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- Page 1 Portal Downtime System Helm Instrument Company, Inc. 361 West Dussel Drive Maumee, Ohio 43537 USA 419/ 893-4356 Fax: 419/ 893-1371 www.helminstrument.com OPERATIONS MANUAL Revision 1.1 © Helm Instrument Co., Inc, 2005 Page 1 of 28...
- Page 2 Portal Downtime System DOWNTIME Report a DOWNTIME event by touching the green Reason Button containing the desired reason. This opens the DOWNTIME RESET panel. Touch the red RESET ALARM button to save this downtime event. Touch the grey CANCEL button to close the panel without saving the event.
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- Page 4 Portal Downtime System Touch the JOB NAME button to display the JOB SELECTION panel. Use ADD to create a job. Use DELETE to remove a job. Activate a job by choosing touching the desired job name and then touching SELECT.
- Page 5 Portal Downtime System Writes to Table: JOBHISTORY Page 5 of 28...
- Page 6 Portal Downtime System OPERATOR Touch the OPERATOR button to display the OPERATOR SELECTION panel. Use ADD to enter a new operator name. Use DELETE to remove a name. Activate a new operator by choosing touching the desired name and then touching SELECT.
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- Page 8 Portal Downtime System COUNTER Touch the COUNTER button to display or hide the COUNTER panel. Use the “<” button to decrease the Cycles Counter when desired. Touching RESET zeros the Parts Counter and clears all CURRENT values. Page 8 of 28...
- Page 9 Portal Downtime System QUALITY Touch the QUALITY button to display or hide the Quality Panel. Touch the BOLT TYPE list to select a bolt name. Touching a QUALITY button clears its value. Use the KEYPAD to enter a new Quality Value.
- Page 10 Portal Downtime System The SAVE RECORD button will record the Quality Record if all values have been entered. You must complete all quality fields and select a Bolt Type. THREADER SHEAR Page 10 of 28...
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- Page 12 Portal Downtime System MESSAGE Touch the MESSAGE button to display or hide the Message Panel. The MESSAGE button will turn BROWN when a new message has been received. A new message is displayed at the top of the panel and recent messages are shown in on the lower display.
- Page 13 Touching the EDIT button, when visible, locks all other buttons, turns the DOWNTIME REASON blue and allows you to edit the reasons. Touch a blue downtime button to open the keyboard and enter the new reason. Page 13 of 28...
- Page 14 Portal Downtime System SUPERVISOR KEYPAD Page 14 of 28...
- Page 15 Portal Downtime System CLEAN SCREEN Touch four zeros on the SUPERVISOR KEYPAD to open the CLEAN SCREEN panel. This disables the Touch Screen and allows you to wipe off the screen without pressing any buttons. Page 15 of 28...
- Page 16 Portal Downtime System SUPERVISOR This button names the unit. This button toggles network access. Use this button to allow access to the Job Panel. Use this button to allow access to the Message Panel. Toggles access to the Reason Edit feature.
- Page 17 Selects Unit Type. Selects the number of Reason buttons (multiples of five). This sets the number of minutes of stoppage to wait before initiating a Downtime Event. The cycle count is multiplied by this factor to reflect true Parts Count.
- Page 18 Portal Downtime System Clears the message log. Uploads maintenance files from the PC. Opens the keypad. Returns to the Portal main screen. Page 18 of 28...
- Page 19 Portal Downtime System PORTPal: MAIN SCREEN Unit is ACTIVE and RUNNING. Unit is ACTIVE and DOWN. Unit is being POLLED for status. Unit is OFFLINE or INACTIVE Communication has encountered an ERROR. Page 19 of 28...
- Page 20 Portal Downtime System Unit’s CYCLE COUNT >= to 95% of BATCH PRESET. PORTPal: JOB HISTORY PORTPal: QUALITY PORTPal: DOWNTIME Page 20 of 28...
- Page 21 Portal Downtime System PORTPal: MESSAGE DISPLAY Click on the Unit to send a message to. Click on the Message Panel and type in the desired message. Click SEND MESSAGE to route it to the selected unit. Page 21 of 28...
- Page 22 Portal Downtime System Select the unit by number. Name it or provide an IP address. Toggle polling. Edit shift times. Page 22 of 28...
- Page 23 Portal Downtime System Edit downtime reasons. Set up Jobs for download to each units. List operators for each unit. Commit pending changes. Page 23 of 28...
- Page 24 Portal Downtime System Cancel pending changes. Close the SETUP panel and resume polling. Page 24 of 28...
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- Page 26 PORTAL DATABASE STRUCTURE Table: BADGE – Operator’s Name by Unit Name Type Size Badge Text UnitName Text Description Text Table: DOWNTIME – Events recorded by Date & Time Name Type Size RecordDate Text Downtime Long Integer Description Text Text Unit...
- Page 27 Portal Downtime System Table: QUALITY – Logs quality information. When a unit reaches a preset cycle count, the unit stops and requires a quality record entry. Operators may also enter a quality record at any time. The QC values are defined by unit type.
- Page 28 Portal Downtime System Table: SHIFT – Maintenance table of shift times. Name Type Size Prime Byte Start1 Text Stop1 Text Start2 Text Stop2 Text Start3 Text Stop3 Text Start4 Text Stop4 Text Start5 Text Stop5 Text Start6 Text Stop6 Text Table: UNIT –...
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