Multi function terminal
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Multi function terminal

 

The ALS multi function terminal covers two areas:

In 'Order' you will find the orders for 'Manual working places' and machines connected through 'ARBURG I/O'. Here you enter your information on the progress of your orders.
In the 'Machine' dialog you enter status changes or causes of standstill which have occurred on those machines which are connected to ALS via 'ARBURG I/O' or which are only linked to ALS via the 'Manual Input' dialog.

The configuration of the multi-function terminal and the assignment to machines and work places is undertaken in 'Master data' -> 'Terminal'.

With 'Lock terminal' /   'Unlock terminal' you control access to the ALS multi-function terminal.

Wherever this symbol   is displayed you can display an on-screen keyboard with which you can enter data in the currently active input box with the touchscreen.

With this button you go back one level in the dialog.

 

Order

The initial dialog of 'Order' is divided into four sections. At the top left you find the 'Work places' assigned to the terminal. To the right of this the 'Order list' of a selected work place is displayed. The order in which the orders appear corresponds to the order in which they appear in the Plan table. If you select one of the orders, all available information is displayed in 'Order info'.
This symbol refreshes the 'order list'.

At the right edge you will find the functions which you can carry out for the selected order.
' Change batch' calls up a dialog with which you can document the changing of a material batch for a produced part.
' Search' gives you access to all orders in ALS, so that even if you have forgotten to enter an order in the plan table and the planner is currently not available, you can still enter information on an order.

If you have specified that changes can only be undertaken with user authorisation, the ID and personnel no. of the logged-on user are displayed in 'Order info'.

Example of the procedure for processing an order at a 'Manual work place':

  1. In the order stockpile of the plan table in ALS Client an order titled 'CABLE0010010' is displayed for the manual work place 'Cable_1'. Open the order list of this work place by clicking on the  symbol. Drag the order to the required position in the order list with suppressed left mouse key.
  2. Open the respective dialog by clicking on 'Order' in the multi-function terminal. Select the required machine. – If the dialog is already active and the work place is selected, press the update key to refresh the display. – The newly scheduled order 'CABLE0010010' is now displayed in the list.
  3. Select the order. Click on 'Set-up' and then on 'Start set-up'. The order now has the status '30 set-up' and status 2 is 'active'.
  4. You stop your tooling work and report this with 'Interrupt set-up'. The order still has the status '30 Set-up', but at status 2 'interrupted' is displayed.
  5. With 'Continue set-up' you report the restart of the tooling operation.(Status 2 = 'active')
  6. 'Set-up finished' switches the status to '40 Set-up finished'.
  7. You are now able to start production for the order 'CABLE0010010'. You report this by pressing the two buttons 'Production' and 'Start production'. The status of the order changes to '60 - in production' and status 2 to 'active'.
  8. At the end of the shift you have produced 200 parts. You report the 200 parts by clicking on 'Production' and 'Interrupt production'. (Status: '70 - interrupted'/ Status 2: 'interrupted')
  9. The next day you continue production of the same parts.  By clicking on 'Production' and 'Continue production' you report this to ALS. (Status: '60 - in Production' / Status 2: 'active)
  10. After 100 parts you have processed all your material supplied for these parts. Click on 'Production' and 'Interrupt production' to report the completion of the 100 parts. The status of this order changes to '70 - interrupted' and status 2 changes to 'interrupted'.
  11. Two days later you have sufficient material in your material supply and the next 500 parts can be produced. You activate the order with 'Production' and 'Continue production'. The order now has the status '60 - production' and status 2 is 'active'.
  12. With these 500 parts you have completed the nominal quantity of the order. Click on 'Production' -> 'End production' to report the 500 parts and end the order. The order now has the status '80 - finished'.
  13. If you have not scheduled a strip-down time and there is no further information for the order 'CABLE0010010', remove it from the order list by clicking on 'Production' -> 'Finalise'.
  14. The order is now no longer in the plan table of the ALS Client, only in the order administration with the status '110 - ended (stripped down)'.

Machine

The machine data acquisition is to be found in the multi-function terminal under 'Machine'.   'Manual machines' ('Manual input') and machines connected via 'ARBURG I/O' are supported.

'Manual work places' have no status and are therefore not supported here.

For 'Manual machines' the same functions are available as in the ALS Client . You have the additional possibility of transferring order data which were scheduled on this machine in the plan table from ALS to your terminal.

If  'only cycle acquisition (status: manual)' mode has been configured for a machine connected via 'ARBURG I/O', you enter the operating mode of the machine in the adapted dialog 'Change status'. The dialog 'Change cavity count' is available exclusively for these machines.

In the dialog 'Reason for standstill' you select the cause of error and the event and enter your remarks. In addition, you will find the functions 'New reason' and 'Correction'. The event assigned to the cause of error must be configured in ALS under 'Master data' -> 'Event'.

The 'Status list' shows you all the status changes of the last day. At 'Period' you can change this range to the last 3 days. The entries in the list can be selected according to the operating modes 'Automatic', 'Manual' or 'Alarm'.