Connecting printers and post-processing machines to the MES via Machine Connectivity gives you access to a number of additional functionality.
Viewing the Online Status of Machines
On the Schedule tab, each connected machine displays a stack light and is listed with its current status. The status can be one of the following
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Idle | Machine is turned on. No jobs are running on the machine. |
Running | A job is currently being processed on the machine. |
Offline | The machine is not connected or is switched off. |
Stopped | The machine has stopped due to an error. |
The stack light is mapped individually to the internal statuses of each printer. You can reach out to support to find out the exact mapping if you are interested.
Machine events are notifications provided by the printers. They are displayed as notifications next to each printer. Events can be the detection of started and finished jobs or any warnings or errors provided by the printer.
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Example display on the Schedule view
Ultimaker S5 - The machine is turned on but in status Idle and showing a green stack light. There are 6 notifications.
Fortus900 - The machine is currently turned off or not connected. There are 240 notifications.
Ultimaker 3 - This machine is not configured via Machine Connectivity.
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In case of a crash of the Aggregtor - the software the receives machine events - we mark all machines as offline. |
Smarter Job Management
Detecting started jobs
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