Machine Status Check Reminder

Learn how to use Automations to check over machines that need status/maintenance checks. This can be applied to operators, trainings, and a number of other scenarios on your shopfloor.

Pre-Reading

Please make sure to read before reading this article:

• How to Create an HTTP Connector
• How to Use the Table API
• How to set up Scheduled Automations
• Overview of the Automations Editor

Scenario

For example, let’s say that I want to fire a scheduled automation that runs every week and send an email my shop floor supervisor if they haven’t checked the machine status on Monday, Wednesday and Friday every week, and if they haven’t, send them an email.

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Walkthrough

The first step that I’m going to do is set up the frequency and recurrence of my automation in my event. I’ve selected my scheduled event, chosen the frequency for one week, and to occur on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Since I store my machine check information in a table, I get the specific record that corresponds with my machine (record #1) then I compare the status in a decision block.

If it’s No, send an email to the supervisor that contains how the machine has been running using the expression editor. Otherwise nothing should happen.

Further Reading

• Overview of the Automations Editor
• How to set up Scheduled Automations
• How to use Looping in Automations