Introduction

A "Machine" instance is configured in MachineMetrics to support each physical machine in your shop that is part of your MachineMetrics account. The 'Machines' page in the Settings module allows you to view and manage the configuration settings for all the machines in your MachineMetrics environment.

If you're looking for information on the old Machine Settings page, see the Legacy article here.

Topics covered in this article

This article includes the following topics:

• Accessing the Machines Page in Settings
• Machines Page Layout
• Machines Section Layout and Functions
  • Machines Section Layout
  • Machines Section Functions
  • Adding a Machine
  • Viewing/Managing Machine Configuration Settings 
    • General Information
    • Warning and Failure Thresholds
    • Notifications
    • Creating a Notification
• Machine Groups
• Edge Devices

Accessing the Machines Page

To navigate to the 'Machines' page, hover over the Settings navigation bar item in MachineMetrics and select Machine Settings from the drop-down.

Machines Page Layout 

The Machines page is divided into the following functional sections:

• Machines
• Machine Groups
• Edge Devices

Each section can be accessed by clicking the corresponding button at the upper right of the Machine Settings page.

Machines Section Layout and Functions 

The Machines section of the Machines page displays the machines configured in MachineMetrics for the machines in the environment and provides the functionality to view and manage the detailed configuration settings for each machine. 

Machines Section Layout 

The Machines section lists the machines configured in MachineMetrics corresponding to the machines in your environment in a table with the following information:

• Name: Name assigned to the machine in MachineMetrics
• Make/Model: Make and Model of the machine
• Edge Device: The Edge Device used to allow communication between this Machine and the Cloud. 
• Data Collection Method: Method by which MachineMetrics will collect data from the machine. If you are uncertain what method your machine is using, please reach out directly to your Customer Success Manager or contact support@machinemetrics.com 
• Connection Address: The type of data source provider that the machine uses and that MachineMetrics is integrated with to receive machine data. 

Machines Section Functions

The Machines section provides the following functions:

• View/Manage Machine Configuration Settings: Click on any entry in the Machines table to view and manage the Machine configuration settings for that machine.
• Show Decommissioned: Click this button to display Machines that have been decommissioned along with the active machines.
• Reorder: Click this button if you want to change the order that the machines display in MachineMetrics Dashboards. By default, machines display alphanumerically by name. When you click this button, the function of the Machines table will change to allow you to click and drag the machine entries and change their order.
• Add Machine: Click this button to open the dialog with the functions required to add a new machine to your MachineMetrics environment. See Adding a Machine.

Adding a Machine

All machines installed and configured by the MachineMetrics integration team will display in the Machines section automatically as soon as they achieve connectivity. This article does not discuss the process and procedure for adding a new machine. Consult with your MachineMetrics Customer Success Manager if you want to add a machine without the assistance of the MachineMetrics integration team.

Viewing/Managing Machine Configuration Settings 

To view and manage the configuration settings for a machine, click on that machine entry in the Machines section. This will launch the machine configuration settings dialog, which is divided into the following functional sections:

• General Information
• Warning and Failure Thresholds
• Notifications
• Edge Device
• Data Collection
• Data Rules
• Data Mapping

Click on any of the sections along the left side navigation bar to view those options. You must click the Save Changes button at the bottom of the dialog to save any changes you make to the machine configuration settings.

The following sections of this article describe the settings and functions available in each of the machine configuration settings dialog sections.

General Information

The following figure shows an example of the General Information section of the machine configuration settings dialog:

The General section allows you to view and manage the following machine configuration settings:

• Import ID: This field displays the programmatic ID used by MachineMetrics software for associating the data generated by the machine.
• What should we call this machine: This field allows you to view and change the name currently configured for the machine. You may want to do this to make the name more recognizable to your machine operators. 
• What Type: This field allows you to view and change the type of machine that the machine supports. However, this setting should not need to be changed after the original integration. Any changes to this setting should be discussed with your MachineMetrics Customer Success Manager.
• Make: This field allows you to enter the Make of this machine. Having an accurate date in this field can assist with potential troubleshooting.
• Model: This field allows you to enter the model of this machine. Having an accurate date in this field can assist with potential troubleshooting.
• Year of Manufacture: This field allows you to enter the year your machine was manufactured. Having an accurate date in this field can assist with potential troubleshooting.
• Serial Number: This field allows you to enter the Serial Number of your machine. This field is useful when sharing a machine with a service provider for further identification.
• Benchmarking: This field allows you to opt-in or out on whether the performance data for the machine should be included in MachineMetrics reporting on benchmarking, or to indicate you are undecided.
  • See the Weekly Summary article for more information on the MachineMetrics Benchmarking report.
• Additional Notes: This field allows you to enter any descriptive notes that may help identify the machine in MachineMetrics reporting and data exports.

Warning and Failure Thresholds 

Override default Utilization Thresholds for this Machine 

This section allows you to set machine utilization goals that are specific for the selected machine.

Setting Utilization Goals for a Specific Machine

You can enter utilization goals here as a number to indicate the goal percentage of the overall job or shift operating time that the selected machine should be operating in-cycle. Consider the following when setting utilization goals in this section:

• The settings in this section for the selected machine will override the default utilization goal settings that are configured for your overall MachineMetrics system in the Dashboard section of the System Settings page.
• Jobs that have specific utilization goals will override the settings in this section, though the Utilization Dashboard will still show the colors based on the goals for the machine that are set here. 

Utilization Goal Color Scheme

When you enter specific utilization goals in this section for a selected machine, that machine will display in MachineMetrics Dashboards based on the following color indicator scheme for utilization goals:

•  Green (Goal): Machine is performing at or above utilization percentage goal.
• Orange (Warning): Machine is performing below utilization percentage goal and may not meet utilization goals under current operating conditions.
• Red (Failure): Machine will fail to meet utilization percentage goal under current operating conditions.

Override default Downtime Goals for this Machine 

This section allows you to set machine downtime goals that are specific for the selected machine. 

Setting Downtime Goals for a Specific Machine

You can enter downtime goals here as a number to indicate the maximum number of minutes the overall job or shift operating time that the selected machine should be inactive. Consider the following when setting the downtime goal in this section:

• The settings in this section for the selected machine will override the default downtime goal settings that are configured for your overall MachineMetrics system in the Dashboard section of the System Settings page.
• Jobs that have specific downtime goals will override the settings in this section, though the Utilization Dashboard will still show the colors based on the goals for the machine that are set here. 

Downtime Goal Color Scheme

When you enter a specific downtime goal in this section for a selected machine, that machine will display in MachineMetrics Dashboards based on the following downtime color indicator scheme:

•  Green (Active): Machine is active.
• Orange (Warning): Machine has been inactive for less time than the downtime threshold.
• Red (Down): Machine has been inactive for longer than the downtime threshold.

Notifications 

This section allows you to set notifications that are specific for the selected machine. You can create notifications based on the utilization or downtime goals configured for the machine. MachineMetrics Executive and Manager users can set up notifications for themselves or for any other user, including Supervisor users.

IMPORTANT! When setting up notifications for another user, be sure to confirm that the user has set up their MachineMetrics Profile to receive notifications. Users who have not set up their profile for MachineMetrics notifications will not receive them.

Creating a new Notification

1. Click the Add A Notification Button
2. Fill out your Notification's settings to determine when it should be triggered

Utilization falls below threshold Notification

1. • Notify the following user: Select the MachineMetrics user you want to receive the notification.
   • When the following event occurs: Select Utilization to indicate that the notification is to be based on a utilization threshold percentage.
   • And the following conditions are met: Select the utilization percentage threshold that must be met to generate the notification. You can select either the Warning or Failure goal threshold percentage that has been configured for the environment.
     • jobs are scheduled: Do not generate the notification unless the utilization threshold is met AND jobs are scheduled
     • downtime is uncategorized: Do not generate the notification unless the utilization threshold is met AND the downtime causing the utilization issue is not categorized.
   • After the event has been active for this many minutes: Enter the number of minutes you want MachineMetrics to wait after all conditions are met before generating the notification. Enter 0 for immediate notification.

Machine downtime Notification

• Notify the following user: Select the MachineMetrics user you want to receive the notification.
• When the following event occurs: Select Machine Downtime.
• And the following conditions are met: Select additional conditions you want to be met in combination with the machine inactive condition before generating the notification. You can select one or more of the following:
  • jobs are scheduled: Do not generate the notification unless the machine is inactive AND jobs are scheduled.
  • powered on and reporting data: Do not generate the notification unless the machine is inactive AND the machine is actually powered on and reporting data.
  • downtime is uncategorized: Do not generate the notification unless the machine is inactive AND the downtime causing the downtime issue is not categorized.
• After the event has been active for this many minutes: Enter the number of minutes that MachineMetrics should wait after the machine becomes inactive and any additional conditions are met before generating the notification. For example, if 10 minutes or less of machine inactivity is not significant, enter 10 in this field to receive notifications only when the machine has been inactive for more than 10 minutes. Enter 0 to send the notification immediately after the machine becomes inactive and any additional conditions are met.

   3. Click the Create Notification button to create the notification.

Edge Device 

This section allows you to view the Edge Device that is used by the machine to communicate with the MachineMetrics system.

To change what Edge Device your machine is using to connect to MachineMetrics, click the Please select your Edge Device below dropdown, then click Save Changes.

IMPORTANT! The settings in this section are populated as part of the MachineMetrics integration process when your environment is initially deployed, and should not need to be changed. Any changes you believe are required to the settings in this section should be discussed with your MachineMetrics Customer Success Manager before those changes are made. 

Data Collection 

This section allows you to view the data collection methods for this machine. You can either edit a current method or add a new one.

Editing an Existing Data Collection Method

Click on the Edit button to the right of the Data Collection Method you'd like to edit. You'll be able to edit the following options.

• What type of Data Collection Method will this Machine use?: The type of data source provider that the machine uses and that the machine is integrated with to receive its machine data. If you are uncertain what data source your machine is using, please reach out directly to your customer success manager or contact support@machinemetrics.com. 
• What is your Connection Address?: The IP address of the machine's data source. This is usually the machine's control.
• Enable Source: Disable a source to halt all data collection using that Method. An Enabled source will attempt to collect data using the configured settings.
• Configure your adapter: Text entry field used to add any special configuration code. 

Click the Save Data Collection Method button to save your changes.

Add a new Data Collection Method

Click Add a new Data Collection Method button, then configure the same fields as described in Editing an Existing Data Collection Method.

Data Rules 

This section allows you to customize certain behaviors of this machine based off the data MachineMetrics is collecting. 

• Program Metric - This field is used to display the program metric in the Dashboard. Configuration and use of this field should be discussed with your MachineMetrics Customer Success Manager.
• Select Part Count Metric - This allows you to specify a path for MachineMetrics to use for counting parts. See this article for more information on paths and what they do.
• Warmup Programs - This field allows you to list the names of any programs that are part of the machine warm-up operations. When the machine is running the programs listed in this field, MachineMetrics will treat and display the machine as inactive. If more than one program is listed in this field, the program names must be separated by a semicolon (;). Configuration and use of this field should be discussed with your MachineMetrics Customer Success Manager.

Click the Save Changes button to save your changes to the Data Rules.

Data Mapping

See this article on Data Mapping 

Edge Devices 

The Edge Devices section displays the name(s) of the MachineMetrics network Edge Device(s) and the number of machines that each Edge Device supports. Navigate to the Edge Devices section by clicking the Edge Devices button at the upper right of the Machine Settings page.

Have Questions?

Reach out to support@machinemetrics.com.