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The
top 5 lines shown in pane 2 describe the current instruction you are on in
pane 1.
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PROG: is the name of the program you are currently viewing in pane 1.
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PROCESS ID is the ID of the instruction you are viewing in pane 1.
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For
Spotwelding, the PROCESS ID = the Weld ID or WID field in the
SPOT[…] instruction.
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You
must have Weld ID enabled on the Spot Config SETUP menu to use
Process Logger with SpotWelding.
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By
default Auto Weld ID ($spotconfig.$auto_wldid) will be on when
Process Logger is loaded.
Auto Weld ID for Spotwelding means that when you teach a SPOT[…]
instruction by performing SHIFT-SPOT in the editor, the WELD ID
field in the SPOT instruction will automatically be set to the
Position ID * 10 for gun #1, and Position ID * 10 + 1 for gun
#2. This is very
convenient if you have no specification or naming convention for
WELD ID. In this case,
you don’t have to set a WELD ID every time you teach a SPOT[…].
If you want to manually assign WELD ID’s, or they were
created offline, then set $spotconfig.$auto_wldid = FALSE.
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For
Arcwelding, the PROCESS ID = the Weld ID or WID field in the Arc End
instruction.
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For
Sealing, the PROCESS ID = the POSITION ID of the Seal End
instruction, unless it is a stand alone instruction.
If it is a stand alone instruction, then the PROCESS ID =
line number of the instruction.
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For
Paint, the PROCESS ID is not used, as the process parameters will
not be collected on a per instruction basis, but on a per Program
basis. Because there is no Process ID for paint, its related view
will be from the SELECT menu. As you cursor up and down in the
select menu with the Process Logger related view active, the data
for different programs will be displayed in the right pane.
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Next
to PROCESS ID is [
], this is the comment, which if supported by the application,
and enabled via $PRCREP.$DSP_CMNT will display the comment from the
position comment in the TP program for the current instruction.
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RECORD tells you the current record you are viewing of the XX histories
available for the current instruction.
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TOTAL tells you the total number of executions of this instruction since
the data was last reset.
Note:
Although there
are only X histories available on the controller, Process Logger keeps a long
time running MIN, MAX, AVG, for each process field being collected until the
data is cleared. These MIN, MAX, AVG are viewing in the web view or available in
the STATUSàProcess Reporting menu.
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After the top 5 common lines, then follows the application specific process
data being collected for the current record you are viewing.
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Use
the DISP key to move focus to pane 2.
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Use
the cursor keys to cursor up and down (if you have a touch screen, you can
just touch the item you are interested in) and view the specific process
item you are interested in. As you choose a new process item, it’s last X
histories for that specific Process instruction (Weld, Weld Seam, Seal Seam,
etc…) are automatically charted for you in pane 3.
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Note
that there is a sample marker in the chart (see image below).
When the Process Data related view is first displayed, the sample
marker is placed at the far right of the chart as this represents the latest
process data.
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Use
F4/F5 or left arrow/right arrow to move the sample marker one record at a
time in the chart. Holding SHIFT
while pressing the above keys will allow the sample marker to move by 10
records.
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As
you move the sample marker up and down the records history, the process data
for each history record updates in pane 2 so you can see the exact value of
the parameter you are looking at, along with the value of other process
parameters for that history.
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The
chart in pane 3 has it’s MIN and MAX auto-scaled by the data in last X
histories, so just by viewing the chart, you can see the min and max that
have happened in the last X histories.
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If
your focus is on the editor in pane one, as you cursor up and down the TP
program to different process instructions with different process ID’s, pane
2 and pane 3 will update to provide the data for the process ID you are
viewing in pane 1. Using this feature allows you to compare specific process
parameters between different welds, weld seams, seal seams, etc…