PlantStar Panorama Help

exporting data

Graph and table values may be written and stored in a file in the following windows:

·Labor Status  
·Production Summary  
·Job Summary  
·Machine Log  
·Overlay Profile  
·Process Trend/SPC  
·Process Summary  
·Labor Forecasting  
·SPC History  
·Material Lot Tracking  

To write values to a file:

·Enter the appropriate window and click on the appropriate button.  
·The File Selection window appears.  
·Move the cursor to the file name field. Type in the name of a file to save the graph values. The default disk drive is the one you entered PlantStar Panorama from.  
·You may change the disk drive by moving the cursor to the drives field. Click on the desired drive.  
·Click on the OK button when finished identifying the file name.  

NOTE: Process Trend/SPC and Machine Log - These windows have two options: which writes one process variable to a file or which writes all process variables for the machine and job.

Depending upon the window selected, the ascii file created has several formats.

Process variable information is in the following format:
·Machine  
·Job  
·product  
·Process Variable name (if the window allows variable selection)  
·Time Stamp  
·Values  

The SPC History window has the following format:
·Job name  
·Machine  
·product  
·Process Variable  
·SPC Subgroup Size  
·Time stamp  
·X-bar Value  
·Range  
·SPC values -- The number of values is based upon the SPC Subgroup Size.  

The Profile window has the following format:
·Machine  
·Job  
·product  
·Profile Name  
·Time Stamp  
·Number of SPC points included  
·X,Y coordinate (Each coordinate is on a separate line.)