To create a Station, navigate to the Shop Floor tab and select Stations. Click on the Create Station button in the top-right and you can create a single station or a Station Group.
You can now enter all the relevant details for this station and then click Create.
Assign an Interface (Display Device) to a Station
Select the Shop Floor tab from the Menu Bar as shown in the figure below.
To assign an interface to a Station, select the desired station from the left side of the Station pane.
To create an interface, first download and register the Tulip Player. Then you can assign that interface by creating a station.
Within this modal, give this station a name, assign the interface, and add the station to a group if applicable. Once done, click Create.
NOTE
Each Station can have exactly one Interface.
To create a Station Group, click on Create Station, and select Create Station Group.
Within this Modal, you can name and create a group for stations. You can easily drag and drop stations into this group, or assign the stations as you create them, as shown above.
Assign a Different Interface to a Station
You can change the active Interface at any time in the Stations tab. To do so, navigate to the Configuration Pane. On the right side of the Configuration Pane, the Display Field can be changed as follows.
Select the Change button to access the list of available interfaces.
Select the desired Interface from the list, or search in the search bar. Make sure to click Save in order to register the change, otherwise the changes will not be saved to the Station.
Delete an interface
Selecting the three-dot-menu next to the interface name shows the option to remove the interface from the options list permanently.
Add App Assignments
By default, the Station will not have any app assignments. This means that no Apps are able to run until configured. This is to prevent unwarranted Versions or apps to run. You can configure these assignments in the Configuration Pane of each station.
Select Edit.
In the case above, the configuration is set to run any application in the development version. This configuration is most useful for a testing station for apps under development.
You can add any number of App Assignments to the station. Once done, click Save.
Configure the Timezone
The timezone is another major factor of a Station. The timezone dictates how the current date and time interacts with the apps running at this station.
This is very similar to assigning a Interface. Simply select Change, then select your desired timezone. Click Save to confirm the changes.
Then, select Edge Devices in the desired Station, and click Save.
You may add more than one Edge Device to a Station.
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Shop Floor
The area of the platform responsible for moving applications into production. Under the shop floor, you can manage Stations, Edge Devices, and the app publication details such as which Version is accessible to users, which Devices are connected to the app, and which Interface (display device)the app is run on.
Interface (Display Device)
Users interact with Tulip applications through physical devices like touchscreens, PC monitors, mobile devices, and LCD screens. We refer to these as interfaces. Interfaces must be assigned to a station in order to run applications.
Device
Devices are tools or pieces of hardware that are integrated into Tulip applications. Examples include barcode scanners, digital scales, or Zebra printers. Devices must be connected to applications on the Shop Floor pages after an application has been assigned a Station. Not to be confused with Display Devices, or the interfaces through which an end user accesses an application.
Station
Stations are a digital representation of a physical place or device in your facility. Stations are 1:1 with Interfaces (display devices) running Tulip Player, but Stations can also be assigned Edge Devices, Tulip Vision Camera Configurations, Machines,and more.
Shop Floor
The area of the platform responsible for moving applications into production. Under the shop floor, you can manage Stations, Edge Devices, and the app publication details such as which Version is accessible to users, which Devices are connected to the app, and which Interface (display device)the app is run on.
Station Group
A higher-level grouping of Stations within an instance. Useful for application management and bulk station configuration.
Station
Stations are a digital representation of a physical place or device in your facility. Stations are 1:1 with Interfaces (display devices) running Tulip Player, but Stations can also be assigned Edge Devices, Tulip Vision Camera Configurations, Machines,and more.
Tulip Player
Tulip Player is the Windows/Mac executable program where users can run Tulip apps. Tulip player allows you to create a more seamless user experience by removing the need for a web browser and allows increased IT controls.
Interface (Display Device)
Users interact with Tulip applications through physical devices like touchscreens, PC monitors, mobile devices, and LCD screens. We refer to these as interfaces. Interfaces must be assigned to a station in order to run applications.
Station Group
A higher-level grouping of Stations within an instance. Useful for application management and bulk station configuration.
Interface (Display Device)
Users interact with Tulip applications through physical devices like touchscreens, PC monitors, mobile devices, and LCD screens. We refer to these as interfaces. Interfaces must be assigned to a station in order to run applications.
Station
Stations are a digital representation of a physical place or device in your facility. Stations are 1:1 with Interfaces (display devices) running Tulip Player, but Stations can also be assigned Edge Devices, Tulip Vision Camera Configurations, Machines,and more.
Published Version
The Published Version of a Tulip app is a complete version of your Application. When an app is ready to be run in production, its logic can be frozen by Publishing that app. One application can have multiple published versions. If a Station is assigned to run the Published version of an application, it will only see changes when they are published.
Station
Stations are a digital representation of a physical place or device in your facility. Stations are 1:1 with Interfaces (display devices) running Tulip Player, but Stations can also be assigned Edge Devices, Tulip Vision Camera Configurations, Machines,and more.
Interface (Display Device)
Users interact with Tulip applications through physical devices like touchscreens, PC monitors, mobile devices, and LCD screens. We refer to these as interfaces. Interfaces must be assigned to a station in order to run applications.
Edge Device
Edge Devices are any hardware intended to connect physical things to the cloud. This can include entirely mechanical devices, older machines without network functionality, PLCs, and more.
Tulip sells the Edge IO and Edge MC that interface directly into Triggers in a breeze, but Tulip can also support other Edge Devices.
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