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Production Process Support Software for WCL
INSTRUCTION MANUAL V2.00
Please use this Instruction manual correctly on reading well.
Please keep it carefully to be able to read immediately, when required.

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  • Page 1 Production Process Support Software for WCL INSTRUCTION MANUAL V2.00 Please use this Instruction manual correctly on reading well. Please keep it carefully to be able to read immediately, when required.

  • Page 3: Before Using

    Please note that reproduction of all or part of this product or distribution of copies without permission violates copyright. Be sure to read the license agreement of “WCL plus” in this document. “WCL plus” END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT (“LICENSE AGREEMENT”) CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE SOFTWARE (AS DEFINED BELOW).
  • Page 4 Software in any manner that is not permitted pursuant to this License Agreement; 2. Software Feature Updates: You shall have the right to receive new features to the Software as HERUTU ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, in its sole discretion, makes such features available with the Software. HERUTU ELECTRONICS CORPORATION continually strives to improve the usability and performance of its products and services.
  • Page 5 You and HERUTU ELECTRONICS CORPORATION. Should You have any questions concerning this License Agreement, or if You desire to contact HERUTU ELECTRONICS CORPORATION for any reason, please visit the HERUTU ELECTRONICS CORPORATION’s homepage at https://www.herutu.co.jp/en/ .

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    2-4．Network Settings ........................5 2-5．Equipment configuration ....................... 5 3．WCL plus ............................6 3-1．Application Type ........................6 3-2．Procedure for Use of WCL plus .................... 8 3-3．Installation ..........................9 3-4．Access to the administration screen ................... 10 3-5．Screen Configuration ......................11 3-6．General Information Screen ....................12 3-7．Default setting screen ......................
  • Page 7 3-28．Call group list screen ......................34 3-29．Call group setting ......................35 3-30．Call status confirmation screen ..................37 3-31．Product Information screen ....................39 3-32．History Data ........................39 3-33．Backup of settings files ..................... 43 3-34．Troubleshooting......................... 43...

  • Page 8: 1．Introduction

    LAN. By connecting WCL plus with receivers, you can save the trouble occurrence history received by up to 10 receivers in the CSV format and check the call status on the Web browser Also, by connecting WCL plus with an I/O unit, WCL plus can receive abnormal signals from equipment and transmit them to other equipment by contact output.

  • Page 9: 2．Compatible Instruments And Installation Methods

    2．Compatible Instruments and Installation Methods 2-1．Compatible Instruments WCL plus can be used in combination with the devices with the following model. Andon Transmitter Andon Transmitter AN426TII、AN920T Wireless call system transmitters with 4 push buttons and 4 external inputs. AN426TII AN920T Andon Receiver LAN connection type Andon Receiver WCL-426R、WCL-920R...

  • Page 10: Transmitter And Calls

    2-2．Transmitter and calls The transmitter has four push buttons, four external inputs and settings switches. According to possible trouble occurrences in the production line, you can assign each color a meaning, such as red for an exception occurrence, orange for parts out of stock, or green for requesting transportation of finished products.

  • Page 11: Contact Point Input/Output (Linked With The I/O Unit)

    The timing of the event occurring, which is triggered by the I/O port status The I/O port and WCL plus are connected via TCP and controlled by a software. Actions in the unit of milliseconds (ms) or faster are not guaranteed.

  • Page 12: Network Settings

    2-4．Network Settings This application communicates with the receiver via LAN. To use the receiver on the network, first, set the IP address according to the network environment. Use the IP address assigned by the LAN administrator. For details, refer to "WCL-426R Instruction Manual" or "WCL-920R Instruction Manual". 2-5．Equipment configuration Connect the LAN connector of the receiver to the switching hub or the PC’s LAN connector with the ⚫...

  • Page 13: 3．Wcl Plus

    3．WCL plus The call history from AN426TⅡ/AN920T, received by up to 10 receivers is saved in CSV format. Also, WCL plus checks the call status on the Web browser and can be linked with WCP-232-EXL. 3-1．Application Type WCL plus runs as a Windows Service. By default, immediately after installation, WCL plus starts automatically at PC startup and continues to run in the background while the PC is running.
  • Page 14 *1 Even after closing the web browser displaying the administration screen or call status confirmation screen, WCL plus will continue to collect call data in the background, unless the service of WCL plus is stopped. *2 Stopping or restarting the service will clear all call status of WCL plus.

  • Page 15: Procedure For Use Of Wcl Plus

    ●Immediately after purchase of the application (before installation) 【WCL plus】Installation Immediately after installation, WCL plus is not running. Start the service of WCL plus Restart the PC or start WCL plus from the "Services administrative tool". Log in the administration screen from the Web browser Basic setting...

  • Page 16: Installation

    3-3．Installation Install the application according to the following procedure. * If WCL plus V1.00 is already installed, uninstall it first and then proceed with installation. (Even after uninstalling WCL plus V1.00, the settings are not deleted, but retained.) ①Insert the CD-R into the PC.

  • Page 17: Access To The Administration Screen

    Set WCL plus from the administration screen. To access to the administration screen, follow the steps below. * Use Web browser described in “1-2．System Requirements”. 1. Open a web browser on the PC on which WCL plus is installed, type "http://localhost:50001" (default) in the address bar, and press the Enter key.

  • Page 18: Screen Configuration

    The basic screen configuration is shown below. Item name Description Click it to display the “General information” screen in 3. HERUTU logo Menu Menu for navigating to each screen. Click it to display the Corresponding screen in 3. Main screen This is a main screen.

  • Page 19: General Information Screen

    Click Item to display the “Transmitter list” screen. transmitters Number of connected / Out of all the I/O unit registered in WCL plus, the number of registered I/O unit connected I/O unit and the number of registered I/O unit is displayed.

  • Page 20: Default Setting Screen

    3-7．Default setting screen The default settings of WCL plus are displayed on this screen. You can also change the settings on this screen. Item name Description Input example Language Select a language to be displayed in WCL plus. Default value depends...

  • Page 21: Receiver List Screen

    Item name Description Register new receiver button Button used for registering a new receiver in WCL plus. Click the button to display the Register receiver dialog. The button will be disabled if 10 receivers are registered. List of registered receivers Displays a list of receivers registered in WCL plus.

  • Page 22: New Receiver Registration

    Save button. When the checkbox is ON, data of the items 1,2, and 3 will be carried over after being saved. WCL plus tries connecting to the registered receivers automatically. Check whether the connection is completed on the “Receiver list“ screen.

  • Page 23: Edit Receiver Information

    3-10．Edit receiver information To edit the information of a registered receiver, click the “Edit” button on the Receiver list screen. Click the “Edit” button in the row displaying the receiver information to be edited. Click the “Edit” button to display the Edit receiver information dialog. Edit the required item, and click the “Save”...

  • Page 24: Delete Receiver

    OK button Click the button to delete the receivers. Cancel button Click the button to close the dialog. The receivers will not be deleted. When WCL plus deletes a registered receiver, it also disconnects the connection with the receiver.

  • Page 25: Transmitter List Screen

    For details, refer 3-14. Narrow down transmitter. Register new transmitter button Button used for registering a new transmitter in WCL plus. Click the button to display the Register transmitter dialog. The button will be disabled if 8000 transmitters are registered.
  • Page 26 Status name of each button and Displays the state name respectively set to buttons1-3 and external input external inputs 1-3. It is hidden by default. Toggle showing/hiding the state Used to toggle showing/hiding the state names. names Each click will toggle showing/hiding the 6 state names. Click the header row to toggle showing /hiding the state names of all displayed transmitters.

  • Page 27: Narrow Down Transmitter

    3-14．Narrow down transmitter When using the filter form on the “Transmitter list” screen, the transmitters to be displayed in the list can be narrowed down. It is useful to check or change the settings of a specific transmitter. Item name Description Transmitter filter form show/hide This is a button to show/hide the transmitter filter form.

  • Page 28: New Transmitter Registration

    3-15．New transmitter registration To register a new transmitter, click the “New registration” button on the Transmitter list screen. Click the “New registration” button to display the Register transmitter dialog. While the Register transmitter or other dialog, is displayed, the menu or log out is disabled. Enter required data and click the “Register”...
  • Page 29 Input 1(Orange) Enter the name of the state when input Production Department 1(Orange) is clicked. If nothing is entered, out of stock TERMINAL1 is displayed. [Required: 0-30characters] Input 2(Red) Enter the name of the state when input 2(Red) plague is clicked. If nothing is entered, TERMINAL2 is displayed.

  • Page 30: Edit Transmitter Information

    3-16．Edit transmitter information To edit the information of a registered transmitter, click the “Edit” button on the Transmitter list screen. Click the “Edit” button in the row displaying the transmitter information to be edited. Click the “Edit” button to display the Edit transmitter information dialog. Edit the required item, and click the “Save”...

  • Page 31: Copy Transmitter Information

    3-17．Copy transmitter information To register a new transmitter based on the information of the registered transmitter, click the “Copy” button on the Transmitter list screen. Click the “Copy” button in the row displaying the transmitter information to be copied. The Register transmitter dialog is displayed with the information of the copy source is entered in each item. Like new registration, enter and edit the necessary items and click the “Save”...

  • Page 32: Delete Transmitter

    3-18．Delete transmitter To delete a registered transmitter, click the “Delete target” button on the Transmitter list screen. The “Delete target” button is disabled by default. From the list of registered transmitters, click the checkbox in the row of the transmitter to be deleted to ON. The “Delete target” button becomes enabled. Click the “Delete target”...

  • Page 33: I/O Unit List Screen

    Item name Description Register new I/O unit button Button used for registering a new I/O unit in WCL plus. Click the button to display the Register I/O unit dialog. The button will be disabled if 16 I/O units are registered.

  • Page 34: New I/O Unit Registration

    Save button. When the checkbox is ON, data of the items 1,2,3, and 4 will be carried over after being saved. WCL plus tries connecting to the registered I/O units automatically. Check whether the connection is completed on the “I/O unit list” screen.

  • Page 35: Edit I/O Unit Information

    3-21．Edit I/O unit information To edit the information of a registered I/O unit, click the “Edit” button on the I/O unit list screen. Click the “Edit” button in the row displaying the I/O unit information to be edited. Click the “Edit” button to display the Edit I/O unit information dialog. Edit the required item, and click the “Save”...

  • Page 36: Checking The Status Of The I/O Port

    3-23．Checking the status of the I/O port To check the I/O port status of the I/O unit, click the “Status” button on the I/O unit list screen. Click the “Status” button in the row displaying the I/O unit information including the I/O port status to be Click the “Status”...

  • Page 37: Displaying Conditions Of The I/O Unit

    3-24．Displaying conditions of the I/O unit To display or set conditions of the I/O unit in WCL plus, click the “Conditions” button on the I/O unit list screen. Click the “Conditions” button in the row displaying the I/O unit information including conditions to be displayed or set.

  • Page 38: Adding/Editing A Condition For The I/O Unit

    3-25．Adding/editing a condition for the I/O unit To add or edit a condition for the I/O unit in WCL plus, click the “Add conditions” button in the I/O unit condition display dialog, or the button while the I/O port for which you want to add or edit a condition, is selected.
  • Page 39 To set an action, click the combo box displayed in the field of actions corresponding to each event and select an action to be executed. Click the combo box to display actions that can be executed. List of actions that can be configured Action Description Additional setting items...

  • Page 40: Deleting Conditions For I/O Unit

    Click the button to close the dialog. The I/O units will not be deleted. When WCL plus deletes a registered I/O unit, it also disconnects the connection with the I/O unit. All the conditions set on the deleted I/O units will also be deleted.

  • Page 41: Call Group List Screen

    A call group is an administrative unit of the receivers (and the transmitters corresponding to the receivers) in WCL plus Set whether to check the call status per call group. A call group exists per CH of the receiver. A total of 10 groups for CH01-CH10 are registered.

  • Page 42: Call Group Setting

    3-29．Call group setting To change settings for the call groups, click the “Setting” button on the Call group list screen. Click the “Setting” button in the row displaying the call group to be edited. Click the “Setting” button to display the call group setting dialog. Item name Description Input example...
  • Page 43 Supported file formats (extensions): wav, mp3 File size limit: 1.5MB File Location: C:¥HERUTU¥WCL plus¥melody¥ After the file is stored, reload the Call group list screen. Then, click the call group setting button for setting a melody to the group, and select melodies to play when lit in orange, red and green. The file names matching...

  • Page 44: Call Status Confirmation Screen

    3-30．Call status confirmation screen The call status of the call groups is identified by the window colors and melodies to display the current occurring calls. Each call group is independently displayed. By displaying several browser windows, the call status of several call groups can be checked on one screen. To display this screen, set “View”...
  • Page 45 URL is known to an unintended party, the following steps can be taken to change the URL and invalidate the previous URL. After the URL change is completed, please notify the necessary persons of the changed URL. 1. Log in to WCL plus. 2. Open the group list.

  • Page 46: Product Information Screen

    ： UTF-8(With Byte order mark) Character encoding The output of the CSV file is generated in days. When the date changes while WCL plus is running, a new file is created automatically and output is generated. Information output in CSV file A header line indicating the item does not exist.
  • Page 47 →The state remains unchanged. “Push button 4” is used for resetting the state. The output of the CSV file is generated in days. When the date changes while WCL plus is running, a new file is created automatically and output is generated.
  • Page 48 When stopping the service during the time from the state occurred until the state reset, the state will be abandoned. (Not stored in the history data.) Example) When pressing Push button 2 of the transmitter (①) and stopping the service while calling up trouble occurrence (②), the “trouble occurrence”...
  • Page 49 ： UTF-8(With Byte order mark) Character encoding The output of the CSV file is generated in days. When the date changes while WCL plus is running, a new file is created automatically and output is generated. Information output in CSV file A header line indicating the item does not exist.

  • Page 50: Backup Of Settings Files

    "services administrative tool" to see if the operation improves (the call status will be cleared after restarting). If the behavior is still not improved, check the event log. The event log records a history of WCL plus's internal operation, which is useful for identifying the cause of malfunctions.
  • Page 51 “Event Viewer” is displayed. Click “>” to the left of “Applications and Services Logs”. Click “HERUTU_WCL_plus”. Event log is displayed. For detailed information of event ID, refer to “Event ID list”.
  • Page 52 9011 Cannot read call group definition file Built-in settings file is corrupt. Delete the settings file or replace it Error with a backup settings file and start WCL plus again. 9012 Call group definition file format error 9013 Cannot read call group definition file The settings file is corrupt.
  • Page 53 Error The settings file is corrupt. Delete the settings file or replace it with 9200 Cannot read transmitter settings file Error a backup settings file and start WCL plus again. 9201 Transmitter settings file format error Error 9300 Cannot find valid network connections Error Make sure that the network cable is properly connected.
  • Page 56 HERUTU ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 422-1 Higashimikata-cho, Kita-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, 433-8104 Japan (Sales dept) TEL.+81-53-438-3555 FAX. +81-53-438-3411 Website URL https://www.herutu.co.jp/en/ E-mail info@herutu.co.jp...

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