Connecting printers and post-processing machines to the MES via Machine Connectivity gives you access to a number of additional functionality.
Smarter Job Management
Detecting started jobs
When a job is already scheduled, i.e. the job has a start and end time, then the MES can automatically detect if that job is started on the connected machine.
The following algorithm matches a scheduled job with a job that is detected on a connected machine:
A scheduled job is matched with a detected job if
the detected job started within the start and end time of the scheduled job
or if the detected job started max 2h before the start time of the scheduled job
As a result of matching a detected job, the scheduled start time is adjusted to the actual start time. Likewise, the end time and duration of a job are adjusted to the actual values once the connected machine sends the job finished signal via Machine Connectivity.
Creating jobs automatically
When a job is detected via Machine Connectivity that cannot be matched with any scheduled job, or if no scheduled jobs exist, then a new job will automatically be created in the MES with the data provided by the machine.