Introduction to the Line Control module

The Module Line Control monitors the execution of the sequence of production processes of a production line in a discrete manufacturing (Control of the processing sequence). For this purpose, the Customer can create route lists. A route list typically consists of a sequence of production processes that must be carried out in the specified order in order to manufacture a product. In the production line, a product data record is typcally created by the head station. A route list is assigned to the product data record by the head station. All subsequent stations in the line request the process release status from Line Control. If Line Control reports the process release to the requesting station, the station may carry out the production process. After the production process has been completed, the station reports the result back to Line Control. The product record is updated in the Line Control database according to the result. If the result is successful, the product record in the Line Control database is written to the next production process so that the next production process can be carried out in sequence. If the production result was negative, the product data record in the line control database can be written to a rework process (to a freely definable NOK target in the route list) or even to a scrap target (to a freely definable NOK target in the route list) depending on the reportet result. At the end of a production line the product data record is typically either moved to a supermarket database or finally deletd from Line Control. When a product data record was moved to a supermarket database, it can be used also again on further downstream production lines.

The interface to the production line (or better to the software at the stations of the production line) can either be realized using Nexeed Direct Data Link service or the more modern software stack of the Nexeed IAS Modules Gateway, Information Router and Orchestrator.

Main Function

All UI related functions of the Line Control module are called up in the Line Control menu via the following menu items:

Roles and permissions

All modules of the Nexeed Industrial Application System are based on permissions. Depending on the permissions, different functions are available in a module.
To enable functions, the user is assigned a role based on the desired permission. Permissions are managed in the Multitenant Access Control module.

The standard configuration of the module includes the following roles: