1. The top 5 lines shown in pane 2 describe the current instruction you are on in pane 1.
    1. PROG: is the name of the program you are currently viewing in pane 1.
    2. PROCESS ID is the ID of the instruction you are viewing in pane 1.
      1. For Spotwelding, the PROCESS ID = the Weld ID or WID field in the SPOT[…] instruction.
        1. You must have Weld ID enabled on the Spot Config SETUP menu to use Process Logger with SpotWelding.
        2. 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.
      2. For Arcwelding, the PROCESS ID = the Weld ID or WID field in the Arc End instruction.
      3. 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.
      4. 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.
    3. 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.
    4. RECORD tells you the current record you are viewing of the XX histories available for the current instruction.
    5. 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.

  1. After the top 5 common lines, then follows the application specific process data being collected for the current record you are viewing.
  2. Use the DISP key to move focus to pane 2.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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…