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FIRSTMATE 2000 - SIGNATURE ANALYSIS & PRODUCTION

1. Possible results e Failed to Open Communications Port The port selected is unavailable Try rebooting your computer and retest This may suggest a hardware configuration problem or hardware failure e Seq X was NOT FOUND The instrument at this address was not found Ensure that the instrument is powered and communication lines are wired correctly This may suggest that the instrument and or communication cable may need servicing e Seq X was FOUND The scan detected the presence of an instrument at that address 15 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions Repairing and Compacting your FirstMate 2000 Database Simple maintenance of the FirstMate Microsoft Access database is recommend on a regular basis By repairing and compacting your database you will reduce the overall size of the database and will correct any transient errors that may occur Important Before Compacting or Repairing your database ensure that all computers running FirstMate 2000 have exited out and no one will access that database during the compacting repairing process To fail to do so may corrupt your database and cause unknown results with the program operation To repair or compact the database click on their corresponding buttons in the Diagnostic Utilities Dialog Note These processes take time and it is common for a single operation to take more then ten minutes t
2. From the FirstMate 2000 Control Panel click on the Comm Port Settings button This will allow you to allocate serial communications ports Comm Ports for FirstMate 2000 to use in data acquisition Note f this button is disabled the Data Acquisition software was not installed and you need to do this on the computer with it installed or re run the installation program to install it This dialog assigns serial communication port OA MENTE N to FirstMate 2000 Ports You can setup a port aj aj to use COMM 1 through COMM 9 assuming a 2 El you can assign nine ports without any conflicts Communications Port C Communications Port D with other hardware m y our sy stem It IS El af possible to link two FirstMate ports to the a au same communication port as long as there TTE ains 7 are no repeats in EIC addresses on that port a If you are going to use less then four ports you can assign the unused ports to any communication port without any conflicts as long as those ports are not used in auto detecting instrumentation Once you have assigned the ports click on the Save Settings button to save your changes Setting up your Instrumentation To add instrumentation for FirstMate 2000 to use Click on the Auto Detect button on the main Control Panel dialog Note f this button is disabled the Data Acquisition software was not installed and you need to do this on the computer with it installed or re run the installati
3. _AHELM FirstM ate 2000 Windows 9x NT 4 0 Version 1 Copyright 2000 Helm Instrument Co Inc User Manual 4 HELM HELM Instrument Company Inc 361 West Dussel Drive Maumee Ohio USA Phone 419 893 4356 Fax 419 893 1371 E mail firstmate helminstrument com FirstMate 2000 User Instructions OVERVIEW citrato tid at Dado ti tet Abin Rene arta Abad E a AED natn 1 INSTALLING FIRST MAT E 2000 cccctitsceccstacnnssehasttcoesacagcomehan aaa a a Aaa ANEA aS 3 THE FIRSTMATE INSTALLATION WIZARD o ooooccccocccoconcnononcnannccnoncnnnnnnnnn nn teeta nnn nan n nan cn narran nn nnnnccns 3 INSTALLING FIRSTMATE 2000 cta tail cid 4 DATA ACQUISITION SERVER gia titsichsssiet stiches s a Sap a Aa EAA EA Eae A SAA ATTAN a PATEE TAE ATAA AOR AUNAT 4 FIRSTMATE 2000 CLIENT A a a a A A AA AUAA AEA ii iia 5 DATA ACQUISITION SERVER AND FIRSTMATE 2000 oooocccccoccconoccnocccononcnonncnnnnccnnnnnnn ronca nan na nannnnno 5 INSTALLING MICROSOFT DATA ACCESS OBJECTS 0oococcccccccconcnononcnnnonononcnnnonnnn ronca nc nn rra narran 7 REBOOTING YOUR COMPUTER coicocccidonida ocio TAAA Aa dodo AA AA celia 8 INITIAL FIRSTMATE SYSTEM SETUP ooocooocccncccccnccconnoncnononnnnnnn cronica nn 9 LOADING THE GONTROL PANE Disc cec tithe naota nadaa cion td Aai saece ja aAa iadaaa Antain Saaai NATE taa 9 CONFIGURING FIRSTMATE 2000 WITH THE PROGRAM SETTINGS DIALOG ee 10 CONFIGURING YOUR SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS eect tee ee conan cnn no c
4. AUTOGRAPH ATG 4800 A AUTOGRAPH Ethernet NETWORK COMPUTER Ethernet NETWORK COMPUTER CS 4800 CLIPPER TLG 8000 LOADGARD OUTER SLIDE Hub TLG 8000 COMPUTER LOADGARD INNER SLIDE TLG 2300 RS 422 LOADGARD DAISY CHAINED COMMUNICATIONS CABLE Phone System TLG 4500 LOADGARD REMOTE COMPUTER 58 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions FirstMate communications uses a daisy chained RS 422 cable to connect the sn instruments to the computer The cable is connected is series with no breaks or tees TLG 4500 SEQ 3 TLG 4500 SEQ 2 TLG 4500 SEQ 1 FIRSTMATE COMPUTER 59 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions File Structure Information This guide will discuss the FirstMate 2000 file structure directory by directory It will show the files and what they contain in each directory At the end of this guide there is a section that discusses the layout of the Spreadsheet Friendly CSV files that FirstMate 2000 can generate and how to graph them in Microsoft Excel FirstMate
5. FIRSTMATE MDB FirstMate 2000 User Instructions TABLE CURRENT continued NAME DowntimeCode DowntimeDescription Operator Shift Meterscale CapacityHigh CapacityLow PeakLoad ToleranceHigh ToleranceLow PartsCount BatchCount StrokesPerMinute SampleLoad ReverseLoad TargetLoad LEDs TYPE Number Integer Text Text Text Number Integer Text Text Text Text Text Number Long Number Long Number Integer Text Text Text Text SIZE 40 20 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 DESCRIPTION Downtime code if one occurred Downtime description if one occurred Current operator Current shift Current meter scale Maximum Capacity number set on the instrument 1 8 channels Minimum Capacity number set on the instrument 1 8 channels SLC Only Current Peak Load Values the highest tonnage recorded on this record 1 8 channels Maximum Tolerance or Tracking Alarm number set on the instrument 1 8 channels Minimum Tolerance or Tracking Alarm number set on the instrument 1 8 channels Current Parts Count Value Current Batch Count Value Current strokes per minute Current Sample Load Values zero in SETUP instrument values in MONITOR 1 8 channels Current Reverse Load Values tonnage below zero or zero 1 8 channels Current Target Load Values set on the instrument 1 8 channels not valid on all equipment 1 8 nu
6. Notes ResolverStart ResolverStop AlarmWindow1 Start AlarmWindow1 Stop AlarmWindow2Start AlarmWindow2Stop Status StatusDescription Record Date AlarmDescription UpdateCounter LastUpdateCounter Downtime FirstMate 2000 User Instructions TYPE Text Text Text Number Long Text Number Long Text Text Text Text Number Integer Number Integer Number Integer Number Integer Number Integer Number Long Number Long Text Date Time Text Number Long Number Long Number Long SIZE 50 50 50 50 20 40 40 80 50 50 4 4 4 H DESCRIPTION FirstMate ID Code Instrument Name Slide Name if applicable Instrument model code Instrument description based on model code Current Job Number either set by the instrument an outside process or by FirstMate 2000 Current Job Name Current additional job information Current additional job information Current additional job information Resolver Look Window Start Angle Resolver Look Window Stop Angle Alarm Window Start Angle Alarm Window End Angle Alarm Window Start Angle SLC only Alarm Window End Angle SLC only Current instrument status code Current status description from status code Date and time of the current record Alarm description if one has occurred Current update counter Last update counter Downtime minutes if one occurred Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA
7. event Resolver ending angle during alarm event Alarm window starting angle during alarm event Alarm window ending angle during alarm event ditto for SLC ditto for SLC Status code from the instrument during the alarm event Status description from the instrument during the alarm event Date and time of the alarm event Description of the alarm condition Update counter at the time of the alarm Previous update counter Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions FIRSTMATE MDB TABLE CAPACITYALARM continued NAME Downtime DowntimeCode TYPE Number Long Number Integer DowntimeDescription Text Operator Text Shift Text Meterscale Number Integer CapacityHigh Text CapacityLow Text PeakLoad Text ToleranceHigh Text ToleranceLow Text PartsCount Number Long BatchCount Number Long StrokesPerMinute Number Integer SampleLoad Text ReverseLoad Text TargetLoad Text LEDs Text SIZE 40 20 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 F DESCRIPTION Downtime if any for the alarm event Downtime code if applicable Downtime Description code if applicable Operator at the time the alarm occurred HPC enabled instruments Shift code at the time of the alarm Instrument scaling code Maximum Capacity number set on the instrument 1 8 channels Minimum Capacity number set on the instrument 1 8 channels SLC Only Curr
8. your selections 36 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions TREND SIGNATURE DISPLAY FirstMate 2000 MARINER 2000 SIGNATURE ANALYSIS EQUIPMENT 3760 es CLOSE ronarune ronace a HISTORY HPC HELP erumes EE ES Trend Signature Recall from N FM A01 A01 TND FILE Ea ereo JOJO Parle 18627 A000 JOS Parks 19639 TO lok AAN j Ss Degrees Selected Trend Signatures are graphed in overlay fashion using a different color for each signature The Date Time Parts Count and Peak Tonnage values are listed in matching colors at the side of the Signature Tonnage is scaled to the highest peak value for all selected signatures Degree or Millisecond Look Windows are scaled to the first signature in the selected list Selecting signatures with large differences in peak value or look windows can result in unreadable displays 37 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions INSTRUMENT STATUS DISPLAY s FirstMate 2000 MARINER 2000 SIGNATURE ANALYSIS EQUIPMENT 3760 a PLANT CASCADE TILE CLOSE bronarure TONNAGE erica HISTORY HPC HELP UTILITIES E ES CH 2 PEAK 90 A CH 4 PEAK 85 FILE E 917 do 2 91 MAMA Es pues EQUIPMENT 3760MODEL Eight Channel TSM TLG Outer STATUS Setup Computer Control DATE 13 02 2000 11 21 PARTS COUNT
9. 0 oi a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 a 0 0 0 0 lia Draw G Autoshapes COLOR 4 4 A EEBR Ready 65 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions The file should have numbers in the first five columns Column A is the Resolver Angle if it is a TSM Instrument otherwise it will display the window time in milliseconds Column B is the Tonnage Values at the corresponding point in Column A Therefore the first value of Column B states that there was no tonnage at 70 degrees Column C D and E are Channels 2 3 and 4 respectively There will be 448 points sampled for each channel of the signature To graph this start by selecting the 448 rows of Column A B C and D as shown Chart Wizard Step 1 of 4 Chart Type Standard Types Custom Types Chart type Chart sub type 8 Bubble IFA Stock Line Displays trend over time or categories o nda TESI 10 41 81 121 161 201 241 231 321 361 401 441 Series Channel One aj Name channel Four J Channel Two Channel Three El Values A01 1 E 1 E 448 Add Remove Category X axis labels Cancel lt Back Next gt Einish 66 Once the columns have been selected click on the Chart Wizard button in the toolbar The button that looks like a Bar Graph It will then bring up the Chart Wizard Dialog Box Select Line
10. 206369 SPM 142 WINDOW TIME 323ms Chas ae3z EQUIPMENT 3760MODEL Eight Channel TSM TLG Inner STATUS Setup Computer Control DATE 13 02 2000 11 21 PARTS COUNT 205366 SPM 142 WINDOW TIME 271ms 0 ji 30 84 138 192 746 291 2 T 30 84 138 192 346 291 13 Degrees 22 Degrees CH 1 PEAK 89 CH 3 PEAK 91 STATUS opens a display panel providing current information for the instrument displayed in this Signature Display window Information on this display is updated as the instrument is polled For instruments with five or more channels the status is displayed separately for Channels 1 4 and 5 8 Click on the CLOSE button to hide the Status Display 38 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions PRINTING A SIGNATURE FirstM ate 2000 MARINER 2000 SIGNATURE ANALYSIS EQUIPMENT 3760 CH 4 PEAK 85 FILE A iS a 0 23 DISPLAY Enter optional notes 80 chrs max ENTER UP TO 80 CHARACTERS OF INFORMATION TO INCLUDE ON THE ene SIGNATURE PRINTOUT STATUS 30 8 29 Degrees 3 30 84 138 192 Degrees 13 Degrees CH 1 PEAK 90 CH 3 PEAK 90 PRINT opens the Print Display Panel Use this panel to select a printer modify its settings and print the currently displayed signature on the selected printer FirstMate 2000 allows you to add up to eighty characters of notes to your signature printout
11. Number Long Number Long Number Long SIZE 40 D DESCRIPTION Preset for the batch counter when job is loaded Good part target values Toggles trend alarming Toggles press curve alarming Toggles tracking alarms on off Toggles DeltaTrak feature on off Toggles tolerance values as Tons or Percent Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FIRSTMATE MDB FirstMate 2000 User Instructions TABLE CAPACITYALARM NAME Seq Name Slide Model ModelDescription Job Job Name JobReference DieReference Note ResolverStart ResolverStop AlarmWindow1 Start AlarmWindow1Stop AlarmWindow2Start AlarmWindow2Stop Status StatusDescription RecordDate AlarmDescription UpdateCounter LastUpdateCounter TYPE Text Text Text Number Long Text Number Long Text Text Text Text Number Integer Number Integer Number Integer Number Integer Number Integer Number Long Number Long Text Date Time Text Number Long Number Long SIZE 50 50 255 20 40 40 80 50 50 E DESCRIPTION FirstMate ID Code Equipment Name Equipment slide name if applicable Equipment Model ID code Referenced model description Job Number during the alarm event Job Name during alarm event Extra job information for this job Extra job information for this job Extra job information for this job Resolver starting angle during alarm
12. Opens the Alarm History Display HARD HITS Opens the Hard Hits History Display DOWNTIME Opens the Downtime History Display HPC Opens the Helm Process Control Display 54 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions Instrument History q 2000 401 3760 Outer I p J PLANT z seo a EEE TILE CLOSE SIGNATURE TONNAGE FLOOR HISTORY HELP UTILITIES WINDOWS WINDOWS RecordDate Shift PartsCount BatchCount Status Operator AlarmDescription Downtime untimeDescription Mor CapacityHigh ToleranceHigh PeakLoad ReverseLoad 0 None 0 None 0 None 0 None 02 13 2000 8 21 08 8 21 08 Job lo JobName Hone JobReference en 180702 DieReference None 0 Notes None SETUP PC Control StrokesPerMinute Meterscale LEDs DowntimeCode ResolverStart ResolverStop 101 102 103 104 CapacityLow armWindow1Start 5 10 15 25 ToleranceLow 5 E larmWindow1Stop 90 90 91 85 SampleLoad armWindow2Start qT a Sg TargetLoad 28 b i First nn Next r Last Find J Grid Print E Close This is the History Database Display for the selected instrument All history records are shown in the grid at the bottom of the window and the current or selected record is shown in the display s fields Control buttons are available along the bottom of the display This history is a snapshot of
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14. can select the ones you want to open ALARM opens a file similar to the TREND file but containing the last four hundred Alarm Signatures These are also listed for your selection STOP selecting using any of the methods hides the current signature and displays the recalled signatures Use this button to end the recall display and return to the current signature CLOSE hides the Multiple Signature Display Panel 30 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions SIGNATURE ANALYSIS OPTIONS FirstMate 2000 MARINER 2000 SIGNATURE ANALYSIS EQUIPMENT 3760 Signature Analysis Thru Stroke Settings no Press Curve Valid Press Curve On Off l caracte ne MAA Trend Alarms On Off Trending Alarm Window Tracking Alarms Valid i Press Curve 13 Tracking Alarms On Off Degrees E Sample faa Delta Track On Off IM High Tracking y Tolerance Settings 784 Ml Low Tracking Resolver Window e EE Ee 524 Switch Outer Inner 39 13 0 134 Combine Outer Inner 30 Degrees The SIGNATURE ANALYSIS PANEL provides the platform for controlling the display features of FirstMate s Graph Windows These features are divided into three types Standard Thru Stroke and Ejight Channel Standard features are available for all types of equipment Thru Stroke is only available when the current instrument is a TSM unit Eight Channel featu
15. from the Chart Type list and then select the top left most line graph type Click Next to continue Click on the Series Tab at the top This will allow you to name the different columns with names that have meaning to you To do this select the first series and type in the name you would like to give to Channel One Repeat the process for all of the channels that you selected Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions If you would like to add in the SM chart Wizard Step 2 of 4 Chart Source EA rr ff resolver angles window e time to the graph at the Era amag msg bottom there is an entry a weee called Category X axis labels The edit box to the right has a button associated with it By clicking the button it will alow you to select fields from the CSV file to use as an x axis mo O0O000O0O0OOO dc o Once you click the button to select the x axis labels the dialog will disappear and the MA screen will look like this Draww AutoShapes Eat Z Point Source Data Data Range Series 100 90 Then select the contents of 2 SPA Column A Once you have Es ee selected the values click on the E i button below the X button in the Se floating window You will now eect have an entry in the Category X axis Labels field as shown below Channel Three Then click on Next to continue to El Values a011
16. instrument in the Equipment Table The number of display windows that are opened is limited by computer resources For best results with multiple Signature Displays you may need to increase both RAM and Video memory Signature Displays can be re sized within the FirstMate 2000 platform Use the CASCADE and TILE buttons to rearrange these and other displays There are nine buttons on the left of the Signature Display window Use these buttons to open Display Feature Panels or perform Display functions FILE opens a panel providing access to Recall Trend Overlay and Alarm Overlay and Export options DISPLAY opens a panel that allows you to select Signature Analysis Display options and features PRINT opens a panel containing access to all printing options STATUS opens a display panel with status and other useful information about the current signature ZOOM toggles the in depth zooming feature for selecting a subsection of the Signature display for analysis This button is inactive until the one Channel is maximized OVERLAY displays all channels of Signature on one maximized display in overlaid format SAVE saves the current Signature to a named file MASTER saves the current signature to MASTER WAV This master can be displayed on the Display Panel CLOSE closes this Signature Display window 27 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructi
17. is drawn as two vertical yellow dotted lines representing the Start Angle and Stop Angle for the Window When the Start or Stop Angle equals the corresponding Look Window Angle no line is drawn A small yellow arrow is drawn on each Channel graph at the 180 degree point PRESS CURVE The Manufacture s Press Curve is drawn as a purple Signature on each displayed Channel Graph Press Curves are displayed for any instrument status but are only active in Setup Standby mode 32 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions EIGHT CHANNEL FEATURES SWITCH INNER OUTER COMBINE INNER OUTER For equipment with five or more channels the fifth and greater channels are displayed in small windows at the upper right of the first four channels You can switch the display to show Channels 5 8 in the larger windows with Channels 1 4 graphing in the smaller graphs Channels 18 5 286 387 8 4 8 8 together This gives an excellent picture of the combined forming forces for a double action press Instrument Settings are displayed on the right side panel and reflect the current status of the equipment Use these as a reference to instrument operation and to determine which settings are currently valid These settings are displayed or hidden depending on instrument type Use the CLOSE button to hide the Signature Analysis Panel 33 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 We
18. recipe line opens that item in the display editor DELETE Deletes the current recipe from the database UPDATE Commits the current edits to the database file CURRENT Switches back to the current instrument settings 51 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions RECIPE EDIT CLOSE fromarune romnace Sra HISTORY HPC HELP UTILITIES ES Ea JOB INFORMATION SLIDE Job Job Reference None eno pa DELETE Parts Counter 61598 SC CLR 3K SP 0 Units Per Hour E Notes CH 1 UPDATE High Capacity 155 7 8 9 RECIPE EDIT 3760 Outer DOWN A 5 6 LOAD Hi Tolerance 50 Low Tolerance 50 CURRENT PRINT THRU STROKE ALARM Wl y 0 j THRU STROKE SWITCH SETTINGS Start Stop ND ALARMS ON OFF E TOLERANCE Resolver N 30 298 i E ESS CURVE ON OFF pa g a Tons Y Alarm TRACKING ALARMS ON OFF k 65 es PERCENT CLOSE DELTA TRAK ON OFF W Clicking on any field opens a keypad and allows you to change the values for this instrument Text fields have a full keypad and numeric ones are limited to digits The switch settings can be changed directly Once you have edited these values you can launch the download with the DOWNLOAD button 52 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions RECIPE GRID DISPLAY ae 2000 RECIPE forA01 376
19. the database when the window is opened lt does not update unless you refresh the display FIRST PREVIOUS NEXT LAST Move the record pointers around the snapshot of the history records FIND Opens the record seeking panel and allows you to locate a record using key words GRID Toggles the grid display between condensed and full screen 55 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive gt Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions PRINT Prints a list of the history records in the database REFRESH Reloads the snapshot from the database DELETE Removes the selected history record from the database CLOSE Ends this history session 56 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions Instrument History Grid Display a 2000 401 3760 Outer i l PLANT E E l Ee if TILE CLOSE SIGNATURE TONNAGE FLOOR HISTORY HELP UTILITIES winpows winpows OE obReference DieReference Notes solwesStaifolverstop WindowiSla gt 6 0 0 0 On ON OIN OIN OIN OIN OIN OIN OIN ON OIN OIN ON OIN OIN OIN ON OIN OIN ON The GRID button at the bottom of the display toggles this grid to full screen giving you better access to the history records Use the sliders at the right and bottom to access the data 57 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive gt Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions SCM 4800
20. 0 Outer z le aE PLANT ee TILE CLOSE SIGNATURE TONNAGE FLOOR HISTORY HELP UTILITIES WINDOWS winnows Jo erer ence MieReter ence UnitsPerHot arig UPDATE DOWN LOAD CURRENT PRINT PERCENT amp CLOSE DELTA TRAK ON OFF E Stan Stan QJ Exploring C fm EN Paint Shop Pro FirstMate 2000 RE MAPED 11 14 Am This is the stored recipe grid display showing all stored recipes in a spreadsheet display Clicking on a recipe line opens the recipe editor and allows you to modify the selected job Use the GRID button to toggle this feature ON OFF 53 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions HISTORY MENU PANEL PLANT CASCADE TILE CLOSE pronarure TONNAGE FLOOR HISTORY HPC HELP UTILITIES WINDOWS winpows a Historical View all of the Historical Records for any piece of equipment View the alarms for all of the equipment View the capacity alarms for all of the equipment View the downtime records for all of the equipment View the HPC messages received for all of the equipment Close this window The HISTORY button opens the History Menu Panel This menu allows you to access the history reporting features of FirstMate 2000 Click on the desired report button or CLOSE to hide this panel HISTORY opens the Equipment Selection panel from which you can select the instrument and display its history ALARM
21. 2000 Installation Folder Default is C FM The FirstMate 2000 folder contains all of the program files and support files for FirstMate to operate correctly Inside of the directory you will see at least these files FirstMate MDB The Firstmate mdb is a Microsoft Access database that contains entries for the instruments FirstMate should use to poll information from the current status of the instruments the history of each instrument any alarms that occurred on any of the instruments and any predefined recipes that will be used to download to an instrument This database can be used to export status information to an outside source by examining the contents of the database FirstMate2000 EXE FirstMate2000 exe is the main executable for FirstMate 2000 ResolverSetup EXE ResolverSetup exe allows you to modify the resolver settings of any instrument registered with FirstMate 2000 TLGServer EXE TLGServer exe is the program that provides the communications between the instruments installed and FirstMate 2000 There should only be one copy of the Data Acquisition software running at one time 60 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions TLGServer INF TLGServer inf is a text file that contains all of the program settings that will customize how FirstMate 2000 and the Data Acquisition function Such settings are Exporting current signatures storing Date and Time stampe
22. 8 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions X Microsoft Excel AO1 csyv 115 Eile Edit View Insert Format Tools Chart Window Help Dsajsnhry Bas o o 8 el A 7 T s 18 gt B z o z222 Alt A a Es a a A 14 M A01 Graph A01 Draw ly Autoshapes MODO E dl gt Ready i 69 When you close this document Excel will state that it can not save your changes as a CSV file and it will ask if you would like to save it as an Excel XLS spreadsheet If you would like to save the graph as well as the data click yes and the file will be saved as an Excel spreadsheet Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions FIRSTMATE MDB TABLE A01 NAME TYPE Job Number Long JobName Text JobReference Text DieReference Text Notes Text ResolverStart Number Long ResolverStop Number Long AlarmWindow1 Start Number Long AlarmWindow1Stop Number Long AlarmWindow2Start Number Long AlarmWindow2Stop Number Long Status Text RecordDate Date Time AlarmDescription Text UpdateCounter Number Long LastUpdateCounter Number Long Downtime Number Long DowntimeCode Number Long SIZE 20 40 40 80 50 50 A DESCRIPTION Current Job Number either set by the instrument an outside process or by FirstMate 2000 Current Job Name
23. 80 13 Degrees 784 OVERLAY est 524 SAVE 39 264 i a 7 MASTER ET 138 192 30 84 138 192 180 13 degrees 180 13 Degrees CH 1 PEAK 90 CH 3 PEAK 90 Shown is the main display for Signature Analysis all other features are activated from this window Each Channel 1 8 is graphed in a separate window with Channels 1 4 displayed in the larger windows and Channels 5 6 displayed in the smaller windows Each set of four is scaled to the highest value for the displayed features in that set Adding or removing a display signature re scales the windows on the next draw The Signature Displays are redrawn at a fixed time interval of 3 seconds This allows you enough time to study the current signature before its redrawn The Signature Display windows have an active Mouse Over feature that displays the location and tonnage value for the current mouse location This information is displayed at the top or bottom of the window The information is LOAD ANGLE for Thru Stroke instruments and LOAD MILLISECOND for Peak Only Instruments Clicking the mouse on any Signature Display hides all other displays and resizes the selected one to full window Clicking on the full size display returns it to its original size and re displays the others 26 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions You may open a Signature Display window for every
24. AAA To begin the installation click on Install In order to proceed with the installation you must agree with the End User License Agreement Once you have read it over click on Agree to continue or Disagree to return to the Main Menu Once you have agreed to the End User License Agreement the installation wizard will bring up the next step in the installation process 3 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions Installing FirstMate 2000 To install FirstMate 2000 click on the Install button By clicking on Install all of the files necessary to FirstMate will be installed Follow the on screen instructions until the installation asks which components to install FirstMate 2000 Installation FirstMate 2000 Signature Analysis and Data Acquisition software provides 32 Bit performance Signature Analysis Ability to Export Signatures to Microsoft Excel Historical Reporting Click on the Install button to begin the installation Install lt lt Back Next gt gt Force Measurement and Control Solutions DLL AAA By selecting a specific set of components you can tailor what functionality FirstMate 2000 will have There are three different ways to install FirstMate and they are listed below Select Components x Data Acquisition Server Select the components you want to install clear the components By selecting only the Local Data ou
25. Additional space for Job documentation Additional space for Job documentation Additional space for Job documentation Resolver Look Window Start Angle 30 Degrees Minimum Resolver Look Window Stop Angle 330 Degrees Maximum Alarm Window Start Angle Look Window is Minimum Alarm Window Stop Angle Look Window is Maximum Alarm Window Start Angle Look Window is Minimum SLC Only Alarm Window Stop Angle Look Window is Maximum SLC Only Current Instrument Status Date Time stamp for this record Description of an Alarm Condition if one occurred since the last record Instrument in motion Counter Previous counter used for comparison Number of minutes of recorded down time if an event occurred since the last record Numeric Downtime identification code Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FIRSTMATE MDB FirstMate 2000 User Instructions TABLE A01 continued NAME DowntimeDescription Operator Shift Meterscale Capacity High Capacity Low PeakLoad ToleranceHigh ToleranceLow PartsCount Batch Count StrokesPerMinute SampleLoad ReverseLoad TargetLoad LEDs TYPE Text Text Text Number Long Text Text Text Text Text Number Long Number Long Number Long Text Text Text Text SIZE 40 20 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 B DESCRIPTION Description of the Do
26. Fadr 0s Piola mee 12 13 14 15 18 19 20 25 26 27 iv Ade 01 Ad 09 I Adr 17 I Adr 25 and 28 This will perform a scan ve Eoo v Ve looking for 17 instruments on Port A ree Sal cue Enea Then set the port s settings lick on 7 Adr 05 I Adr 13 a T I Adr29 the Port A Settings tab and enable T Adr 08 Y Adr 14 Adi 22 I Ad 30 the Communications Port then Mie th SB Lies as specify the Maximum Baud Rate to Select None Select All be 57600 bps Auto Detect Click on the Auto Detect button located at the lower left hand corner This will begin the scanning process A dialog box will appear that will tell you the status of the auto detection scan You may cancel the scan at any time by clicking on Cancel Auto Detection is Progress x Scanning for Address 2 on Port 4 When the scan is completed a message box will ask you if you would like the results from the scan to be inputted into the Equipment table in the FirstMate 2000 database the contents of the Current table will be erased at the same time Note The history of those instruments will NOT be deleted in this process The Current table is used to display the information at that moment and is overwritten every time the server updates the information in the database 14 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions When the above steps are complete you may now close the control panel an
27. Firstmate 2000 has three levels of password protection controlling the access to its functionality Password 1 controls entry to FirstMate You are prompted for this password when you log on to the program Use this password to limit access to the entire program LOGIN Password 2 controls access to the Instrument Settings functions Firstmate s options allow you to directly control features on the tonnage monitors change settings and by extension control the press operation All FirstMate options that access instrument settings require this password RECIPE DOWNLOAD RECIPE EDIT INSTRUMENT CONTROL PARTS AND BATCH CONTROL HISTORY DELETE ALARM HISTORY DELETE Password 3 controls access to FirstMate Setup Utilities All access to table maintenance and setup functions require this password SHIFT EDIT OPERATOR EDIT PASSWORD EDIT CONFIGURATION DOWNTIME CODE MAINTENANCE Leaving a particular password blank disables protection for that feature only 21 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive gt Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions CONFIGURE PANEL Equipment Settings General Settings Archive Storage Settings Name PRESS1 Seq Ma History Records Slide Eng History Signatures Model 8 Channel TSM Clipper Autograph Outer Bl Alarm Records Line ID Alarm Signatures Downtime 5 Description PRESS DOWN HPC Records Alarm Switches Saat aE Downtime Records nable elect
28. IGNATURE opens the Signature Display window RECIPE opens the Job Recipe display for this instrument 48 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive gt Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions EDITING THE CURRENT JOB RECIPE SIGNATURE TONNAGE ruanrtoon HISTORY HPC HELP UTILITIES A TILE WINDOWS JOB INFORMATION Job 92 _ _ Job None Job Name Twelve _ Die None Notes Wone j Parts Counter 0 Batch Counter 5000 Units Per 300 CH 1 CH 2 CH 3 CH 4 High Capacity 300 00 300 Ta PRESS1 EDITS PENDING Hi Tolerance 25 Low Tolerance 20 THRU STROKE ALARM WINDOW THRU STROKE SWITCH SETTINGS Start Stop TREND ALARMS ON OFF a TOLERANCE 284 PRESS CURVE ON OFF Mi TONS ACKING ALARMS ON OFF E Alarm on 260 PERCENT O DELTA TRAK ON OFF El Resolver This is the Job Recipe display It can be opened from the Menu Bar in Plant Floor of from the Tonnage display This is where you enter information to download to an instrument This is also the place where you set up the Job Recipe Database containing your Job files The display shows the current settings for the instrument SLIDE Toggles Outer Inner or Slide1 Slide2 for eight channel instruments You edit one slide at a time DOWNLOAD Sends the current settings to the server program to be written to the instrument RECIPE Switched the display from current settings to stored r
29. ISPLAY 00 o oo eee ee re rte na nner nn etna nn senna e radar nae enneeeea 25 BASIC SIGNATURE DISPLAY oiris ieaie nadia aana dolia dani ote taut E AA E RA besa RE a ada E ADA Ae 26 SIGNATURE ZOOM FEATURE mataa a aE a aa A a aa a aa aaa aiaia 28 SIGNATURE CUSTOM ZOOM FEATURE cccococccnconcnoncnononcnnnoncnnnnccnnn cnn ono nnnnnn nn nn nn nan nn nano nn cnn n stad ee nena nnnn cnn 29 SIGNATURE ANALYSIS OPTIONS siririna ieaiaia ieaiaia aiaiai ienie 31 ElGH T CHANNEL FEATURES issii orainari iaa 33 SWITCHING CHANNEL FOCUS idae liada datada diia aaa 34 COMBINING CHANNELS cuca cocracani n conectara acacia di ad ada cda 35 TREND FILE EIS Tasaciones 36 TREND SIGNATURE DISPLAY montin esea e aa a a A aie 37 INSTRUMENT STATUS DISPLAY areara rhan ana aeaea aaas SAA aaa inacabada 38 PRINTING ASIGNA TURE inen n a a a a a a a aiie 39 SAVING THE CURRENT SIGNATURE 0 ec ee ee tee teen eee ae etna cnn n nn nan ona nan nan n nn cann nana nn nana ninns 40 PEA iaa tai A A Di Std AA EA A DE ets 43 SAMPLE vio ii ditt undid a ia a EE ib 43 TOLERANCE iari n A A A ati 43 TARGET cortita A ania atin ai ea ne Aa add 43 CAPACITY oa aia 43 REVERSE 200 ii aa nds eect al eae ee ei eee 43 SETUP cater i tell A a de cated E Steet aaa 43 il Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions MONITOR oscila di nad ened itt SA aitor a 43 RESET outdoor si cr iso c 43 TONNAGE cir a A A a A a A as 44 PARTS AND BATCH C
30. LOOR DISPLAY MEE A01 A32 BO1 B32 COl C32 D01 D32 PRESSL J IDLE Plant Floor provides a view of all the instruments on the FirstMate network and allows you to quickly assess the status and current operation of each It also provides a path to the Signature and Tonnage screens for any instrument you choose Each instrument is displayed in the window Click on a desired instrument to open the Menu Bar E A01 A32 B01 B32 c01 c32 DO1 D32 What Operation would you like to perform on PRESS1 Explore Tonnage Signature Recipe Cancel 47 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions PLANT FLOOR MENU OPTIONS FirstMate 2000 PLANT ES TILE CLOSE Puso DE TONNAGE FLOOR HISTORY HPC HELP UTILITIES winpows winpows Ek Plant Floor A01 A30 Name Model Status Slide Last Alarm Last Downtime Operator Job Number m Job Name None Job Reference Die Reference Notes Parts Count D Batch Count Q Back Ss SPM SA Start OJ Exploring C Sfm EF Paint Shop Pro FirstMate 2000 MAPA 11 06AM EXPLORE display current information for the selected instrument Click CLOSE to return to the Plant Floor display or BACK to return to the menu bar TONNAGE opens the Tonnage Display window S
31. OUNTERS esisiini snjnis cnn nc nan nn anar 45 CHANGING INSTRUMENT MODES pssi nea a a Aa aR AN A AA AEA AAE TARSAR ASAA SRi 46 PLANT FLOOR DISPLAY n enion ni E AA E aE E tad E aS A Ta p Eie 47 PLANT FLOOR MENU OPTIONS iirrainn naaa a aaa Ea aa a a E EEES 48 EDITING THE CURRENT JOB RECIPE cto tit 49 SIDE A A a a Ea A dee 49 DOWNEOAD usina a Aden A sae a EA ta ached A 49 RECIPE ciu naa ta Seed A E tate ceed ied ds 49 PRINS iccuni ii Bee ache anki AR A DE RA AAA 50 REFRESH 1 sitio dit dt taa ds 50 CLOSEs uri dir in id ai is sanan ds 50 EDITING STORED RECIPES ic argrin iinei arien beni rid lees daa a EA EE ib acid 51 GRID a A A ii be dad 51 DELETE T E dd lili ios 51 SI A ee ee et TT AEAT ETA ETT ETS T E 51 CURRENT E EEE E T A T TS 51 RECIPEED Morita dt lt o ii id 52 REGIPE GRID DISPLA Vice vuln ties diana piano dde d cial 53 HISTORY MENU PANEL cicoicaitados intacta dia aL dl Laa e idad 54 HISTORY MENU PANE Ghoireasan eaa aoaaa aaa aa Eaa a a AEEA ETERA 54 ALARM ii idire dotia a a aati eine A AE AAA ati a 54 HARD AIS seitei A E E EEE dE 54 DOWNTIME cresio auner an ed a a a a Hehe 54 iii Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions INSTRUMENT HISTORY aiiora aana ee a Ai dd ci FIRST PREVIOUS NEXT LAS Torrine iienaa oh ast cia cade AA DASE EAER BEETLE DASTLA ENAS EER REFRESH ierte ieena daaa a da lead ia e A A DELETE oia dae a a AE A A A FILE STRUCTURE INFORMATION rroa
32. Text Text Text Number Integer Text Text Number Long Number Long Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Number Integer Number Long Number Long Number Long Number Long Number Long Number Long Number Integer Downtime Description Text SIZE 50 80 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 M DESCRIPTION FirstMate ID Code Equipment Name Equipment Description The Actual Model Number Inner Outer Slide 1 Slide 2 Text Box Poll this instrument every nn times Communications speed Print a notice of alarms on this unit Print the Alarm Signature Write to the Alarm Database Write a record of the Alarm Signature Printer for alarm records Printer for Signatures Network Path for Archiving Node for SLC Polling of AO1 s etc to save of Trend Signatures to save of ALARM and ALARM CAPACITY to save of Alarm Trend Signatures to save of HPC records to save of DOWNTIME s to save of minutes for default idle alarm calculations Default Downtime Description Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions FIRSTMATE MDB TABLE HPC NAME TYPE SIZE DESCRIPTION Equip Text 50 Equipment Name Seq Text 3 FirstMate ID Code JobName Text 255 Current Job Name RecordDate Date Time 8 Date the message was received HPCCode Text 5 Message ID sent from the HPC enabled instruments HPCMessage Text 100 Message Tex
33. This gives you the ability to describe the features displayed on the signature or the reason for the printout etc Enter NOTES in the white text box SETUP opens the Windows Printer Options panel and allows you to select a printer and modify its settings PRINT sends the current display to the printer CANCEL closes the Print Display Panel without printing 39 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions SAVING THE CURRENT SIGNATURE TILE WINDOWS CH 4 PEAK 48 FILE DISPLAY PRINT 4 Save As STATUS ay 60 22 Degrees 200M OVERLAY SAVE MASTER il f 60 60 105 Degrees 2 Degrees CH 1 PEAK 53 CH 3 PEAK 63 Pressing the SAVE button opens the Windows Save as panel You can save the current signature to any location and name Note that signature file extensions WAV should be maintained 40 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions SAVING A MASTER SIGNATURE FirstMate 2000 Equipment PRESS1 SIGNATURE TONNAGE PLANT FLOOR HISTORY HPC HELP UTILITIES Does CH 4 PEAK 48 CH 2 PEAK 57 FILE DISPLAY PRINT STATUS 60 127 Degrees ZOOM OVERLAY SAVE MASTER il 60 60 127 Degrees 127 Degrees CH 1 PEAK 53 CH 3 PEAK 63 Pressing the MASTER button saves the current signature to a file named MASTER WAV and thi
34. ar oisinnean nisa aa aiaiai aaa ist G TABLE CURRENT ccioiicaiiciic riada e oca dls esta H TABLE DOWNCODE iseci atiaeina eenaa aitaa aiana ladei jo tie K TABLE DOWNTIME sucios tddi dace tad L TABLE EQUIP Diets tl ii ida M TABLE HPC 24200 il li ati tt a N TABLE HPOMESSAGES raea aeta taea a aAA NIERA c dec ida O TABLE OPERATOR aria A Ea A AEE a EE A Aaa E A SEA S AS P TABEE SPIE Tce rse an ana E a i Aa EA A AA Q V Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions FIRSTMATE 2000 SIGNATURE ANALYSIS amp PRODUCTION SCANNING FirstMate 2000 PLANT Et TILE CLOSE SIGNATURE TONNAGE FLOOR HISTORY HPC HELP UTILITIES winpows winpows JOB INFORMATION Z JobName CHANNEL 2 MARINER 2000 SIGNATURE ANALYSIS EQUIPMENT 3760 CH 2 PEAK 92 d TARGE CAPACI E pee a o I i y 3 E i 10 5 s co ME ejg m i E E 21 3 E S D 2 2 E o z o D OVERVIEW Welcome to FirstMate 2000 the premier Signature Analysis and Plant Reporting Software FirstMate 2000 continues the FirstMate software series providing the tools you need to analyze display and archive the forming forces that are occurring in your metalworking processes This software package is designed to maximize the ability to display key instrument information Any combination of display screens may be open at one time allowing you to c
35. d signature files and file mapping to FirstMate 2000 files in the case of a multiple computer setup WaveConverter EXE WaveConverter file is a conversion program provided by Helm to allow 16 bit FirstMate signatures to be converted for use in FirstMate 2000 61 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions Instrument Related Files Inside the FirstMate 2000 folder will be subfolders named Axx Bxx Cxx Dxx where xx is 01 31 The A B C D notation is a reference to which communications port the instrument exists on These folders contain all of the files generated by the Data Acquisition program All of these files are signature related and any status related information will be found in the database Inside the A01 Folder Example C FM A071 We will use the folder A01 as an example for the rest of this guide The files in this folder will depend on what features are enabled in the TLGServer inf file The files possible are listed below A01 WAV A01 wav file contains the most recently read Signature from that instrument A01 CRV A01 crv file contains the most recently read Press Curve Signature from that instrument A01 TND A01 tnd file contains the last xxxx Signatures read from that instrument where xxxx is a number 1 9999 specified in the database A01 ALM A01 alm file contains the last yyyy Alarm Signatures read from that instrument where yyy
36. d start up the communications server and FirstMate 2000 Diagnostics and Maintenance Diagnosing Communications Problems The Diagnostics dialog provides a First ate 2000 Diagnostics x m Database Utilities Compact Database Repair Database Communications Diagnostics fi Address to use 1 38400 Scan for a SINGLE address Scan a RANGE of addresses Select a Comm Port Select a Baud Rate How would you like to scan the instruments Initializing Serial Communications Port Sequence Scan Set For Single Opening Communications Port 1 Opened Communications Port 1 simple mechanism for testing serial communications lines for the presence of a specific instrument This allows you to check the integrity of the communication cable and or the proper operation of the instrument s EIC card Open the Diagnostic and Utilities Dialog from the main control panel window Select the proper Communications Port for the instrument to be tested Enter the EIC address of the instrument in the field provided The two operations you can perform are Scan for a Single Address and Scan a Range of Addresses If you would like to test just that address select Scan for a Single Address If you would like to test that address and all of the preceding addresses select Scan a Range of Addresses Click on Scan to perform the test The results of the test are displayed in the text window provided
37. do not want to install sge A EN Acquisition option you can have one Components Local Data Acquistion computer dedicated to collecting cari information from the instruments at your _ facility By choosing this setup the ara _ computer will be dedicated to polling the FirstMate 2000 DLLs and System Files instruments and providing a higher volume of information storage Space Required 4291 K Space Available 2096832 K lt Back Cancel 4 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions Saci casponanti x FirstMate 2000 Client Sees the componente you want to install clear the componens By selecting only FirstMate 2000 and FM Components DLLS you can use this computer as a remote client that will display the information collected by your Data Acquisition Server This allows multiple people to access the Description information collected Contains all of the necessary files in order for 3 Data Acquisition to operate Space Required 36645 K Space Available 2096832 K lt Back Cancel Select Components x Data Acquisition Server and FirstMate saed Soenen qa want to install clear the components 2 0 0 0 ii Allows you to utilize FirstMate 2000 on a oe sx single computer or allows a single computer Cnet seme to act as an information collector and vie
38. e 1 83448 Y the next step Add Remove Category X axis labels 2011 8 1 4 448 5 EJ Cancel lt Back next gt Einish 67 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive gt Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions The next dialog allows you to customize how the graph looks and allows you to add additional things to your graph We will just Chart Wizard Step 3 of 4 Chart Options 2 lx Titles Axes Gridlines Legend Data Labels Data Table Chart title AAA Signature From AO1 eRe ne add a Graph Title and Axis Category x axis 3 Labels to our graph Click on the Degrees Titles Tab at the top if it is not already selected Here you can enter the labels for your graph For this example the Chart Title is Signature from A01 and the X and Y labels are Degrees and Tons respectively You can customize the graph more if you like but when you are done click Next to continue Value Y axis Tons Tons Second category X axis Chart Wizard Step 4 of 4 Chart Location 7 x Place chart la B As new sheet faor Graph Now it will ask you how you would like to display your graph The two choices are as a new sheet in your spreadsheet or as an object on a pre existing sheet Select as a new sheet for better printing name the new sheet and then click Finish C As object in 401 X Cancel lt Back Next gt C Enh 6
39. e Save Changes button Note Clicking on Save Changes will not alter your database tables with the selections you have made The only time the database is modified is when you Auto Detect your instrumentation There are four tabs labeled Port X Porta Port A Settings porte Port B Settings Port Port C Settings Port D_4 gt Settings where X is either A B C or D These tabs allows you to IV Use this Communications Port to access my instruments config ure wh i ch ports you WOU Id psi like to use with FirstMate and 9600 bps 38400 bps assign the maximum baud rate to 19200 hy 57600 by ES dd be used on each port IV There are SCM base instruments on this port Auto Detect Save Changes cose 13 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions Using Port A as an example select the Use this Communications Port to access My Instruments Without this checked the port will not be scanned for any instrumentation on that port Specify the maximum baud rate to use on that port Your choices are 9600 19200 38400 or 57600 bps It is recommended to set this to 57600 bps to ensure all possible instrumentation will be found during the scan Port A port A Settings Port B Port B Settings Port C Port Settings Poto 4 gt Example From the Port A tab Select All Valid Instrument Addresses select Addresses 1 2 3 4 5 11
40. ecipe settings Use this display to create and archive job recipe information 49 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions PRINT Writes the recipe database to the default printer REFRESH Reloads the display When editing is not in effect the display will refresh periodically After editing starts the display is not refreshed until you either download or click the refresh button CLOSE Hides this window 50 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions EDITING STORED RECIPES SIGNATURE TONNAGE ruameicos HISTORY HELP UTILITIES sinooms TILE WINDOWS SLIDE GRID DELETE UPDATE Low Tolerance DOWN LOAD CURRENT PRINT B 108 INFORMATION Job b Job Name Die Notes Parts Counter Batch Counter Units Per Si CH 3 High Capacity RECIPE EDIT PRESS1 Inner ee ns imal ie THRU STROKE ALARM WINDOW THRU STROKE SWITCH SETTINGS Start Stop TREND ALARMS ON OFF i TOLERANCE 0 PRESS CURVE ON OFF Ml TONS 6 Aim i ACKING ALARMS ON OFF El i _ PERCENTO DELTA TRAK ON OFF il Resolver Switching to Recipe editing opens this empty display and allows you to set up multiple job recipes and save them in a database file Editing is the same as for current job GRID Shows all recipes in a spreadsheet display Clicking on one
41. ed Printer Print Alarms mi H Selected Archive Path None f CAFM Print Alarm Signatures Communication SLC Node Baud Rate Polling Rate Archive Alarm Signatures E A Print Alam a Archive Alarms 0 33400 38400 No Use this screen to modify the EQUIP table controlling all features for each piece of equipment polled by FirstMate 2000 Use the First Previous Next and Last keys or the grid slider bars to move through the table Use the Add Delete and Update keys to modify the table clearing edits with the Refresh key if necessary Generate an equipment list with the Print key General Settings Name the equipment s name that you want to appear in all history and signature files Seq the port A B C D and EIC number 1 to 32 of each instrument Slide Outer Inner or Slide1 Slide2 for double action or transfer presses Model a description of the instrument Line ID used to identify a group of instruments for line download functions Downtime the number of minutes before a default downtime event is triggered and the default downtime description Default downtime is used when the instrument does not have downtime capabilities 22 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions Alarm Switches Print Alarms write an alarm record to a printer Print Alarm Signatures write an alarm signature to a
42. ent Peak Load Values the highest tonnage recorded during the alarm event Maximum Tolerance or Tracking Alarm number set on the instrument 1 8 channels Minimum Tolerance or Tracking Alarm number set on the instrument 1 8 channels Last Parts Count Value Last Batch Counter value at the time of the alarm Strokes per Minute value at the time of the alarm Sample Load value if the instrument is in MONITOR mode during the alarm Reverse load values during the alarm Target Load if applicable 1 8 numbers matching the of channels that mirror the Trend Lights on Trend Series instruments Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FIRSTMATE MDB TABLE CONFIG NAME Password1 Password2 Password3 COMA COM B COM C COM D FirstMate 2000 User Instructions TYPE Text Text Text Number Long Number Long Number Long Number Long SIZE 50 50 50 G DESCRIPTION Second default Password 1 controlling basic access Second default Password 2 download capabilities Second default Password 3 system setup Line A communications port number Line B communications port number Line C communications port number Line D communications port number Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FIRSTMATE MDB TABLE CURRENT NAME Seq Name Slide Model ModelDescription Job JobName JobReference DieReference
43. ettings To enable the FirstMate 2000 Format files the DateTimeSignatures setting in TLGServer inf must be set to ON To enable the Spreadsheet Friendly CSV files the DateTimeComma setting and the EXPORT setting must be set to ON If the DateTimeComma is set to ON and the EXPORT is set to OFF the EXPORT setting will override the DateTimeComma setting You may enable either one or both of them 64 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions Spreadsheet Friendly CSV File Layout X Microsoft Excel AD1 csv Eile Edit View Insert Format Tools Data Window Help OSM GRY SBA gt Be A ae A S 18 58 KN Draw ly Autoshapes N MODO Al DI Ready How to take the CSV file and create the signature graph from it Open your spreadsheet application in this example it will be Microsoft Excel and load the CSV file You may have to select Text Files from the Files of Type drop down box on the Open File Window Once the file is loaded Excel should look like the sample shown X Microsoft Excel A01 csY 13 File Edit View Insert Format Tools Data Window Help de Prompt JDSH S6RY BRAJ ooa S ce Ath 090 0 Arial lt o ez S Se els SA E 5 A gt zs i y 1704978 70 9955 71 4933 71 9911 72 4868 72 9866 73 4844 73 9821 74 4799 74 9777 75 4754 75 9732 76 471 lo 4s S 4 4 Siololo 4 a alo oo o2000000
44. he unneeded files Note This feature requires the Export Current Signatures and Press Curve to a CSV Format be enabled in order to operate correctly To properly setup your program settings you must know how the computer is going to be used The program settings must be changed accordingly It can be a stand alone data acquisition server a stand alone information display client or it can be both The settings below must be set properly to ensure proper operation Stand Alone Data Acquisition Server 1 FirstMate Database Path points to the location where the database exists 2 Working Path should be set to the same location as the Database Path 3 The Program Switches should be set to your preference Stand Alone FirstMate 2000 Client 1 FirstMate Database Path points to the location where the database exists 2 Working Path points to the main FirstMate folder that contains the folders which store the signature files ex H FM 3 The Program Switches have no effect on the operation of the system Data Acquisition Server and FirstMate 2000 Display 1 FirstMate Database Path points to the location where the database exists 2 Working Path points to the folder where FirstMate was installed ex C FM 3 The Program Switches should be set to your preference 11 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions Configuring your Serial Communications
45. hift periods in the Shift table These time ranges are used to assign the shift number to the signature and history archives OPERATOR Maintains the operator badge and description fields in the Operator table This table works with Clipper series instruments to provide a description of the badge ID written from the HPC unit It provides similar functions with the Autograph series instruments along with the ability to set operator codes from FirstMate PASSWORD Maintains password settings and communications port settings in the Config Table The passwords control access to functionality levels in FirstMate The port numbers tell the communications server which port to poll for each communications cable 18 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions CONFIGURE Maintains the Equipment table and all settings associated with each instrument being polled This is the major control access for most equipment settings DOWNTIME CODES Maintains the Downtime Codes and the Descriptions used to qualify downtime events on Tags Scams and instruments with Hips 19 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions SHIFT EDIT PANEL z This table contains six sets of starting Shift 1 Start M and stopping times used to define the shife1 stop M Production Shifts As FirstMate polls an Shift 2 Start 2 30 00 Pit instru
46. ial FirstMate System Setup For initial setup your FirstMate 2000 system FirstMate 2000 assumes that you are performing this setup on the computer that the FirstMate 2000 Data Acquisition software was installed If 2000 Data Acquisition software was not installed on this system you are setting up only the client and only the first section applies The two sections Configuring your Serial Communications and Setting up your Instrumentation can be ignored Loading the Control Panel To access the FirstMate 2000 Control Panel go to Start Menu gt gt Settings gt gt Control Panel and double click on the FirstMate 2000 Settings icon Once the dialog is loaded it will look similar to this ct FirstMate 2000 Settings Ea dal Auto Detect Sa ad Diagnostics Ly Comm Port K Settings gt Yersion Information The command buttons located at the top of the dialog box perform actions such as setting up the communication ports performing diagnostics and auto detecting instruments that exist on the system Program Settings The second half contains information on all of the required files FirstMate 2000 uses It displays the filename the date and time marked on the file and it s internal file version This is important information that might be needed to troubleshoot any technical difficulties with FirstMate 2000 File Name Date Time c fimifirstmate2000 exe 08 03 2000 c Vimiresolverset
47. king Path is a location where FirstMate 2000 Data Acquisition saves the signatures provided by the instrument This location can be on a local drive or on a network drive via Networked Drive Mappings Database Path is where the FirstMate database is stored This location can be different from the Working Path This location can be on a local drive or on a network drive via Networked Drive Mappings If the path specified is invalided FirstMate will notify you that the database could not be found and will exit Export Current Signatures and Press Curve to a CSV Format will generate a spreadsheet friendly text file that can be opened with any spreadsheet application This allows you to share information with others Save Current Signatures with a Date Time Stamp will save the current signature to a Date and Time Signature directory every time an instrument is polled With this feature enabled the hard drive will fill quickly the user is responsible for cleaning up the unneeded files 10 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions Export Current Signatures with a Date Time Stamp will export the current signature to a text file that can be opened with any spreadsheet application These files will be stored in a Date and Time Signature directory every time an instrument is polled With this feature enabled the hard drive will fill quickly the user is responsible for cleaning up t
48. left side of the display select the information displayed in the for each channel 42 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions PEAK Displays PEAK LOAD for each channels with Totals SAMPLE Displays the SAMPLE LOAD calculated during the Trending Cycle on the instrument The Peaks are compared to the Sample for Trend Variations TOLERANCE Displays the HIGH and LOW Alarm Limit settings for this instrument in either PERCENT or TONS Peak values higher or lower that these limits trigger Alarm conditions when active TARGET Displays JDC Instrument comparison values used to monitor part quality CAPACITY Displays the current MAXIMUN Peak Values allowed for this instrument REVERSE Displays any negative load measured by the instrument The next three buttons show instrument status and allow you to download status changes with cooperating equipment BRIGHT GREEN indicates that this status is active DULL GREEN indicates that this status is inactive BRIGHT RED indicates an alarm condition SETUP Instrument is in the Setup or Standby Condition with Press Curve and Capacity Alarms valid MONITOR Instrument is in Monitor Parts mode with Capacity Trend and Tolerance Alarms valid RESET When RED indicates an alarm condition Pressing this will download an Alarm Reset code The last two buttons control display 43 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 We
49. mber matching the of channels that mirror the Trend Lights on Trend Series instruments Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FIRSTMATE MDB FirstMate 2000 User Instructions TABLE CURRENT continued NAME TrendONOFF Trending PressCurveValid Press CurveONOFF TrackingONOFF TrackingValid DeltaTrakONOFF ToleranceTONPERCENT TYPE Number Integer Number Integer Number Integer Number Integer Number Integer Number Integer Number Integer Number Integer SIZE J DESCRIPTION Current Trend alarm switch value Is instrument trending flag Is press curve valid flag Current press curve on off value Current tracking alarm on off value Are tracking alarms valid flag Current Delta Trak on off flag Current Tons or Percent setting Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions FIRSTMATE MDB TABLE DOWNCODE NAME TYPE SIZE DESCRIPTION DownCode Number Integer 2 Downtime Code ranging 0 to 999 identifying the downtime event DownDescription Text 50 Downtime description for the downtime event K Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive gt Maumee Ohio USA FIRSTMATE MDB TABLE DOWNTIME NAME Seq Status Job JobName JobReference DieReference Notes RecordDate UpdateCounter Downtime DowntimeCode DowntimeDescription Operator Shift PartsCounter BatchCounter FirstMa
50. ment it compares the time of the Shift 2 Stop 00000 PM polling event to the shift table times and Shift3 Start MO PA selects the proper shift to assign to the Shift 3 Stop E0000 AM polled data Shift times may overlap or Shift 4 Start have gaps but this is not advised FirstMate will look for the FIRST time range starting from the top of the table that provides a valid shift and use that value to assign it If Shift 2 overlaps A Shift 1 FirstMate will select Shift 1 as Shift 6 Stop the current Shift Shift times that do not rerna ere fit the Shift Table ranges are assign a Refresh Update Close value of zero OPERATOR EDIT PANEL Shift 4 Stop Shift 5 Start Shift 5 Stop Operator This is a simple table containing two fields Operator and Operator Description The Operator field a corresponds to the Badge ID on John Doh HPC units and is the Operator Name on Autographs This table provides an identifier to supplement the Operator Name Enter the information in the green boxes and click on the desired editing function You can position the cursor on any row in the table prior to editing Operator Description Sie 20 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions PASSWORD Passwordl SER Password2 SUPER VISOR Password3 ADMINISTRATOR
51. n to complete the rectangle and redisplay the zoomed signature When you are finished click on the ZOOM button to end this display and return to the full screen signature 29 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions SIGNATURE FILE PANEL 4 FirstMate 2000 MARINER 2000 SIGNATURE ANALYSIS EQUIPMENT 3760 f PLANT CASCADE TILE CLOSE IGNATURE TONNAGE FLOOR HISTORY HPC HELP UTILITIES winpows winpows z E Tal Ea i CH 2 PEAK 90 CH 4 PEAK 85 Multiple Signature Display Options Recall one or more Saved Signatures or Alarm Signatures Open the TREND file and display up to 10 of the last 400 Signatures ij 84 g Open an ALARM TREND file and display 38 192 29 Degrees 1 10 Signatures 78 OVERLAY 65 52 Stop Multiple Signature Display and ol return to displaying the Current SAVE 39 Signatures 26 13 MASTER 30 84 13 Degrees s Cust CH 1 PEAK 90 CH 3 PEAK 90 Selecting the FILE button opens the Multiple Signature Display Panel and allows you to access the File features of FirstMate 2000 RECALL opens saved signatures using the standard Windows File Panel Saved signatures can have any name and be stored anywhere that is accessible from Windows TREND opens a file containing the last four hundred signatures collected for the current equipment The signatures are listed so that you
52. n use 35 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive gt Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions TREND FILE LIST FirstMate 2000 MARINER 2000 SIGNATURE ANALYSIS EQUIPMENT 3760 FILE DISPLAY PRINT STATUS ZOOM OVERLAY MASTER CH 2 PEAK 91 CH 4 PEAK 85 be Signature Display Options 000 13 02 2000 10 09 196104 001 13 02 2000 10 09 196133 002 13 02 2000 10 09 196162 003 13 02 2000 10 10 196191 004 13 02 2000 10 10 196220 005 13 02 2000 10 10 196249 006 13 02 2000 10 10 196277 007 13 02 2000 10 10 196306 008 13 02 2000 10 11 196335 84 009 13 02 2000 10 11 196364 010 13 02 2000 10 11 196393 011 13 02 2000 10 11 196422 012 13 02 2000 10 11 196451 013 13 02 2000 10 12 196479 014 13 02 2000 10 12 196508 015 13 02 2000 10 12 196537 016 13 02 2000 10 12 196566 017 13 02 2000 10 12 196595 018 13 02 2000 10 13 196624 019 13 02 2000 10 13 196653 Degrees 30 Degrees CH 1 PEAK 90 CH 3 PEAK 91 The Trend File List Box displays the records in the TREND and ALARM files These files contain the last four hundred standard and alarm signatures respectively They are arranged by date time and part number Use the slider at the right to move up or down through the list Select one to ten signatures by clicking on the desired listing When you are finished selecting signatures click on DISPLAY SIGNATURES to start graphing
53. naat ae aa r A A ANEA ETSA E EEA AEAEE EA iaaa FILE STRUCTURE INFORMATION esccriocic ncateddciiin dalla id dad abi de dades FIRSTMATE 2000 INSTALLATION FOLDER ccccccccoconcnononcnononononcnonan conan cnn cnn nan nn nn non cnn nn naar rra nan nnnannnnns FIRSTMATE MDB 00 A E OE E EE EEE eeleliedlavnehineiebeed FIRSTMATE2000 EXE 0000 a T eaten ebese RESOLVERSETUP EXE 0 A en eae ene aia en eel ad eid TEGSERVER EXE cian ieee a as e ead iene INSTRUMENT RELATED FILES iaiia oa aa A ame de da vansdeetuneye Aa ado INSIDE THE A01 FOLDER ini ona ania adi ide a E e Eaa THE FILES POSSIBLE ARE LISTED BELOW ussssesssersserrrrerrrerrnrrrnnrinnerrnttruntrnntennttnnetnuetnnetnntnneenneen AOA WAN 0 ti a EAA AA TA AA E A A AAA AOT CR Vorner re Rn Aa bhai A TA E hei ae linen a aetna aed AOT TND cti e Aa ddan inlaid aie E A a ate AE AQT AEM i ii A Gan E A A A nied A a adi ghia hin a a a e aa testa tava ei AOTPO E Ni A A Mk edi iain a iat DATE AND TIME STAMPED FILES vinariani nee eisenii s iee i iiaa Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive gt Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions TEGSERVER SETTIN OS cosita ti id sica dida 64 SPREADSHEET FRIENDLY CSV FILE LAYOUT 000 00 ete tener ere nn nano cnn nn nn nn nn anar nn teenie 65 FIRSTMATE MDB custiciataid iia dias A TABLE AUT iien Adal Dd ahi hatha ali ae a a a a EA A A TABLE AO REGIPE ociosa br add its C TABEE CAPACITYALARMicoiociasiia iia ducers E TABLE CONFIG iii
54. nn nan ae nano cnn cnn 12 SETTING UP YOUR INSTRUMENTATION 00 eee te eee ee eran tne cnn nn nn nn nn nano nn sent aran n nn nannnnnninns 12 DIAGNOSTICS AND MAINTENANCE o oo ee ee centre eran ete eet nn etna nn nen n cnn n nn nan nn caen n nan nn anar nn nnnnccnns 15 DIAGNOSING COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEMS cocccococccoccncnnoncnnnnnnnannncnonnn nao nnnnnn nn cnn cnn nn nn anar nn nannccns 15 REPAIRING AND COMPACTING YOUR FIRSTMATE 2000 DATABASE cccoccccconccononcnanonononcnonancnnnncccnnos 16 STARTING FIRSTMATE 2000 cic ieee tarta siria del si aa dedican ans 17 UTILITY PANEL 000 ai ia di di ida 18 O 18 OPERA TO mistica iat eile A a AA IA idas hak 18 PASSWORD A aeaa a rin ide aA Aaaa andes fa AE ARA aAA EAA E AGa E Aaa dial ibi 18 CONFIGURE anatina a a a aa a aaa i an 19 DOWNTIME CODES ito e aa a E AE AEA A sical a A 19 SKIF TE EDUPPANE buisana drid italia sia a A 20 OPERATOR EDIT PANE E ririo nien tai a e A E A A T iio 20 PASSWORD cortarlo a ara e a led a ad teeta ds 21 i Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions CONFIGURE PANEL sciatic cicada tai dais tea dd ll a de 22 GENERAL SETTING Sanuti indi a adel eta i dees cece ae do 22 ALARM SWITCHES tis aci iene lion rere la Gavia a A 23 ARCHIVE STORAGE SETTINGS cucuta dll a aiid dinates 23 CANA E 23 DOWNTIME CODES PANEL t cists dics staxied svt aaa aia aa raves js conside Aa TA Aae aA anii 24 SELECTING A SIGNATURE FOR D
55. nter display to open the numeric keypad Enter the values on the keypad and then press ENTER to confirm the download ESC closes the keypad without saving an entry Use CLR to clear the display and BKSP to backspace and remove the character left of the cursor This keypad is used for editting throughout FirstMate 2000 45 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions CHANGING INSTRUMENT MODES mm PLANT ESS TILE CLOSE dosel TONNAGE FLOOR HISTORY HPC HELP UTILITIES winpows winpows CHANNEL 2 CHANNEL 4 PEAK High High Good OUTER SLIDE Good SAMPLE CHANNEL 1 CHANNEL 3 TARGET Parts Batch CAPACITY REVERSE SETUP EQUIPMENT 3760 Eight Channel Thru Stroke CURRENT JOB 0 None CURRENT STATUS SETUP Computer Control LAST ALARM on OLERANCE FirstMate 2000 displays the current instrument mode using active buttons on the left side of the window For instruments that have the capability to accept downloaded mode changes you may send these changes by clicking on the SETUP or MONITOR button This opens the CONFIRM PANEL and clicking on the YES button sends the download to the instrument When the instrument is re polled the mode change will be displayed Only instruments with proper features will respond to this download 46 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions PLANT F
56. o complete 16 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive gt Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions STARTING FIRSTMATE 2000 FirstMate 2000 User Login FIRSTMATE 2000 Welcome to FIRSTMATE 2000 Production Scanning and Signature Analysis Enter your Network USERNAME and PASSWORD User Name HANS P asswor d cicc OKAY CANCEL The startup screen for FirstMate 2000 requests a USERNAME and PASSWORD Three levels of passwords are available controlling the level of usage within FirstMate Entering a user name and password may be omitted if no security is desired Enter the USERNAME and PASSWORD Press OKAY to enter FirstMate Or Press CANCEL to close FirstMate 2000 17 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions UTILITY PANEL Utilities Maintain one to six Company Shift time periods Enter Operator Codes and Descriptions to identify the descriptions loaded in HPCs or Clippers Assign the three levels of Passwords for program access Enter the configuration information for general FirstMate operation Maintain Downtime Codes and Reasons and download these codes to HPCs and Clippers Close this window This panel has five buttons that provide access to Utility Table Maintenance functions These functions edit the utility tables in the Access Database FIRSTMATE MDB SHIFT Maintains one to six s
57. on program to install it 12 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions The Auto Detect dialog will appear on the screen Initially no instrumentation will be selected to be scanned The tabs at the top allow you to specify the settings for the four Port A Port a Settings Port B Port B Settings Port Port Settings Port D gt communications ports to be used by m Select All Valid Instrument Addresses FirstMate 2000 The Port x tabs A am ae where X is either A B C or D T Adr 01 M Adr 09 P Ade 17 T Adr 25 7 Adr 02 T Adr 10 T Adr 18 I Adr 26 allows you to specify which M Adr 03 T Adr 11 T Adr 19 I Adr 27 instruments are present at that M Adr 04 M Adr 12 I Adr 20 T Adr 28 address for that serial I Ad 05 M Adr 13 T Adr 21 I Adr 29 eee I Adr 06 T Adr 14 I Adr 22 7 Adr 30 communication line M adr 07 T Adr 15 T Adr 23 TD Adr 31 Select None TE Click on the Select All button to select every address on ports A B C and D You can clear your PERE Ae selections on all four ports by clicking on the Select None button The Auto Detect button will begin scanning the communication ports for the presence of your instrumentation The results of this scan can be used to pre generate your Equipment table in the FirstMate database You may save your current configuration for easy access in the future by clicking on th
58. ons SIGNATURE ZOOM FEATURE FirstMate 2000 MARINER 2000 SIGNATURE ANALYSIS EQUIPMENT 3760 b PLANT CASCADE TILE CLOSE IGHATURE TONNAGE FLOOR HISTORY HPC HELP UTILITIES WINDOWS WINDOWS CH 1 PEAK 90 FILE DISPLAY PRINT STATUS T Herm Sp ZOOM OVERLAY SAVE 30 13 Degrees CLOSE Any Channel Display may be resized to a full window by clicking on the signature display This feature allows you to focus on one channel and provides a more detailed view of the signature Click on the display a second time to return to the signature s original size 28 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions SIGNATURE CUSTOM ZOOM FEATURE FirstMate 2000 MARINER 2000 SIGNATURE ANALYSIS EQUIPMENT 3760 B PLANT CASCADE TILE CLOSE IGHATURE TONNAGE FLOOR HISTORY HPC HELP UTILITIES winpows winpows CH 1 PEAK 90 FILE DISPLAY PRINT STATUS vera 87 CLOSE Degrees When a channel is displayed in the full window the ZOOM button is active Selecting this button turns off the Load Angle display and allows you to draw a box around a portion of the signature You can re scale the display to show the selected area Click once on one corner of a rectangle to start the rectangle Move the mouse until the yellow dotted lines surround the area to be zoomed Click the mouse agai
59. ou choose M Jet 3 5 lt Back Cancel T Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive gt Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions SS J The installation program will that ask Jet contains optional components for accessing additional which additional features you would like data formats Select the optional formats that you d like to install to install for Jet 3 5 It is recommended M Excel to leave all of them selected M Paradox IV XBase Y Lotus did It will now begin to install the files for lt Back Cancel Rebooting Your Computer Restart The Computer The FirstMate 2000 Installation has been completed Would you like to reboot your computer now Yes Reboot My Computer No I Will Reboot It Later Force Measurement and Control Solutions HELM 8 DAO Once the installation program has finished it will return you to the installation wizard Click on Next gt gt to continue to the final step The installation of FirstMate 2000 is now complete It is recommended that you reboot your computer before configuring running the application To reboot your computer click on Yes Reboot My Computer If you would like to reboot your computer at a later point in time you may click No Do Not Reboot My Computer and that will return you to the main menu Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive gt Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions Init
60. printer Archive Alarms save alarm history to disk Archive Alarm Signatures save alarm signatures to disk Alarm Printer identifies the printer where alarms are written Signature Printer identifies the printer used to print signatures Archive Storage Settings These settings determine the number of records signatures recorded in each archive table after which the oldest are overwritten History Records number of records to store in the history tables A01 History Signatures number of signatures stored in trend files A01 TND Alarm Records number of alarm history records stored in the ALARM and CAPACITY ALARM tables HPC Records number of records stored in the HPC table Downtime Records number of records stored in the DOWNTIME table Selected Archive Path this path tells the data collector program TLGServer where to write signatures and database records It s unique for each instrument Communication SLC Node node ID of the SLC500 polled with SLCServer Baud Rate polling baud rate for TLGServer and SLCServer Polling Rate write history for an instrument every XX times its polled 23 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions DOWNTIME CODES PANEL BownCidet This table containing two fields Downtime Description DIE CHANGE ELECTRICAL Downtime and DownDescription ee Downtime is the numerical code used
61. res are available for equipment having more than four channels typically double action presses STANDARD FEATURES BACKGROUND GRID puts light gray horizontal lines on all graphs to aid in recognizing features of the current signature These grid lines will print MASTER SIGNATURE draws the Master Signature in yellow on all graphs in view If the Master Signature file doesn t exist a yellow line overwrites the X Axis 31 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions CAPACITY LINE The Capacity Setting for each Channel is drawn on the appropriate graph as a yellow horizontal dotted line with a caption showing the Capacity Value SAMPLE The display for Sample depends on the instrument type For A Peak Unit it is a green horizontal dotted line drawn at the tonnage value of the instrument s Sample A Thru Stroke Unit has a Sample Signature that is drawn in green on the appropriate Channel Sample Signatures are only drawn when the instrument s status is in Setup Standby HIGH and LOW TOLERANCE These displays are drawn similar to the Capacity Display with Peak Units drawn as horizontal dotted lines and Thru Stroke Units drawn as Signatures on the appropriate Channel Graphs These displays are drawn in red and only draws when the instrument s status is in Monitor Parts THRU STROKE FEATURES ALARM WINDOW The display for the Alarm Window
62. s file can be displayed as an overlay on subsequent signatures This feature allows you to compare each signature to a good signature and detect variations from the desired one MASTER signatures can be displayed via the SIGNATURE ANALYSIS PANEL 41 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions TONNAGE DISPLAY wA PLANT ESS TILE CLOSE ERATOR TONNAGE FLOOR HISTORY HPC HELP UTILITIES winpows winpows PEAK High CHANNEL 2 CHANNEL 4 Good OUTER SLIDE CHANNEL 1 CHANNEL 3 TARGET 90 Parts Batch CAPACITY CHANNEL 6 CHANNEL 8 REVERSE GA INNER SLIDE SETUP CHANNEL 5 3658 CHANNEL 7 95 EQUIPMENT 3760 Eight Channel Thru Stroke CURRENT JOB 0 None CURRENT STATUS SETUP Computer Control LAST ALARM on SAMPLE MONITOR OLERANCEJ Tonnage is displayed on this screen which also contains related features Each channel of tonnage is displayed in a separate box and the total tonnage is shown in the center When the total channels exceed four the display is divided into two sections representing four channel instruments with separate totals Clicking the mouse on any channel of tonnage shifts focus to Signature Display Each Channel has a column of Trend Lights duplicating this feature on the instrument These lights represent variations from part to part between the sample and peak tonnage values The top six buttons on the
63. st Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions SWITCHING CHANNEL FOCUS FirstM ate 2000 MARINER 2000 SIGNATURE ANALYSIS EQUIPMENT 3760 SWITCH INNER OUTER reverses the signature sizes in the channel display windows The larger sized display is drawn in the smaller window and the smaller display is drawn in the larger window Clicking the button a second time returns all signatures to the original sizes This feature works best with double action presses with outer and inner slides 34 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions COMBINING CHANNELS FirstMate 2000 MARINER 2000 SIGNATURE ANALYSIS EQUIPMENT 3760 E E PLANT CASCADE TILE CLOSE IGNATURE TONNAGE FLOOR HISTORY HPC HELP UTILITIES winbows windows CH 1 PEAK 90 FILE E e ZOOM E E ES 14 Degrees CLOSE Channels 1 and 5 2 and 6 3 and 7 and 4 and 8 can be combined using the COMBINE INNER OUTER button This feature is useful when displaying signatures from double action presses where the inner and outer slides have related forming forces The combined channels are graphed together Clicking the button a second time returns the signature display to its original settings SWITCH INNER OUTER and COMBINE INNER OUTER are mutually exclusive and one cannot be activated when the other is i
64. st Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions TONNAGE 3 FirstMate 2000 MARINER 2000 TONNAGE MONITORING EQUIPMENT 3760 a CLOSE SIGNATURE TONNAGE eae HISTORY HPC HELP UTILITIES fants e A A YE a S E j a a li CHANNEL 2 CHANNEL 4 High Good Jh OUTER SLIDE SAMPLE g5 5 CHANNEL 1 HIGH LBI CHANNEL 3 5 128 Parts Batch Eon sm CAPACITY 4 CHANNEL 6 CHANNEL 8 E 10 30 INNER SLIDE 20 40 CHANNEL 5 HIGH LBH CHANNEL 7 5125 15135 EQUIPMENT 3760 Eight Channel Thru Stroke CURRENT JOB 0 None CURRENT STATUS SETUP Computer Control LAST ALARM on This picture shows the Tolerance Alarm settings The values are HIGH LOW for each corner and represent Percent in this example Parts Count and Batch Count are displayed in the center of this window Strokes per Minute is shown at the bottom The green panel displays current Status information Equipment Name and Model Current Job Name and Number Current Status of the instrument Last Alarm condition and Last Downtime 44 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions PARTS AND BATCH COUNTERS TILE WINDOWS EQUIPMENT PRESS1 Eight Channel CURRENT JOB 22 Twenty Two CURRENT STATUS Equipment is Idle LAST ALARM on The Parts and Batch Counters can be set from the Tonnage Display Click on the cou
65. t sent from HPC enabled instruments N Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions FIRSTMATE MDB TABLE HPCMessages NAME TYPE SIZE DESCRIPTION HPCCode Text 2 Message Number for stored messages entered by the user HPCMessage Text 75 Message Text of the stored message O Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions FIRSTMATE MDB TABLE OPERATOR NAME TYPE SIZE DESCRIPTION Operator Text 50 Operator Code stored on the Helm HPC Unit OperatorDescription Text 50 Description ofthe Operator Code P Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FIRSTMATE MDB TABLE SHIFT NAME Shift 1 Start Shift 1 Stop Shift 2 Start Shift 2 Stop Shift 3 Start Shift 3 Stop Shift 4 Start Shift 4 Stop Shift 5 Start Shift 5 Stop Shift 6 Start Shift 6 Stop FirstMate 2000 User Instructions TYPE Date Time Date Time Date Time Date Time Date Time Date Time Date Time Date Time Date Time Date Time Date Time Date Time SIZE Q DESCRIPTION Starting Time for the 1 Shift Ending Time for the 1 Shift Starting Time for the 2 Shift Ending Time for the 2 Shift Starting Time for the 3 Shift Ending Time for the 3 Shift Starting Time for the 4 Shift Ending Time for the 4 Shift Starting Time for the 5 Shift Ending Time for the 5 Shift Starting Time for the 6 Shift Ending
66. te 2000 User Instructions TYPE Text Text Number Integer Text Text Text Text Date Time Number Long Number Long Number Integer Text Text Text Number Long Number Long SIZE 50 20 40 40 80 40 20 L DESCRIPTION FirstMate ID Code Instrument status at the time of the downtime event Job Number at the time of the downtime event Job Name at the time of the downtime event Extra job information for this downtime event Extra job information for this downtime event Extra job information for this downtime event Date and time of the recorded downtime event Instrument update counter at the time of the event Downtime duration in minutes Downtime code from the instrument Matching downtime description Operator at the time of the event Shift number at the time the event was recorded Parts Counter at the time the event was recorded Batch Counter at the time the event was recorded Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FIRSTMATE MDB TABLE EQUIP NAME Seq Name Model Name Model Number Slide Line ID Rolling Rate Baud Print Alarms Print Alarm Signatures Write Alarms Write Alarm Signatures Alarm Printer Signature Printer Archive Path SLCNode History Records History Signatures Alarm Records Alarm Signatures HPC Records Downtime Records Downtime FirstMate 2000 User Instructions TYPE
67. to _ identify the downtime reason entered on 3 SCRAP IN DIE HPCs ATGs and SCMs 4 DIE CHANGE 5 COIL CHANGE DownDescription is the reason for the event Enter the information in the green boxes and click on the desired editing function You can position the cursor on any row in the table prior to editing HARE 24 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions SELECTING A SIGNATURE FOR DISPLAY PLANT E TILE CLOSE SIGNATURE Praia FLOOR HISTORY HPC HELP UTILITIES winpows winpows SELECT EQUIPMENT E Select the Equipment Name and press Open to display lo Clicking on the SIGNATURE button on the Main Menu opens the SELECTION PANEL that allows you to choose an instrument for Signature Analysis Use the dropdown list box to select the equipment name and then click OPEN to display this instrument s Signature Analysis window CANCEL closes the Selection Panel without opening a display 25 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive gt Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions BASIC SIGNATURE DISPLAY FirstMate 2000 MARINER 2000 SIGNATURE ANALYSIS EQUIPMENT 3760 f 7 PLANT CASCADE TILE CLOSE IGNATUR TONNAGE FLOOR HISTORY winpows winpows CH 2 PEAK 91 CH 4 PEAK 85 He FILE i 4 i p yal zJ i DISPLAY i E PRINT STATUS 30 84 30 84 13 Deg ees 1
68. umber Long Number Long Number Long Number Long Date Time Text Text Text Text Text Number Long SIZE 20 40 40 80 40 40 40 40 40 C DESCRIPTION Arbitrary job number ranging 0 999 for display purposes 0 99 for JDC compatibility User defined job name Extra field for user defined information Extra field for user defined information Extra job identification field for user defined information Units per hour used for Production Efficiency reporting Resolver angle where alarming starts must be gt Resolver Start Resolver angle where alarming starts must be lt Resolver Stop Angle Start of 2 alarm window for SLC s End of 2 alarm window for SLC s Date of job modification Maximum Capacity number set on the instrument 1 8 channels Minimum Capacity number set on the instrument 1 8 channels SLC Only Not used Maximum Tolerance or Tracking Alarm number set on the instrument 1 8 channels Minimum Tolerance or Tracking Alarm number set on the instrument 1 8 channels Preset for the parts counter when job is loaded Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FIRSTMATE MDB FirstMate 2000 User Instructions TABLE A01RECIPE continued NAME BatchCountPreset TargetLoad TrendONOFF PressCurveONOFF TrackingONOFF DeltaTrakONOFF ToleranceTONPERCENT TYPE Number Long Text Number Long Number Long
69. up exe 12404999 1 c iimitlgserver exe 0711 2000 2 cimiwaveconverter exe 03 07 2000 1 cwindows systemiasycfittdll 03 08 999 1 c windows systemiccsdk32 dll OF M034 997 2 c windows lsystemico2c40en dil 05 3111998 0 OS A como Close 9 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions Configuring FirstMate 2000 with the Program Settings Dialog FirstMate 2000 Program Settings Ea From the main FirstMate 2000 FirstMate 2000 Working Directory Control Panel click on the Program em o Browse Settings button This will load the FirstMate 2000 Database Path and Filename Program Settings dialog and will Come mo allow you to change the file paths for FirstMate to use and select optional signature and data acquisition Program Switches Y Export Current Signatures and Press Curve to a CSW Format i l features V Save Current Signatures with a Date Time Stamp IV Export Current Signatures with a Date Time Stamp requires CSW Export 3 ie J Enable Emalend Pacing Moatitications The dialog provides the ability to Y Enable FirstMate 2000 Data Acquisition Error Logging change the paths that FirstMate will use to access the information Seve changes ctose generated by the Data Acquisition server It consists of a working path a database path and optional functionality switches to enable or disable additional features in the Data Acquisition server Wor
70. ustomize the information to your particular requirements You may open all windows for one instrument or selected windows displaying data for several instruments and arrange it to suit your needs FirstMate 2000 uses Microsoft Access to store historical information This allows you to generate user specific reports whenever necessary Information from this database can easily be exported or offloaded for long term storage 1 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive gt Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions FirstMate 2000 is composed of a Data Collection Engine and a Display Module Users throughout the plant may run the Display module to access and view Signatures without interrupting data collection 2 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions Installing FirstMate 2000 Insert the FirstMate 2000 CD into the CD ROM drive If you have Auto Play set to ON the Setup will automatically startup for you If you do not have Auto Play set to ON Run the Autorun exe file on the CD to begin the installation The FirstMate Installation Wizard This wizard is designed to help get the FirstMate software installed and working quickly When the wizard loads it will allow you to install FirstMate 2000 in a small number of steps FirstMate 2000 Installation Disc Install Contact Us Exit Force Measurement and Control Solutions HEE
71. w WARNING Local Data Acquistion software will not operate until Microsoft s DAO is installed Yes Install DAO No Do Not Install DAO Force Measurement and Control Solutions AE E si Select the proper choice to continue on in the installation If you chose not to install DAO jump to the section Rebooting My Computer 6 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions Installing Microsoft Data Access Objects If you chose to install DAO you can run the installation by clicking on the Install button Or if you would like to install it at a later time you may click on Next gt gt to advance to the next step in the wizard Microsoft Data Access Objects This installation is only required if you selected Local Data Acquisition during the FirstMate 2000 installation To Install Microsoft s Data Access Objects click on the Install button below Install lt lt Back Next gt gt Force Measurement and Control Solutions AL AJ A Select Components x i Once the Microsoft DAO installation DAO can be installed with Jet and or ODBCDirect components Select the components that you d like to install program has started follow the on screen instructions until it asks which database engines need to be installed There are two choices Jet 3 5 and ODBCDirect The only option that has to be selected is Jet 3 5 You may deselect ODBCDirect if y
72. wer It is recommended that the recommended nce ae eee ee system requirements are met to run this type a of setup For this configuration select all of aia eu mex the available options from the components Space Available 2096832 K lt Back Next gt Cancel Click on Next to begin the file copying process Once the files have been installed the install may ask you to reboot your computer If you plan on only installing FirstMate 2000 without the FirstMate 2000 Data Acquisition software feel free to have the installation program restart your computer Note f you did install the Data Acquisition software please do NOT restart your computer and let the installation program finish When the install has closed you will return to the Installation Wizard and continue from there Click on Next gt gt to continue to the next step in the Installation Wizard 5 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions The Installation Wizard will now ask if you installed the Local Data Acquisition component during the installation of FirstMate 2000 If you did install that component it is required to install Microsoft s Data Access Objects DAO Microsoft Data Access Objects Installation If you installed the Local Data Acquisition option for FirstMate 2000 it requires the installation of Microsoft s Data Access Objects Do you want to install Microsoft s DAO no
73. wntime event Operator Code received from an instrument with HPC functionality Current Shift Instrument scaling number for some types of equipment Maximum Capacity number set on the instrument 1 8 channels Minimum Capacity number set on the instrument 1 8 channels SLC only Current Peak Load Values the highest tonnage recorded on this record 1 8 channels Maximum Tolerance or Tracking Alarm number set on the instrument 1 8 channels Minimum Tolerance or Tracking Alarm number set on the instrument 1 8 channels Last Parts Count Value Last Batch Counter Setting Last Strokes per Minute value Current Sample Load Values zero in SETUP instrument values in MONITOR 1 8 channels Current Reverse Load Values tonnage below zero or zero 1 8 channels Current Target Load Values set on the instrument 1 8 channels not valid on all equipment 1 8 numbers matching the of channels that mirror the Trend Lights on Trend Series instruments Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FIRSTMATE MDB TABLE A01RECIPE NAME Job JobName JobReference DieReference Notes UnitsPerHour AlarmWindow1 Start AlarmWindow1Stop AlarmWindow2Start AlarmWindow2Stop RecordDate Capacity High CapacityLow PeakLoad ToleranceHigh ToleranceLow PartsCountPreset FirstMate 2000 User Instructions TYPE Number Long Text Text Text Text Number Long N
74. y is a number 1 9999 specified in the database and may be different then xxxx 62 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions A01 CSV A01 csv file contains the most recently read Signature from that instrument in a format that is spreadsheet friendly This file can be used in any spreadsheet that supports comma separated values and will contain all of the information to display four channels of signature This file will only be generated updated if the EXPORT setting in the TLGServer inf file is set to ON A01PC CSV AO1PC csv file contains the most recently read Press Curve Signature in a spreadsheet friendly format As with the A01 csv file the four channels of the press curve will be stored and will only be generated if the EXPORT setting is turned ON 63 Helm Instrument Co Inc 361 West Dussel Drive e Maumee Ohio USA FirstMate 2000 User Instructions Date and Time Stamped Files example C FM A01 Date And Time Signatures Inside of our example folder A01 there can also be a subfolder called Date And Time Signatures This folder will contain date and time stamped signature files if their corresponding options have been turned on The two types of Date And Time Stamped files are v FirstMate 2000 Format Signature Files example June 05 2000 16 47 01 wav v Spreadsheet Friendly CSV Files example June 05 2000 16 47 02 csv TLGServer S

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