reason set

Down reasons, assist reasons and reject reasons are attached to machines from reason sets. A reason set is a group of up to 160 down, 160 reject, or 20 assist reasons that are grouped together and assigned as a unit to a machine or to several different machines. Note that a single reason set contains only one category type of reason (down, assist or reject).
Certain down and reject reasons have special meanings attached to them:

Down Reason One - The first reason is the default down reason. Time is accrued to this reason when a machine is down and the operator has not selected a specific reason. A post-down delay period can be set, though, from the Machine Setup window that delays the accruing of "unspecified" down time to Down Reason #1.

·	Down Reason Two - The second down reason clocks actual setup time. PlantStar Panorama compares this time with a job's standard setup time.

·	Reject Reason Two - PlantStar Panorama uses the second reject reason to accumulate the difference between gross pieces and net pieces when net parts counting is in effect.

The various reasons which are defined may later be selected by an operator at a DCM or by automated equipment using contact inputs to a DCM.