activity area is actually available to produce parts. While the activity
area may be scheduled to be available at a specified time, it may not
actually be available at that time. An example of this is when the
activity area is scheduled to be available, but is not able to work,
because it is waiting for parts from an upstream process. Using the
Monitored Availability parameter helps understand which machine
in the facility really causes the problems. For the Monitored
Availability parameters you can create Boolean formulas.
The benefit of using Monitored Availability to determine the
available time for an activity area is more accurate efficiency
measurements. For example, even though an activity area can be
Configuring Monitored
Availability
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