Hi, I'm Hany, Mitutoyo's Data Management and MeasurLink Sales Engineer.
Today we'll be talking about MeasurLink 9 Collection Scheduler.
Available in MeasurLink version 9, Collection Scheduler adds
to MeasurLink’s already robust data collection system.
If you have operators with multiple machines or jobs
and need to take inspections throughout the day,
Collection Scheduler allows to visualize the entire data collection schedule
to keep measurements on track.
Let's take a look at how Collection Scheduler works
in conjunction with Real-Time. Here's the Collection Scheduler module screen.
As you can see, there are multiple tiles that represent different runs inside of MeasurLink.
You can use a tile to represent a run for a specific machine or a specific job.
Notice how we have red tiles, yellow tiles and gray tiles.
Gray tiles mean no measurement is necessary at that time.
Yellow means that we're in the warning and that we should be
taking a measurement sometime soon, and red means that measurements are due now.
If a measurement is not taken during the red tile timer period,
the schedule will end up failing and an optional alert can be sent
to a manager or supervisor to indicate that a schedule was missed.
The layout can be adjusted to suit the operators needs.
Here in the left corner, we have the set tile format and the display.
If we want to have more or less tiles,
we can go ahead and set the grid however we like.
Next, we can set the font size so we can change the size of the timer
as well as the items within the tile.
We can sort the tiles based on when the collections are due,
by a station, run, routine, part.
In addition, we can set which items we want to be displayed.
The run name, the routine name, the part name, the collection do or the station.
When a layout is configured how you like it,
you can save that layout to the Station or to Global.
When the collection is due, the operator simply needs to just
double click on the tile that they're interested in taking a measurement for.
It'll automatically launch Real-Time for them to be able to take the measurement.
So here I have a 4 inch boss I need to take inspection at.
I'll go ahead and use the keyboard entry field here,
or I can use electronic Data Collection and send the data in with the push of a button.
So here I'll do 4.001. Hit enter, the data gets logged,
once I'm done taking my measurements for this part, I can go ahead and hit Suspend
and it will automatically launch me back into Collection Scheduler.
To set up a schedule, we can go into modules and Support Center
and we can select either a folder or a routine to run a schedule.
If we do it at the folder level, we'll be able to have schedules
applied to every routine created within that folder.
Here, I'll go ahead and select just an individual routine.
Go to the Schedule tab inside the properties window,
and select the Collection Schedule tab within that.
I want to go ahead and make this active, and now I can set the time
between collection, the warning, and the collection time.
So if I want to take one inspection every hour, I'll set my time between collection at one hour.
When I want the operator to know that it's a warning
to take the measurement, I can set that at five minutes.
And when I want the collections, go to a bar to go red,
I'll sort the collection time to be at two minutes.
I can also set the active days of the week at the start and end time,
the schedule should be running, so I have 8 AM to 5 PM in here.
I can go ahead and add each day of the week by selecting the day,
and I can configure each day of the week differently.
Maybe I run two shifts during the week and one shift during the weekend
or whatever the case is, and I can set up my schedules accordingly.
When those schedules don't get taken, we can set up email alerts
so operators and supervisors can know that the schedules were missed.
For more information on how Collection Scheduler can help keep your measurements on track,
please contact your local Mitutoyo rep, or authorized Mitutoyo dealer.