Andon Everywhere

By popular request, you can now add the Andon widget to dashboard pages. Here are a few new and useful things you can do:

• Include the Andon widget in custom reports.
• Organize Andons into any groups or combinations.
• Mix real-time and historical Andon widgets on the same page.
• Show different metrics for different work centers.
• Replicate the “scoreboard” view across multiple work centers to create “digital signs.”
• Add a fourth metric to any Andon widget.

 

Quick Charts

The Chart widget now includes live controls and a feature we particularly love called Quick Charts.

With Quick Charts, simply select your metrics and dimensions, and XL automatically generates a “best practices” chart for you. For example, if you select “OEE” “by Work Center” “over Time,” XL will generate a Heat Map chart that shows exactly that. Want something different? No problem. Simply click on one of the alternate chart options suggested by XL. Line chart anyone? Cluster?

Not only does Quick Charts save you time - it intelligently selects a visual to match your data.

Enhanced Tables

 

Now you can combine any metrics you want within one table column, which is super handy for information-dense reports with multiple lines of data per row. But wait. There’s more. Lots more.

• Include a totals row.
• Specify the number of rows to show.
• Arrange columns with a drag-and-drop list that also shows how each column is configured.
• See metric sets together with metrics and explore them with tooltips.
• Stack row-based dimensions so you can use space more efficiently.

Event List Comments Search

First we added the comments feature. So, of course our customers added lots and lots of comments. Now, we have made it easy for you to find comments through a new search feature.

You can search across all comments for a work center within any time range you select. XL ranks the search results by “best match” and highlights the searched words to make it easy to scan through the results.

KPI Group Enhancements

The KPI Group widget has a lovely new look and lots of new functionality through four live controls:

• Enterprise (easily select which work centers to include)
• Time Range (each KPI Group can have its very own time range)
• Row (quickly select metrics and dimensions, or create a heading)
• Filter (filter data to show exactly what you want)

Easier Parts Configuration

Part configuration just got easier with import and replace, as well as immediately applying changes to currently running parts.

With import and replace, you can seamlessly replace your entire part configuration on a device, which is very handy when you want to make a lot of updates at the same time. You can also directly delete individual parts.

With applying changes to currently running parts, when you save changes to part configuration for the currently running part, your changes will be applied instantly (i.e., to the current part run).

Visibility of Views and Pages

A frequent request from XL users is to have control over the visibility of views and pages. Now you can navigate to any view and choose:

• Whether it should be used as the page or device default
• Who can see the view
• Who can see the page

Speed and Rate Metrics

XL now features two types of metrics that measure how quickly parts are being produced: Speed and Rate. Even better - both types of metrics are also available in historical analytics.

• Speed measures how quickly parts are produced while actually running (calculated with Run Time as the time base).
• Rate measures how quickly parts are produced while the process is expected to be running (calculated with Run Time + Unplanned Stop Time as the time base).
• Rate metrics also include Target Rate and Rate Efficiency for easy benchmarking (and also for operators on the plant floor).

 

Updating is Easy

 

If you have an XL410, XL610, or XL810 with Internet access, the update will automatically download to XL - ready for single-click installation:

 

1. Log in as Administrator.
2. Click the New Version Available link at the bottom of the page.
3. Click Install.
4. Repeat for each XL410, XL610, or XL810.

If your XL doesn't have Internet access, contact us for a download link.

 

If you have an XL400, XL600, or XL800, you will need to upgrade the logic board in your system. An upgrade kit is available from Vorne for $495. You can easily tell if your XL needs the hardware upgrade by its software version, which is shown in the footer of the web page interface. Software versions 1.4 and earlier need the hardware upgrade.

 

Interested? Contact us:

✉ wdrozenia@tqmsoft.eu

 

Some of the descriptions and graphic materials are from https://www.vorne.com/.