Glossary

Distribution Control System is a part of the legacy MES Line Control Service that offered a system for cost based optimzed distribution of products in parallel assembly line streams.

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Line Control Coordinator

the MES Line Control Service was the service that offered an extended assembly line interface to the connectivity for an assembly line, that includes checking of blocks (material blocks, tool blocks, facility or location blocks, process blocks and also part or group blocks) as well as timer and counter functionality. Also included in that service was the functionality for SPC and the functionality for DCS.

the access module by which the module Nexeed Direct Data Link is communicating with either the legacy Line Control Service or with the new Line Control assembly line service.

The Line Control Database was used in the legacy MES System by the Line Control Service to store and read all part related data (part details, additional data, timer data, counter data and block data). It also holds the Route List information for route lists used by the Line Control Service

a legacy MES service that was providing all interfaces for the OISPortal of the MES. This service was also responsible for providing all functionality that was Supermarket related. The Service was also responsible for providing interface functionality for other MES modules like Rework and Packaging Control.

a tool for editing the configurations of Direct Data Link, also somtimes referred to as OES-Tool or OSS-Tool.

the configuration that is created by using the OSS-Tool. The configuration can target several modules in legacy MES. In case of Line Control we only refer to the OSS-Configuration of the module Direct Data Link as this is used for the connectivity of Line Control.

a module that is used for the south side of Direct Data Link. These modules are responsible for the implementation of communication protocols for communication towards machinery and equipment.

statistical process control, MES Line Control was supporting the gathering of data and triggering of tests for implementation of statistical process control in a automated way within production lines.

Virtueller Materialdatenträger, is a legacy service from MES.

the interface of the legacy Vmdt windows service. This interface was either directly accessible using Opcon.Telegram or it was accessible via the Module Direct Data Link. The Line Control assembly line service provides a fully backward compatible interface for the Vmdt functionality and the Vmdt interface.

the legacy Vmdt windows service providing the functionality for production lines.

the access module by which the module Nexeed Direct Data Link is communicating with either the legacy Vmdt-Service or with the new Line Control assembly line service.

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