Configuring a value-based trigger (variable)

Create aspect

Aspect name

Enter a previously created variable name.

The name must be unique.

If the aspect does not yet exist in Insights Hub, then the aspect is created when saving the configuration.

Configuring a trigger

With these settings, you specify the trigger conditions for the following actions.

Variable address

Enter the address of the variables.

Data type

From the drop-down list select the data type of the variable.

• DOUBLE

• BOOLEAN

• STRING

Select a comparison operation from the drop-down list.

• Greater than

• Less than

• Equal to

• Not equal to

Variable value

Enter a value.

With the following configuration

Debounce time

Enter the debounce time.

Remark:

After the Condition variable has reached a specified value, the control checks whether the condition is still present until the debounce time has expired. The control does not check the status within this time.

sec

Select the time unit from the drop-down list:

• sec

• min

• hr

Hysteresis

Activate the check box to include the hysteresis.

The hysteresis can be a value or a percentage (absolute or relative).

Example:

The temperature is 30 degrees. The absolute hysteresis equals 5. In this case, the check is from 25 to 35 °C instead of 30 °C.

Activate the "Relative" option button to record the relative value in relation to the comparison value.

Activate the "Absolute" option button to record the absolute value.

A new trigger on the comparison value is only performed when the actual value differs from the comparison value by more than the specified hysteresis.

Enter a comparison value, this is restricted according to the selection of the address format.

Then acquire the following values

The following variable is recorded and sent to Insights Hub.

Variable address

Shows the address of the variable.

Data type

Select the data type of the variable from the drop-down list:

• DOUBLE

• BOOLEAN

• STRING

Duration

Enter the recording duration.
The duration must be longer than the cycle.

Select the time unit from the drop-down list:

• sec

• min

• hr

Minimum of 30 seconds.

Maximum of 24 hours.

Cycle

Enter the cycle duration.

Select a time unit from the drop-down list:

• sec

• min

• hr

30 seconds is the minimum

24 hours is the maximum

Adding trace files to the trigger

Recorded traces are sent as files to Insights Hub.

Trace files

Activate the option check box for the following data:

• HMI trace

• NC status

• Machine data

Activate the action log setting on the machine.

More information is provided in Chapter: Setting the action log.

Selecting file(s) to be uploaded

The selected files that are available on the machine are transferred to the corresponding Insights Hub tenants database.

File or directory path *

Enter the file or directory path.

• The maximum file size is 100 MB

• If the hard disk is full, then it is possible that not all of the files are sent to Insights Hub.

• When the directory path has been created, the last 10 files in this directory are uploaded to Insights Hub.

You will receive more information.

Closes the entry field.

Click on the down arrow to open and create further configurations.

Click on the up arrow to close the area of further configurations.