Browsing Laser Trackers in Dashboard
SFx Asset Management offers some new functionalities and optimizations exclusively designed for laser trackers given the differences in asset properties and data metrics between stationary assets and portable assets.
When browsing assets on the Asset Dashboard under the mixed mode, you’ll see the following differences comparing trackers with stationary assets. See Browsing Assets in Dashboard for details on stationary assets.
Left: Laser Tracker / Right: CMM
No. | Item | Description | Example |
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1 | Asset Image | The asset image for a laser tracker is different from other assets. |  |
2 | Asset Name | The asset name, generally comprised of the model name and serial number. | ATS600-957023 |
3 | Asset Description | The comment about the asset. If filled out, it would be displayed on the card widget though it’s an optional field. |  |
4 | Asset Status | The operational status of a tracker. See Asset Status about Laser Tracker for details. TipClick on the icon to go to the detailed view of a tracker. See Asset Details about Laser Tracker for details. |
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5 | Sensor Status | In Card View, you can catch a glimpse of real-time statuses of internal tracker sensors. See Sensor Status about Trackers for details. TipYou can click the icon of a sensor type to show its corresponding chart in the Asset Detail View. |  |
6 | Sensors Icon | In Table View, the status icons of internal tracker sensors are also visible. TipYou can click the icon of a sensor type to show its corresponding chart in the Asset Detail View. |  |
7 | Model Info | The controller info of an asset model is dropped from the expanded view in Table View. |  |
8 | Dropdown Menu | There are more options in the dropdown menu for a laser tracker, such as Probes, Compensations, and GPS. See Asset Details about Laser Tracker for details. |  |
Note
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SFx Asset Management provides you with three types of bar charts to browse the utilization of trackers from different perspectives:
Utilization Over Time
Utilization Summary
Cumulative Time By Status
The utilization reflected in the Utilization charts is calculated based on the cumulative time of each operational status for each tracker within a specified time span, including:
Operating Status— Indicates the Laser is turned on and connected to metrology software.
Idle Status — Indicates the Laser is either
turned on but not connected to metrology software
or turned off
or not initialized
or on a timer
or warming up
or detected a wrong target
Error Status — Indicates an error occurs in the tracker.
Unknown Status — Indicates a tracker has disconnected from the cloud.
See Browsing Asset Utilization for more information on asset utilization.
You can keep track of all events relevant to laser trackers with the three event levels:
Critical status
Warning status
Info status
The data source for all events associated with trackers is Asset. Select Asset from the event source list to filter out various levels of events on trackers, mainly including tracker events and tracker sensor events.
See Browsing Asset Events for details of asset events.
Tip
You can click on the event icon, event title, or event description to browse event details in a pop-up dialog.
By default, Availability is calculated for laser trackers based on operational status and the production schedule associated with a tracker. With PC-DMIS software used in conjunction with laser trackers, Performance and Quality are also calculated.
See OEE for details.
To customize the metrics and OEE charts displayed on the OEE pane, see OEE Customization Options for details.