The Controls Layer: Controls Definition & MES to Controls Data Flow Possibilities
MES Maintenance
Management
Systems
The Controls Layer: Controls Definition & MES to Controls Data Flow Possibilities
The Controls Layer: Controls Definition & MES to Controls Data Flow Possibilities
quality systems, control programming software, and automatic identification configurators), and intelligent input devices.
Definition of T erms
User Interface Data— Data necessary to communicate machine or process status to operators.
Human/Machine Interface — Software systems that graphically depict the status of machines, controls, and equipment that resides on the factory floor.
HMI can also be hardware, such as an operator message display, that communicates the condition of the equipment or process/operation, or it can provide work instructions. HMI’s include: pushbutton stations; software; display stations; and message displays. Recipes — Control or Process instructions that include: work instructions (both “what to build” and “how to build”) equipment instructions (what and how to use) operator instructions (who to use, when/how to use, safety, data collection, scheduling) machine instructions (which to use, how) scheduling instructions (when to build)
Participants
The following MESA International members partici-pated in the development of this white paper: Individual Company
Maryanne Steidinger, Allen-Bradley Company Chairperson
Mark Muroski ABB
Scarlett Navarro-Robertroy EDS
Kirk Merley EDS
T om Krzyzanowski EDS
John Lischefska FACT
Bob Olson Hewlett-Packard Company Curtis Chance Honeywell
T om Schaefer Intermec
Jeff Blossey Intermec
Mike Allen Intermec
John Leibert MDSS
Jay Goldlist Promis
Bill Hakanson MESA International
Non-Member Participants
Doug Furbush Dun & Bradstreet Software Brandon Ekberg Rockwell Software
The Controls Layer: Controls Definition & MES to Controls Data Flow Possibilities