SPOT PRODUCTION MONITOR SCREEN


SPOT PRODUCTION MONITOR SCREEN

This screen allows you to monitor items related to running production with your robot.

Table 1.  Spot Production Monitor Information

ITEM DESCRIPTION
Production Status This item shows the current state of the robot as RUNNING, IDLE, or PAUSED.
Style Name This item shows the name of the main program that the PLC initiated for production.
Routine Name This item shows the name of the macro or subroutine that is currently executing.
Cycle Counts This item shows the current number of completed cycles. This value will be updated every time a cycle that was started by a production start, or an SOP cycle start is completed. This value is stored in $SPOTCONFIG.$CYCLECOUNT. If you want to reset the cycle counter you must manually set this sysvar = 0, or set $SPOTCONFIG.$CYCLECOUNT = 0 in the TP program or in a Macro attached to a DIN[...] so that the PLC can reset it when it wants to.
Last Cycle Time This item shows the execution time of the last production cycle. It is updated at the end of the production run when the robot transitions from Running to Idle.

The bottom of the screen shows a progress chart that indicates the number of welds since the last tip maintenance, and graphically represents this weld count as a percentage of the "Target Welds/Dress." You can set the "Target Welds/Dress" on the Spot Equipment Setup Menu. You can also set the Spot Count Register on the Spot Equipment Setup Menu. For each weld that is done with weld enabled, SpotTool will automatically increment this data register. This information will then be reflected in the chart at the bottom of the Production Monitor screen.