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Procedure documentationSetting Up Standard PODs Locate this document in the navigation structure

Prerequisites

You have defined POD lists in List Maintenance.

Procedure

  1. On the initial screen of POD Maintenance, specify the Standard POD type and enter the name of this POD.

  2. On the Main tab page, enter the required information. The following table describes fields requiring explanation:

    Field

    Description

    Status

    If enabled, allows you to use this POD

    Main Input

    The label for the SFC field on the POD

    This field label can be updated to a customer value to match their manufacturing process.

    Default value: I18N[sfc.default.LABEL]I18N is an abbreviation for the word internationalization. The text between the brackets is the identifier for the label.

    If you want your label to be internationalized, you must use the format of the default value with the label identifier you want.

    Assembly Point List

    The Assembly Point list that appears when the Assembly Point (CT500) activity is executed (see Assembly Point)

    NC Client

    The nonconformance client for this POD

    Use NC Client Maintenance to define the behavior and look of the nonconformance-related buttons (see NC Client Maintenance).

    Real-Time Event Display

    Determines how the real-time events are displayed in the POD:

    None: Real-Time Event messages are not displayed in the POD.

    Button: Displays the Real-Time Event Display button. This button changes color and image as messages arrive. Operators choose the button to view the messages on the Real-Time Event Display screen.

    Popup: Displays the Real-Time Event Display screen as a popup each time a message arrives

    Window: Displays the Real-Time Event Display screen when the operator opens the POD

    Note Note

    If the administrator selects the Button option, then, when a user opens the POD for the first time, the system displays the Java Plug-In Security Warning screen.

    End of the note.

    Special Instruction Display

    The special instruction that is defined for the operation or routing operation on the POD:

    None: Does not display the special instruction.

    Info Message: Displays the special instruction in the POD to the left of a button area upon starting an SFC number.

    Popup: Displays the special instruction in a popup window upon starting an SFC number.

    Session Timeout (mins)

    The number of minutes the POD can be inactive before the system logs the operator out

    The default is 30 minutes.

    Plug-In Frame Size

    The size of the plug-in frame for this POD

    Plug-In Default

    The name of the plug-in to run in the lower half of the POD when an operator opens the POD

    Show Quantity

    If selected, displays the Quantity field in this POD

    Note that this is used for nonserialized processing.

    Error Popup

    If selected, displays error messages to the operator in a pop-up window

  3. On the Buttons tab page, define the pushbuttons or pushbutton groups that appear in the POD (see Defining POD Pushbuttons and Pushbutton Groups)

  4. On the Options tab page, define what the system displays in the lower half of the POD screen:

    Field

    Description

    Task List

    The name of the Task list. The Task list appears when the operator clicks the browse icon next to the Main Input (SFC) field.

    You can create your own task lists in List Maintenance.

    Active Work List

    The name of the Active Work list. The POD initially displays this list in the lower half of the window after the Operation and Resource fields are filled in.

    You can define your lists in List Maintenance.

    Default Operation

    The name of the operation the POD displays in the Operation field when an operator opens the POD

    If you leave it blank, no operation is displayed. Supplying this value eliminates the need for the operator to enter it every time he or she opens the POD.

    Operation Can Be Changed

    If selected, allows operators to change the operation the POD displays in the Operation field

    Default Resource

    The name of the resource the POD displays in the Resource field when an operator opens the POD

    If you leave it blank, no resource is displayed. Supplying this value eliminates the need for the operator to enter it every time he or she opens the POD. The operator can change the value.

    Resource Can Be Changed

    If selected, allows operators to change the resource the POD displays in the Resource field

    SFC Queue Button ID

    The activity that is executed when the user enters a value in the SFC field and tabs out of the field when an SFC number is In Queue at the entered operation.

    Note that the button ID should be a single activity not a group activity.

    SFC In Work Button ID

    The activity that is executed when the user enters a value in the SFC field and tabs out of the field when an SFC number is In Work at the entered operation.

    Note that the button ID should be a single activity not a group activity.

    Session Info Line 1

    The first 'session info' line that is displayed in the POD:

    None: Indicates that nothing is displayed

    Completed: Indicates that the number of SFC numbers completed at the current operation and/or resource.

    Nonconformed: Indicates that the number of SFC numbers nonconformed and dispositioned at the current operation and/or resource

    Active: Indicates that the number of active SFC numbers/SO/PL in work at the current operation and resource

    In Queue: Indicates that the number of SFC numbers in queue at the current operation and/or resource

    Session Info Line 2

    The second 'session info' line that is displayed in the POD

    Show Operation First

    If selected, displays the Operation field to the left of the Resource field

  5. If required, specify printers for specific document types on the Printers tab page (see Document Maintenance).

  6. On the Custom Data tab page, enter values in the fields defined for this POD in Custom Data Maintenance.

  7. Save your entries.