Total Industrial Automation Software
Automated, Intelligent Manufacturing
nanoTrack
TM
User Guide
Version 2.6
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nanoTrack User Guide
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Table of Contents
1. Overview.........................................................................................................................................7
1.1. A Common Factory Application Environment .......................................................................7
1.1.1. Material and Resource Management Detail...............................................................8
1.2. nanoTrack Layered Architecture ...........................................................................................9
1.2.1. Application Framework Detail ..................................................................................10
2. Spec Time Activity.......................................................................................................................11
2.1. Overview ............................................................................................................................. 11
2.2. Factory Modeling.................................................................................................................12
2.2.1. Factory .....................................................................................................................12
2.2.2. Production Machine .................................................................................................13
2.2.3. Transport Machine ...................................................................................................13
2.2.4. Storage Machine ......................................................................................................14
2.2.5. State Machine...........................................................................................................14
2.2.6. Recipe Management................................................................................................15
2.3. Material Modeling................................................................................................................16
2.3.1. Product Spec............................................................................................................16
2.3.2. Durable Spec............................................................................................................16
2.3.3. Consumable Spec....................................................................................................17
2.4. Process Modeling................................................................................................................18
2.4.1. Process Operation Spec ..........................................................................................18
2.4.2. Process Flow............................................................................................................19
2.4.3. POSPolicy ................................................................................................................20
2.4.4. POSBOM..................................................................................................................21
2.5. Data Collection....................................................................................................................22
2.6. User Management...............................................................................................................23
2.7. Customization .....................................................................................................................24
2.7.1. ReasonCode ............................................................................................................24
2.7.2. Grade Definition .......................................................................................................25
2.7.3. Type Definition .........................................................................................................26
2.7.4. UDF Definition..........................................................................................................27
2.7.5. Object Attribute.........................................................................................................28
2.7.6. Object Policy ............................................................................................................29
2.7.7. Object Validation ......................................................................................................29
3. Run Time Activity ........................................................................................................................30
3.1. Overview .............................................................................................................................30
3.2. Material Processing ............................................................................................................30
3.2.1. Lot ............................................................................................................................31
3.2.1.1. Create.............................................................................................................33
3.2.1.2. Create Raw ....................................................................................................33
3.2.1.3. Make Released ..............................................................................................33
3.2.1.4. Make Completed ............................................................................................34
3.2.1.5. Make Shipped ................................................................................................34
3.2.1.6. Make Unsipped ..............................................................................................35
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3.2.1.7. Make Received...............................................................................................35
3.2.1.8. Make Logged In..............................................................................................36
3.2.1.9. Make Logged Out...........................................................................................36
3.2.1.10. Make Waiting To Log In..................................................................................37
3.2.1.11. Make On Hold ................................................................................................37
3.2.1.12. Make Not On Hold..........................................................................................38
3.2.1.13. Make In Rework .............................................................................................38
3.2.1.14. Make Not In Rework.......................................................................................39
3.2.1.15. Separate.........................................................................................................39
3.2.1.16. Consume Materials ........................................................................................40
3.2.1.17. Change Spec..................................................................................................40
3.2.1.18. Make Scrapped ..............................................................................................41
3.2.1.19. Make Unscrapped ..........................................................................................41
3.2.1.20. Assign Carrier.................................................................................................41
3.2.1.21. Deassign Carrier ............................................................................................42
3.2.1.22. Assign New Products .....................................................................................42
3.2.1.23. Transfer Products To Lot ................................................................................42
3.2.1.24. Relocate Products..........................................................................................43
3.2.1.25. Split.................................................................................................................43
3.2.1.26. Merge .............................................................................................................44
3.2.1.27. Recreate.........................................................................................................44
3.2.1.28. Recreate And Create All Products..................................................................45
3.2.1.29. Change Grade................................................................................................45
3.2.2. Product.....................................................................................................................46
3.2.2.1. Create.............................................................................................................48
3.2.2.2. Create Raw ....................................................................................................48
3.2.2.3. Make Allocated ...............................................................................................48
3.2.2.4. Make In Production ........................................................................................49
3.2.2.5. Make Completed ............................................................................................49
3.2.2.6. Make Shipped ................................................................................................50
3.2.2.7. Make Unshipped ............................................................................................50
3.2.2.8. Make Received...............................................................................................51
3.2.2.9. Make Idle........................................................................................................51
3.2.2.10. Make Processing............................................................................................52
3.2.2.11. Make Traveling...............................................................................................52
3.2.2.12. Make Not On Hold..........................................................................................53
3.2.2.13. Make On Hold ................................................................................................53
3.2.2.14. Make In Rework .............................................................................................54
3.2.2.15. Make Not In Rework.......................................................................................54
3.2.2.16. Change Spec..................................................................................................55
3.2.2.17. Separate.........................................................................................................55
3.2.2.18. Consume Materials ........................................................................................56
3.2.2.19. Make Scrapped ..............................................................................................56
3.2.2.20. Make Unscrapped ..........................................................................................56
3.2.2.21. Change Grade................................................................................................57
3.2.2.22. Recreate.........................................................................................................57
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3.2.3. Durable.....................................................................................................................58
3.2.3.1. Create.............................................................................................................59
3.2.3.2. Increment Time Used .....................................................................................59
3.2.3.3. Decrement Time Used....................................................................................59
3.2.3.4. Increment Duration Used ...............................................................................60
3.2.3.5. Decrement Duration Used..............................................................................60
3.2.3.6. Make Available ...............................................................................................60
3.2.3.7. Make Not Available.........................................................................................61
3.2.3.8. Make In Use ...................................................................................................61
3.2.3.9. Make Not In Use.............................................................................................61
3.2.3.10. Make Scrapped ..............................................................................................62
3.2.3.11. Clean ..............................................................................................................62
3.2.3.12. Repair.............................................................................................................63
3.2.3.13. Change Spec..................................................................................................63
3.2.4. Consumable .............................................................................................................64
3.2.4.1. Create.............................................................................................................65
3.2.4.2. Increment Quantity.........................................................................................65
3.2.4.3. Decrement Quantity .......................................................................................65
3.2.4.4. Make Available ...............................................................................................66
3.2.4.5. Make Not Available.........................................................................................66
3.2.4.6. Change Spec..................................................................................................66
3.2.5. Process Group .........................................................................................................67
3.2.5.1. Create.............................................................................................................69
3.2.5.2. Assign Materials .............................................................................................69
3.2.5.3. Desasign Materials.........................................................................................70
3.2.5.4. Make Completed ............................................................................................71
3.2.5.5. Make Shipped ................................................................................................72
3.2.5.6. Make Received...............................................................................................73
3.2.5.7. Make Logged In..............................................................................................74
3.2.5.8. Make Logged Out...........................................................................................74
3.2.5.9. Make Waiting To Log In..................................................................................75
3.2.5.10. Make Idle........................................................................................................75
3.2.5.11. Make Processing............................................................................................76
3.2.5.12. Make Traveling...............................................................................................76
3.2.5.13. Make On Hold ................................................................................................77
3.2.5.14. Make Not On Hold..........................................................................................78
3.2.5.15. Make In Rework .............................................................................................79
3.2.5.16. Make Not In Rework.......................................................................................79
3.2.5.17. Change Spec..................................................................................................80
3.2.6. Transport Group.......................................................................................................81
3.2.6.1. Create.............................................................................................................81
3.2.6.2. Assign Materials .............................................................................................82
3.2.6.3. Deassign Materials.........................................................................................83
3.2.6.4. Set Material Location......................................................................................84
3.3. Resource Processing..........................................................................................................86
3.3.1. Factroy .....................................................................................................................86
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