User's Guide Edition 2003-10

motion control
information system
SINUMERIK 840D/840Di/810D
MDA Machine/Cell
Machine Evaluations
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Contents

1 Overview ....................................................................................................................... 1-3

1.1 General...............................................................................................................1-3
1.2 Defining Machines and Units ..............................................................................1-3
1.3 Grouping Status Conditions................................................................................1-4
1.4 Parallel Status Conditions...................................................................................1-4
1.5 Operator Inputs to Screen Forms .......................................................................1-5
1.6 Printing of Tables / Data Export to Excel ............................................................1-8

2 General Information on Handling ............................................................................... 2-1

2.1 Information on using the Mouse .........................................................................2-1

2.2 The Help System ................................................................................................2-1
2.3 Calculating the OEE indicators ...........................................................................2-2

3 Functionality of the User Interface ............................................................................. 3-1

3.1 Starting the User Interface on a PC Running Windows NT ................................3-1

3.2 Starting the User Interface on a SINUMERIK .....................................................3-2
3.3 Starting the User Interface on an Operator Panel Running Windows NT ...........3-3
3.4 Menu Bar ............................................................................................................3-4
3.5 Buttons and Toolbar ...........................................................................................3-6
3.6 Select Units ........................................................................................................3-9
3.7 Machine Messages by Means of Lists..............................................................3-11
3.8 Machine Messages by Means of Function Keys...............................................3-13
3.9 Detail View........................................................................................................3-16
3.10 Select Status Conditions ..................................................................................3-17
3.11 Analysis of Disturbance Cause.........................................................................3-20
3.12 Status Analysis .................................................................................................3-24
3.13 Availability Analysis ..........................................................................................3-27
3.14 Machine Counter of Time .................................................................................3-30
3.15 Logbook / Logs .................................................................................................3-32
3.15.1 Current Status Conditions .............................................................................3-33

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3.15.2 Logbook........................................................................................................ 3-34

3.15.3 Log ............................................................................................................... 3-35
3.15.4 Log Prioritised .............................................................................................. 3-37
3.15.5 System Logbook........................................................................................... 3-39
3.16 Layout .............................................................................................................. 3-41
3.17 Change Stati .................................................................................................... 3-43
3.18 Starting Without Login...................................................................................... 3-45
3.19 Language Selection ......................................................................................... 3-45
3.20 About ............................................................................................................... 3-46
3.21 Display Help..................................................................................................... 3-46

4 Evaluations for Analysis Groups.................................................................................4-1

4.1 Definition of Evaluation Groups.......................................................................... 4-1

4.2 Analysis of Disturbance Cause for Evaluation Groups....................................... 4-3
4.3 Status Analysis for Evaluation Groups............................................................... 4-6
4.4 Availability Analysis for Evaluation Groups ........................................................ 4-9
4.5 Machine Counter of Time for Evaluation Groups ............................................. 4-12
4.6 Machine Counter of Machines for Evaluation Groups...................................... 4-14

5 Glossary.........................................................................................................................5-1

6 Index...............................................................................................................................6-1

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1 Overview

1.1 General

Functions of the user interface:

The MDA Machine Data Evaluation user interface makes available the following functions:

• Machine Message
You can acquire manually status conditions and reasons for disturbances for machines and units.
• Status display
You see the current status of the machine.
• Evaluations:
The progress, frequency and duration of individual status conditions can be analyzed.
Quantities for individual machines or groups of machines can be displayed using machine
counters.
• Logbooks
You can refer to changes in status in the logbook and the logs.
• Simple layout with the states of the machines and units.

Authorization groups:
Depending on the user group, you can deactivate individual functions.

All the screen form and function descriptions are based on the default configuration on a PC under
Windows NT 4.0 and show the configured functions as delivered.

1.2 Defining Machines and Units

You define machines and units by means of configuration.

In MDA, a machine is classified by the following data:
• PLANT (German: WERK)
The four-digit plant identifier is for grouping machines that are all located in the same plant or
shop.
• MACHINE (German: MASCHINE)
Machines can consist of several units. One unit is defined as the "main unit" and it represents the
status of the entire machine.
• UNIT (German: AGGREGAT)
In addition to the main unit, each machine can have some units that represent sections of the
machine, e.g. feed conveyor, pendulum grinder, etc.
The machine and each unit can have their own status conditions, see the Chapter entitled “Grouping
Status Conditions”.

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1.3 Grouping Status Conditions

You define status conditions using configuration.

Status conditions are grouped into status groups. Each unit is assigned a status group at configuration.
By means of these status group, you define for each unit the status conditions that it can take on.
Within one status group, you can define the status conditions as main and sub-status conditions.
Each status is defined by a number consisting of five or more digits. The last four digits define the sub-
status condition and the digits before them define the main status condition (status class).
Example:

Status no. Status type Status text

40000 Main status condition Disturbance
41010 Sub-status condition Order missing
41020 Sub-status condition Material missing
42010 Sub-status condition Tool breakage
42020 Sub-status condition Oil loss

Each status has a priority. The lower the priority number, the higher the priority of the status.
There are two classes of status conditions:
• automatic status conditions
The SINUMERIK automatically acquires the start and end of these status conditions.
• manual status conditions
You can only set and end these status conditions via the MDA user interface.

1.4 Parallel Status Conditions

Several status conditions can be pending in parallel at every machine and unit. The status with the
highest priority is the main status condition of the machine or unit.
Several automatic status conditions can be pending in parallel but only a maximum of one manual status.
By means of configuration, you specify whether you want to work with parallel status conditions of
whether only one status at a time can be pending.

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1.5 Operator Inputs to Screen Forms

You can make inputs to the user interface screen forms using the mouse or just the keyboard.

Name of the current screen form:

On the SINUMERIK, the system shows the name of the current screen form at the bottom right on the
message line.
On Windows PCs, the system enters the name of the current screen form in the window's header.

Keyboard inputs:

Key Effect
TAB Moves to the next field in the screen form, including the pushbuttons in the footer
HOME Moves to the next field in the screen form, not including the pushbuttons in the footer.
F1-Fxx Pressing function keys F1 to Fxx starts the functions assigned to the pushbuttons in the
footer.
R1-Rxx Depending on the PC or Operator Panel, you execute the pushbuttons on the right-hand
side using the right-hand function keys or Shift + the bottom function keys.
TOGGLE You can use the toggle key to check and uncheck the rows that are marked with ticks (check
marks).
On the SINUMERIK, the toggle key is in the middle of the block of cursor keys and on a PC
it is the figure 5 on the numeric keypad.

Date and time input:

The date and time input has been made very user-friendly:
You have the following options for entering the date:
• Entry in the normal format of the respective country, Example: ‘28.2.1999’ or ‘1999-2-28’
In this case, you must enter the day, month and year and the separator in exactly the same order
as the program outputs the date.
The system uses the format that you specified at configuration of MDA in the ”DAYFORMAT” key
of the masks texts at the actual language.
• date style: ‘280299’ or ‘28081999’
You enter the day, month and year without separators.
The day and the month must be in two-digit form, the year can be in two- or four digit form.
The system interprets the first two digits as the day, the next two as the month and the remaining
digits as the year.
Two digit years are interpreted as follows:
00 .. 90 > 2000 .. 2090
91 .. 99 > 1991 .. 1999
• Paging using the cursor keys:
Using the up arrow and down arrow keys, you can page one day forwards or backwards.
Using the shift key together with up arrow and down arrow keys, you can page one month forwards
or backwards.
• If you enter a date in the ‘From Time’ that is before the first available data record, the system
Automatically sets the "From Time" to the time of the first data record.

In the ”analysis of reason for disturbance” and ”availability” evaluations, you can choose one of the
following time types: ”Current”, ”Day”, ”Week”, ”Month” and ”Year”.

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Special rules apply to time types ”Week”, ”Month” and ”Year”:

• ‘Week’:
- If you enter a day in the "From" field, the system automatically enters the first day of the week of
the entered day when you leave the field.
- If you enter a day in the "To" field, the system automatically enters the last day of the week of the
entered day when you leave the field.
- If you use the cursor keys to page through the "From" field, the system automatically shifts the
date by one week in each case and enters the last day of this week in the "To" field.
- If you use the cursor keys to page through the "To" field, the system automatically shifts the date
by one week in each case, the "To" field is not changed.
• ‘Month’:
Input options with month fields for ”January 1999”:
”01.99” ”01.1999” ”0199” ”011999”
Using the cursor keys, you can page one month forwards and backwards in each case.
If you page in the "From" field, the system automatically assigns the same month to the "To" field.
If you page in the "To" field”, the "From" field is unchanged.
• ‘Year’:
Input options with year fields for ”1999”:
”99” ”1999”
Using the cursor keys, you can page one year forwards and backwards in each case.
If you page in the "From" field, the system automatically assigns the same year to the "To" field.
If you page in the "To" field”, the "From" field is unchanged.

You have the following options for entering the clock time:
• Input in the form ‘HH:MM’, Examples: ‘17:12’, ‘8:08’
The system automatically converts inputs in short form:
”7:2” > ”07:02”
”5” > ”05:00”
”18” > ”18:00”
”:4” > ”00:04”
• Input without a separator, Examples: ‘855’, ‘1205’
If you only enter one or two digits, the system interprets the number as an hour.
If you enter three or four digits, the system interprets the last two digits as minutes and ones before
them as the hour:
”855” > ”08:55”
”1205” > ”12:05”
”120” > ”01:20”
”12” > ”12:00”
”1” > ”01:00”
• Paging using the cursor keys:
Using the up arrow and down arrow keys, you can page one hour forwards or backwards.
Using the shift key together with up arrow and down arrow keys, you can page one minute
forwards or backwards.
Apart from this, the system automatically applies the time range that you set with one evaluation to the
other evaluations.

Zooming the screen forms:

On Windows PCs, you can change the sizes of the screen forms. The system adapts graphics, tables and
lists to the current size of the screen form.
This functionality is not available on the SINUMERIK.
On other Operator Panels, this functionality depends on configuration of the parameters in the "General
Settings" range.

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Filling the screen form with data:

By means of configuration, you can set whether the system fills the screen forms with data as soon as
they are displayed, or not until you click on the OK pushbutton (General Parameters > SCREEN_FILL).
Pressing the RETURN (Enter) key in screen forms has the same effect as clicking on the OK pushbutton.

In the graphic evaluations you can also define whether and at what intervals the graphics are to be
updated if the current time is displayed in the graphic.
(General parameter > GRAPHIC_CYCLE).

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1.6 Printing of Tables / Data Export to Excel

Two print modes are available on the user interface:

• Simple printing:
Printing only as a hard copy of the current screen form
• Extended printing:
Printing of a hard copy and printing of the data in the form of a table and export of the screen form
data to Excel
By means of the configuration of the general settings it is possible to switch backwards and forwards
between the two modes:
General Parameters > GUI_MDE > PRINT_FLAG
Values: 0 – Simple printing
1 – Extended printing

Simple form of printing for ”Hard Copy”:

If this form of printing is chosen, and put into motion, then a hard copy of the actual screen form will be
printed out as a graphic on the default printer of the computer.

Extended form of printing with ”Tables/Export to Excel”:

In the case of extended printing a screen form with a pick list will be displayed first.

On the left-hand side of the screen form you can select a print mode:
• Hard copy of the screen form:
On the default printer of the computer a hard copy of the actual screen form will be printed out as a
graphic. This print mode is available for all screen forms.
• To print the data in the form of a table:
The data of the screen form will be printed as a table with header and subsequent pages.
This print mode is blocked if it is not supported by the actual screen form.
• To draw up the export file for Excel:
The data of the screen forms will be exported in a ”.csv” file. You can import this file in Excel.
The export to Excel is blocked if it is not supported by the actual screen form.

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In the print modes ”hard copy” and ”tables” you can choose a printer on the right-hand side of the screen
form and as a paper format there is a choice between ”Portrait format” or ”Landscape format”.
To export the data to Excel you can specify the path and the name of the export file on the right-hand side
of the screen form.

For your information:

• The function ‘printing’ is only available if at least one printer is set up for the computer.
This can either be a local printer or a network printer.
• The export file to Excel will be drawn up in ‘.csv’-format (Comma Separated Values).
This file can be viewed by using any text editor.
If Microsoft Excel is installed on your system it will be opened by a double click on the file and,
consequently, the data of the screen form will then be viewed in an Excel table.

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2 General Information on Handling

2.1 Information on using the Mouse

All the information on using the right and left mouse buttons refers to the standard mouse settings for
right-handed people that are made in the Windows Control Panel. If your Control Panel settings for the
mouse buttons are for a left-handed person, you should bear this in mind when making the described
inputs.

2.2 The Help System

In the MDA applications, you have available a help system that you can use at every individual stage of
working with the programs. To call the help system, simply press the F1 function key on the top row of the
keyboard.
The help system is context-sensitive, i.e. you are always provided with help that is relevant to the screen
form in which you are currently working. When you press the F1 function key to start the help system, it
always provides an explanation to the screen form where you are located at the time.
Single-clicking on terms that are displayed in green takes you to the desired topic; single-clicking on the
Back pushbutton takes you back to the topic that was displayed previously. The Back pushbutton is
located at the top of the window under the menu bar.

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2.3 Calculating the OEE indicators

The OEE indicators are calculated using the external “OEECalculate” program.
The calculation of the OEE indicators can be adapted in a project-specific way in this program. The
description in this chapter relates to the version of the “OEECalculate” program that is supplied as
standard in MDA.

OEE indicator Formulas:

The OEE indicators provided in the standard are calculated using the following formulas:
Utilization = TPROD / TTARG * 100 %
Availability = (TTARG– TPROB) / TTARG * 100 %
Output = ( ∑Material (Total-UnitMaterial * Targ-CycleTimeMaterial) ) / (TTarg - TPROB) * 100 %
Quality = (∑Material (Total-UnitMaterial – Scrap-UnitMaterial)) / (∑Material Total-UnitMaterial) * 100 %
OEEMachine = Availability * Output * Quality / 1,000,000
MTBF = TPROD / Number of Faults
MTTR = Duration of Faults / Number of Faults

TPROD Useful operating time machine/unit productive operating time

TTARG Planned utilization time is the time during which operation of the machine/aggregate was planned
according to the plant schedule
TPROB is the time during which there were technical problems on the machine/unit

Planning data parameters:

The program reads the following parameters from the customizing data:
• Flag indicating whether works calendar being used:
General parameters > GLOB > WITH_SHIFT
This parameter defines how the planned utilization time is calculated (see below).
• Flag indicating whether BDE data acquisition is taking place (quantities, part types):
General parameters > GLOB > WITH_BDE_ACQUISITION
This parameter defines how the number of units and the target cycle time are calculated (see
below).

With plant schedule: time types option:

The “time types” option is used to define the works calendar time types to which the evaluation relates.
The following restrictions apply:
‘Current’ period
The customized time types are not taken into consideration. The entire duration is analysed in all
cases.
‘Shift’, ‘Day’, ‘Week’, ‘Month’, ‘Year’ period
The customized time types are taken into consideration when calculating the useful operating time,
the general faults and technical faults.
You can select either “Entire period”, in which case data is accumulated for the entire period, or
one or more time types such as “Working Time”, “Break”, “Free Time” etc. In this case the data is
accumulated in the period for these time types.
For example, this can be used to calculate what the OEE indicators were during working hours.

Time type selection is independent of status group.

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Calculation of planned utilization time TTARG:

with plant schedule (WITH_SHIFT = 1)

- ‘Shift’, ‘Day’, ‘Week’, ‘Month’, ‘Year’ period
TTARG = Total time for “Working Time” time type for all statuses

Times in “DAUER_0" column in the “SCHICHTSUMME", “TAGESSUMME" tables are totalled...

The customized utilization time and time types are ignored in this case.

Note: the planned utilization time for free shifts and maintenance shifts is 0 with “Shift”
compression.

- “Current” period

TTARG = Total duration of all customized statuses

In this case the times in the “DAUER_SEK” column are totaled in the reports for all statuses
that were marked in the “Planned utilization time” column when the OEE indicators were
planned.
The time type customization is ignored in this case.

• Without plant schedule (WITH_SHIFT = 0)

TTARG = Total duration of all customized statuses

In this case the times in the “DAUER_SEK” column in the “TAGESSUMME” tables are totaled for
the statuses that were marked in the “Planned utilization time” column when the OEE indicators
were customized.

Quantity calculations:
• If BDE Acquisition (WITH_BDE_ACQUISITION = 1) is being used, the part type quantities in the
“BDE_SCHICHTSUMME”, “BDE_TAGESSUMME”, ... tables are totaled.
The total quantity is calculated from the sum total of the “DE_DELTA_A_S“, “DE_DELTA_B_S“
and “DE_DELTA_C_S“ columns.
The scrap quantity is taken from the “DE_DELTA_B_S“ column.
• If BDE Acquisition (WITH_BDE_ACQUISITION = 0) is not being used, the machine/unit
quantities in the “SCHICHTSUMME“, “TAGESSUMME“, ... tables are totaled.
The total quantity is calculated from the sum total of the “DE_VAL_A”, “DE_VAL_B“ and
“DE_VAL_C“ columns for all statuses in the period.
The scrap quantity is taken from the “DE_VAL_B“ column.

Target cycle time calculations:

• If BDE Acquisition (WITH_BDE_ACQUISITION = 1) is being used, the part type target cycle
times in the “BDE_SCHICHTSUMME“, “BDE_TAGESSUMME“, ... tables are totaled.
The target cycle time is taken from the “CYCLE_TOT_TARG“ columns. If this column is
unoccupied, the actual cycle time “CYCLE_TOT_ACT“ is used instead of the target cycle time.
• If BDE Acquisition (WITH_BDE_ACQUISITION = 0) is not being used, the machine/unit cycle time
is used. If this is 0, the output is set to 0%.

Notes:
• If the planned utilization time TTARG is equal to the technical fault time TPROB, the output is set to “0“.

If the planned utilization time TTARG = 0, this period is not displayed (e.g. free shifts, maintenance shifts).

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3 Functionality of the User Interface

3.1 Starting the User Interface on a PC Running Windows NT

The user interface is started as follows:

! Click on the ‘Start’ button in the toolbar and select menu option ‘Programs > MDA > Machine Data
Evaluation’.
If you have already started the MDA system on the computer, the system automatically displays the MDA
user interface and on exiting restarts it automatically.

After starting the user interface, the system displays the login screen. When you enter a valid user name
and its associated password, the start screen is displayed that you defined as such at configuration.
If you specified at configuration that the system is to start without a login screen, the user group that you
entered at configuration is used and the system immediately displays the configured start screen.

As-delivered, the main screen is configured as the start screen:

You can switch to the individual screen forms using the menu bar and the pushbuttons on the footer.
The functions that you have available depend on the configured authorization group.

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3.2 Starting the User Interface on a SINUMERIK

On an operator panel of the SINUMERIK, you press the function button labelled ”MDA Machine”.
If you specified at configuration that the system is to start without a login screen, the user name that you
entered at configuration is used and the system immediately displays the configured start screen.

The following screenshot shows an example of the layout on the SINUMERIK:

You use the pushbuttons on the footer to switch to the individual screen forms.
The functions that you have available depend on the configured authorization group.
You can change the authorization group using function ”Login Screen” on the main screen.

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3.3 Starting the User Interface on an Operator Panel Running Windows NT

On the Operator Panels, you start the user interface in the same way as on a PC running Windows NT.
The bottom and right-hand pushbuttons are configured differently depending on the Operator Panel's
function keys. Example: On the SIMATIC Panel PC 670, the system supports ten function keys at the
bottom and six on the left-hand side with the functions being distributed accordingly.
By means of OEM configuration, it is possible to change the number of pushbuttons at the bottom and on
the right and the functions that are assigned to the pushbuttons in the individual screen forms.

In the case of the Operator Panels, the user interface screen is started filled and you cannot zoom it. You
can change the user interface's start mode by configuring the "General Settings".

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3.4 Menu Bar

You can carry out the program functions using the symbol pushbuttons on the footer and on the right side
as well as the menu bar.
On the SINUMERIK, no menu bar is available; in this case, you make your inputs using just the
pushbuttons on the footer and on the right side.
Using the menu you can, from any one screen form, call any other one. The functions that you see in the
menu depend on the current authorization group.
Structure of the menu if all the functions are available:

File Menu Commands Function

Login screen Displays the login screen to log in again.
Print screen form Outputs a hardcopy or a list of the current screen form or exports the
data for Excel
End Exits from the user interface

Evaluations Menu Commands Function

Select units Chooses a preferred machine or unit
Select status conditions Chooses the status conditions to be displayed
Evaluation groups Configures analysis groups
Status analysis Displays the course of the status conditions
Analysis of disturbance cause Displays the duration and frequency of status conditions
Availability analysis Outputs status conditions in percent
Machine counter of time Display quantities over a time period
Status analysis for evaluation groups Display status analysis for an evaluation group
Analysis of disturbance cause for evaluation Display status duration and frequency for an evaluation group
groups
Availability analysis for evaluation groups Display statuses in percent for an evaluation group
Machine counter of time for evaluation Display quantities over a time period for an evaluation group
groups
Machine counter of machines for evaluation Display quantities per machine/unit over a time period for an
groups evaluation group
Current status conditions Displays current status conditions
Logbook Display event logbook
Log Display event log
Prioritized log Display log containing highest priorities

Confirmations Menu Commands Function

Machine messages Sets the manual status/reason for disturbance

Options Menu Commands Function

Language: German / English / ... Switches languages
System Logbook Displays MDA's system logbook

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Help Menu Commands Function

Contents Displays this help
About Displays the version number of the user interface

Functions ”End”, ”Help - Contents”, ”Help - About” and ”Options - Language” are not available on the
SINUMERIK.
MDA always uses the current SINUMERIK language. If this language is not available in MDA, the English
language will be used.
The menu bar can be extended with more functions with the user interface „Customizing OEM Data“.

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3.5 Buttons and Toolbar

You can see buttons at the bottom and right-hand side of the screen form. When you use the mouse or
the tabulator key to move the cursor to one of the pushbuttons, a tooltip is displayed on the message line
that describes the pushbutton in more detail. The tooltip shows you the actions that are triggered by the
individual pushbuttons.

Button Operation:
! The bottom buttons can be triggered directly using function keys F1 to Fxx.
! On a PC the buttons on the right can be triggered directly using function keys SHIFT+F1 to
SHIFT+Fxx (Rxx). On the SINUMERIK and the Operator Panel they are triggered using the
function keys on the right.
! The buttons can also be operated using the mouse.
! It is possible to switch to a button using the TAB key and trigger it by pressing the enter key or the
space bar.
! The bottom buttons ( Customizing (User) > General parameters > GUI_MDE >
WITH_BUTTONBAR_BOTTOM ) and the buttons on the right ( Customizing (User) > General
parameters > GUI_MDE > WITH_BUTTONBAR_RIGHT ) can be disabled by means of
customizing.

Note
For meaningful operation the bottom and right-hand buttons should always be enabled and
disabled together by means of customizing.

Button Appearance and Lettering:

The customizing ( Customizing (User) > General parameters > GUI_MDE > BUTTON_ICON ) is used to
define whether the buttons are displayed with text or symbols on them.
On the SINUMERIK the buttons are marked with text by default, and are marked with symbols on the PC
and the Operator Panel.

Toolbar
In addition to, or as an alternative to the buttons at the bottom and on the right-hand side, the customizing
facility ( Customizing (User) > General parameters > GUI_MDE > WITH_TOOLBAR ) can be used to
display a toolbar beneath the menu bar, from which the screens can be operated.

Configuring the Buttons on the Screens:

The following list contains the symbols and text for the buttons, the icon in the toolbar and the assigned
function.

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Buttons Toolbar Function

Icon Text Icon

Save Fills the current screen form with data.

preferred Saves changes.
unit
Cancel Discards the changes and displays the screen form
again with the original data.

Back one Goes back to the previous screen form.

screen The system remembers a maximum of 10 screen
forms.
Main Ü Returns you to the main screen.
Screen

Select row Chooses the current row in a list.

Select all Chooses all the rows in a list. If you have already
chosen all the rows, the selection is cancelled.

Delete Deletes the data.

Machine Enter manually the status for a unit.

message

Select unit Choose a preferred machine and unit.

Disturban. Shows the duration and frequency of status

analysis conditions for a period of time.

Status Shows the course of status conditions for a period of

analysis time.

Availability Shows the distribution of main status conditions and

analysis the availability of the machine.

Select Chooses status conditions and other configurations

Status for screen forms Analysis of Reason and for
Disturbance Status Analysis.
Counter of Displays quantities of all selected part types over a
time time period.

Evaluation Defines evaluation groups.

group

Disturban. Shows the duration and frequency of status

eval. grp. conditions for a period of time for all units of an
analysis group.
Status Shows the course of status conditions for a period of
eval. grp. time for all units of an analysis group.

Availability Shows the distribution of main status conditions and

eval. grp. availability of the machine for all units of an analysis
group.
Counter/Time Displays quantities of all selected part types in an
eval. grp. evaluation group over a time period.

Counter/Ma. Displays quantities of all selected part types in an

eval. grp. evaluation group over a time period. The information
is displayed for each machine and unit.

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Logbook Displays the logbook as a table.

Log Displays the log of the status conditions as a table.

Prioritized Displays the log containing the main status

log conditions as a table.

System Displays MDA's system logbook as a table.

logbook

Print Hard copy, printout or export of data in current

screen form screen form

Login Displays the login screen to change user groups.

Help texts Displays Help.

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3.6 Select Units

Activation Text Icon

! Button Select unit

! Toolbar

! Menu bar Evaluations > Select units

In this screen form, you can see the current status with the highest priority of all the machines in a plant or
of all the units of a machine.
You can use this screen form to define a preferred machine and a preferred unit.

Default setting of the screen form:

At display, the screen form contains the following default values:
• Plant, machine: Preset machine
• Table: All the units of the preferred machine
• Below the Table: Saved preferred machine and unit

Operator inputs in the screen form:

! In the ‘Plant’ and ‘Machine’ pick lists, you can switch to another machine.
! If you choose the first entry (*) in the ‘Machine’ pick list, the system displays in the table the main

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units of all the machines.

If you choose a single machine in the pick list, the system displays in the table all the units of this
machine.
! In the table, you can also select one unit. When other screen forms of this user interface are
displayed, the system enters this unit as the preferred unit.
! If you want the preferred unit to apply after exiting and restarting the user interface, you must use
the ”Save Preferred Unit” pushbutton to take the preferred unit into the data management system.

Updating the Data

The status data in the tables is updated cyclically.
The update cycle time is configured using
“General parameters > GUI_MDE > AGGLIST_CYCLE”

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3.7 Machine Messages by Means of Lists

Activation Text Icon

! Button Machine
message

! Toolbar

! Menu bar Confirmations > Machine messages

There are two variations of this screen form available:

• Select status conditions by means of lists (this screen form)
• Select status conditions by means of function keys (see next chapter)

Using this screen form, you can set manual status conditions for machines and units.

Default setting of the screen form:

At display, the screen form contains the following default values:
• Plant, machine, unit: Preset machine and unit
• Comment: Blank field
• Function list: All the status conditions that can be entered manually

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Operator inputs in the screen form:

! Using pick lists ‘Plant’, ‘Machine’ and ‘Unit’, you can switch to another machine or another unit.
! The Unit Type field shows whether you have chosen a main unit (i.e. a machine) or a unit of a
machine.
In the ‘Status’ field, the system outputs the status of the unit that is currently pending and that has
the highest priority.
! In the ‘Comment’ field, you can specify a comment for a manual status that explains the cause of a
disturbance, for example.
! You use the ‘function list’ to choose the desired main status condition. If sub-status conditions are
defined for this main status condition, the system displays them in the adjacent list and you can
choose the one that you want.
! After choosing the desired main status condition and possibly the sub-status condition and
possibly entering a comment, you can transfer the status to the data management system by
clicking on the OK button or by pressing the ENTER-key.
! After this, the system briefly displays the new status in the field of the same name if the unit's
status has the highest priority.
! Every machine and every unit can have a maximum of one manual status. Setting a manual status
for a machine or a unit ends a pending manual status.
! You end the manual status by means of main status condition ‘Manual status off’. From then
onwards, the status conditions apply again that the SINUMERIK automatically acquires.

Activation of this screen form:

In the standard installation this screen form (setting of the status conditions by means of lists) is activated.
By means of the configuration OEM-data you can specify yourself which of the two screen forms you wish
to use. Assign the pushbutton, with which you wish to call the screen form, by
! ‘M_STATMELD’ for the screen form ‘To set the status conditions by means of lists’
! ‘M_BUTTMELD’ for the screen form ‘To set the status conditions by means of function keys’.

Updating the data:

The system carries out automatic cyclical updating of the status of the machine in the screen form.
You specify the cycle time for updating the screen form in Configuration of User Data under
‘General parameters > GUI_MDE > MASCHMELD_CYCLE’.

See also the Chapters entitled “Grouping Status Conditions” and “Parallel Status Conditions”.

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3.8 Machine Messages by Means of Function Keys

Activation Text Icon

! Button Machine
message

! Toolbar

! Menu bar Confirmations > Machine messages

This is an optional screen. It is only available if it has been enabled and the screen has been placed in the
menu bar using Configuration of OEM Data and a button has been placed on the toolbar.

There are two variations of this screen form available:

• Select status conditions by means of lists (see chapter “Machine Messages by Means of Lists”)
• Select status conditions by means of function keys (this screen form)

You can set manual status conditions for machines and units in this screen form. The status conditions
are selected by means of function keys.

Pre-setting of the screen form:

At display, the screen form contains the following default values:
• Plant, machine, unit: Pre-set machine and unit
• Comment: empty field
• Function keys on the right-hand side: All main status conditions
• Function keys on the bottom of the screen:
- F1: End manual state
- F2 – F7: Sub-status conditions for the selected main status
- F8: Exit the screen form
• If a manual status condition is pending, then an indication bar will be displayed with a green
background.

Operator inputs in the Screen Form:

In this screen form you can set manual status conditions for either individual machines or units or status
conditions for a whole group of machines.
To select an individual machine / individual unit:
! By choosing from the pick lists ‘plant’, ‘machine’ and ‘unit’ you can switch to another machine or
unit.
- The field ‘unit type’ will indicate to you whether you have chosen a main unit (that is, a
machine) or a unit from a machine.
- In the field ‘status ‘ the status condition of the unit is given, which is pending at that time and
has the highest priority.

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To select the group of machines:

! You can choose a group of machines by means of the optional displayed pick list ‘group of
Machines’.
! If you choose a group of machines the choice of units will be deleted.
If you choose a unit, the group of machines will be deleted.
! If you set a status by using the function keys situated at the bottom of the screen and a group of
machines has been chosen, the status will then be set for all machines and units of the machine
group in which this status is defined.

In the field ”comment” you can specify a comment for a manual status condition which explains, for
example, the cause of a disturbance.

To select a manual status:

! The function keys on the right-hand side can be used to choose the required main status
condition.
If there are more main status conditions defined than function keys available on the right then you
can shift to further main status conditions by using the last function key on the bottom right-hand
side.
! The sub-status conditions of the chosen main status condition will be indicated on the lower
function keys. If a main status condition has no sub-status conditions then the main status
condition itself will be entered at the bottom.
Both the first and last function keys have already been assigned.
If there are more sub-status conditions defined than function keys available at the bottom, then you
can shift to further sub-status conditions in the main status by pressing the right function key more
than once.

To set the manual status:

! A comment can be entered, if so wished.
! Choose the required main status condition on the right.
! By choosing a sub-status condition at the bottom, this sub-status condition will then be set at the
machine, unit or group of machines.
The new status will be indicated shortly after in the field ”status”, if it is the status with the highest priority
for that machine or unit.
Each machine and each unit can have a maximum of one manual status. If you set a manual status for a
machine or unit then any pending manual status condition will be terminated.
By pressing the first function key on the bottom of the screen ”End, manual status condition off” the
manual status condition will be terminated. From then on those status conditions will apply again that are
automatically acquired by the process control.

To activate this screen form:

In the standard installation the screen form ”To set the status conditions by means of lists” activated.
By means of the configuration OEM-data you are able to specify yourself which of the two screen forms
you wish to use. Assign the pushbutton, with which you wish to call the screen form, by
! ‘M_STATMELD’ for the screen form ‘To set the status conditions by means of lists’
! ‘M_BUTTMELD’ for the screen form ‘To set the status conditions by means of function keys’.

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To update the data:

The status of the machine in the screen form will be updated periodically.
The cycle time for the up-dating of the screen form will be specified in Configuration of User Data under
”General parameters > GUI_MDE > MASCHMELD_CYCLE”.
See also the chapters entitled “Grouping Status Conditions” and “Parallel Status Conditions”.

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3.9 Detail View

Activation Text Icon

! Button Detail view

! Toolbar

! Menu bar Evaluations > Detail view

In the screen form, you can choose a machine using pick lists.
Below the lists, the system outputs data of the machine. By means of configuration, you specify the data
of the machine that is to be displayed in the screen form. This can be machine counters, for example.

Updating the data:

The system carries out automatic cyclical updating of the data of the machine in the screen form.
You specify the cycle time for updating the screen form in the configuration under
”General parameters > GUI_MDE > MASCHMELD_CYCLE”.

Customizing a Button, Making Additions to the Toolbar and Menu bar:

The “Detail View” screen is not activated in the standard installation.
In order to enable the detail view, a button must be added for the “M_DETAIL” screen and put into the
toolbar and the menu bar.
A more detailed description of button, toolbar and menu bar customizing can be found in the “MDA
Customizing“ user guide.

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3.10 Select Status Conditions

Activation Text Icon

! Button Select
status

! Toolbar

! Menu bar Evaluations > Select status conditions

On the SINUMERIK and on Operator Panels this screen form masks the one that was displayed
previously.
On PCs, the system displays it as a separate screen form with a frame. The current screen form is still
visible but you cannot make any inputs to it while this screen form is displayed.
You edit the evaluation definitions in this follow up screen form to screen forms ”Analysis of Disturbance
Cause” and ”Status Analysis”.

Default setting of the screen form:

At display, the screen form contains the following default values:
• Name of the evaluation definition:
Name of the saved evaluation definition that is selected in screen form ”Analysis of Disturbance
Cause” or ”Status Analysis.
• Status group
The system displays the status group of the unit that is selected in screen form ”Analysis of
Disturbance Cause” or ”Status Analysis.

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• ‘Status conditions to be displayed’ list: The system enters all the status conditions of the status
group in the list. The status conditions that are to be displayed in the graphic are indicated by a
check mark (tick).
• Minimum duration, minimum frequency, status type and sorting:
The values that are stored in the evaluation definition are displayed.
• Time types:
This frame is only displayed if you are working with the works calendar.
The time types that are taken into consideration in this evaluation definition are entered.

Meanings of the screen form fields:

You use this screen form to create several evaluation definitions.
In each evaluation definition you specify, for each of the status groups that you are using, the status
conditions that the system is to display in the ”analysis of reason for disturbance” and ”status analysis”
graphics.
The ”minimum duration” and ”minimum frequency” stipulations allow you to specify that the system
only displays status conditions in the graphic whose durations – totaled over the selected time range – are
greater than or equal to the minimum duration defined here and whose frequencies are greater than or
equal to the minimum frequency defined here.
The system only displays the "Status type" pick list if you are working with parallel status conditions in
your plant.
In the ”Status type” pick list, you specify, for the ”analysis of reason for disturbance” and ”status analysis”
graphics whether the system is to display ”All status conditions” or ”Highest priority status conditions
only”.
With the ”Analysis of disturbance cause”, this selection only affects the ”Current” status type.
In the case of ”All status conditions”, the system displays the data of the log i.e. parallel status conditions
are also considered.
In the case of ”Highest priority status conditions only”, the system displays the data of the ”Prioritized log”.
This log contains for each time slice only the highest priority status.
In the ”Sorting” pick list, you specify how the data is sorted in the ”Analysis of reason for disturbance”
graphic. There are four sorting criteria to choose from:
• ‘Status numbers’
• ‘Status designations’ - alphabetical list of status names
• ‘Duration’
• ‘Frequency’

“Time Types“ is used to define the works calendar time types to which the evaluation relates in the
“Analysis of disturbance cause” graphic. This selection is only displayed if you are working with the works
calendar.
The following restrictions apply:
• The time types are not taken into consideration in the ‘Current’ period during which the logs are
evaluated. The entire period is always evaluated in this case.
The time types are only taken into consideration in the “Shift”, “Day”, “Week”, “Month” and “Year”
compressions.
• The status frequency in the ‘Analysis of disturbance cause’ evaluation always relates to the entire
period. Only the status duration can be calculated for each time type.
• Select either ‘Entire Period’, in which case the status duration is accumulated over the entire
period, or select one or more time types such as “Working Time”, “Break”, “Free Time” etc., in
which case the status duration will be accumulated for the period for these time types.
For example, this can be used to determine how long disturbances existed during working time.

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Operator inputs in the screen form:

If you change the choice of status conditions for a status group or the minimum duration or minimum
frequency, you cannot leave the screen form or choose other status groups and evaluation definitions
until you have first saved your changes by clicking on ”OK” or rejected them by clicking on ”Cancel”.
In the list you select/deselect the individual status conditions as follows:
! By clicking on the check box next to the status text.
! By clicking on the status text of the currently selected status.
! By selecting a status either by clicking on it or using the Up or Down cursor keys and then
pressing
the space bar.
! Not on Windows-PC: Pressing the ‘Select row’ pushbutton checks/unchecks the currently selected
status in the list.
! By pressing the toggle key. On the SINUMERIK, this key is in the middle of the block of cursor
keys and on a PC it is the figure 5 on the numeric keypad (if you do not press the NUMLOCK key).
Apart from this, you can delete evaluation definitions that are no longer needed. When you do this, the
evaluation definition is deleted with all its status groups.

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3.11 Analysis of Disturbance Cause

Activation Text Icon

! Button Disturban.
Analysis

! Toolbar

! Menu bar Evaluations > Analysis of disturbance cause

The screen form shows you for a specified period of time and for a selected unit the status conditions that
occurred, their durations and their frequencies.

Default setting of the screen form:

At display, the screen form contains the following default values:
• Plant, machine, unit: Preset machine and unit
• Period of time:
On first displaying a screen form with period of time:
- From: Current instant - Configured default period
- To: Current instant + 30 minutes
Otherwise:
Period of time that was last selected in a screen form.

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• Definition
Name of the saved evaluation definition.
• ‘All status conditions’/’Highest priority status conditions only’
The system displays this only if your plant is running with parallel status conditions.
It indicates whether you specified in the evaluation definition that ”All Status Conditions” including
parallel ones are to be applied or whether the system is only to evaluate ”Highest priority status
conditions only”.
This only has an effect with time type ”Current”. For the other time types, there are only
evaluations by highest priority status conditions.
• Graphic: Data of the period

Operator inputs in the screen form:

In the screen form, you can
• choose a machine and a unit in pick lists,
• specify a time range.

If you choose a single machine in the "Machine" pick list, the system displays in the "Units" pick list all the
units of this machine.
If you choose the asterisk (*) entry in the "Machine" pick list, the "Units" pick list shows all the units and all
the machines of the current plant.
If you use wildcards to enter a filter in the ”Machine” pick list (e.g. mill*), the "Units" pick list shows the
names of all the units and all the machines of the current plant that match the filter.
Important! The system only enters units in the unit list that match the ”Machine” selection and for whose
status group status conditions are selected in the chosen ”evaluation definition”.

Period Types:
In MDA, the statistical data is stored in different degrees of compression:
• ‘Current’ - Current log or current priority log
This contains the latest status conditions and goes back a fixed number of entries into the past.
You specify the maximum number of entries in the log by means of configuration.
The system reads the data out of the ”log” if you are working with parallel status conditions and
you chose status type ”Display all status conditions” in the evaluation definition.
Otherwise, the system takes the data from the ”priority log”.
• ‘Shift’” - Compression for shifts
The total status time for each unit is stored for each shift.
The number of shifts in the shift compression is defined by means of configuration.
The “Shift” time type is only displayed if you are using the works calendar.
The days and the shift numbers are assumed to have separate “from” - “to” ranges.

Example:
If “2” is entered in shift number “from” and “4” is entered as shift number “to”, shifts 2, 3
and 4 are evaluated for all days in the entered period.
• ‘Day’ - Compression for days
The system stores the total times of the status conditions per unit for every day.
You specify the number of days in day compression by means of configuration.
• ‘Week’ - Compression for weeks
The system stores the total times of the status conditions per unit for every week.
You specify the number of weeks in week compression by means of configuration.

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• ‘Month’ - Compression for months

The system stores the total times of the status conditions per unit for every month.
You specify the number of months in month compression by means of configuration.
• ‘Year’ - Compression for years
The system stores the total times of the status conditions per unit for every year.
You specify the number of years in year compression by means of configuration.
Using the ”Period” pick list, you can choose the current log or priority log (”Current”) or a compression
range (“Shift”, ”Day”, ”Week”, ”Month”, ”Year”).

Contents of the graphic:

The system only shows the status conditions that are selected in the evaluation definition for the status
group of the chosen unit and whose minimum frequencies and minimum durations are greater than or
equal to the minimum values that are specified in the evaluation definition.
If the minimum frequency and minimum duration are set to 0, the system displays all the data.
If none of the status conditions meets the stipulations, a message is issued.
The following applies to time type ”Current” only: If the current instant is displayed in the graphic, the
system determines the currently pending status conditions and includes them in the statistical calculation
in addition to the status data in the log.
If it is not possible to display all the status conditions in the visible area of the graphic, you can use the
vertical scroll bar to view the other status conditions.
Sub-status conditions are marked by a greater than character (>).

Calculation of Duration when Time Types are Selected in the Evaluation Definition:
If you use the MDA works calendar on your system, the evaluation definition can be used to define the
works calendar time types to which the status durations relate.
The following restrictions apply:
• The time types are not taken into consideration in the ‘Current’ period during which the logs are
evaluated. The entire period is always evaluated in this case.
The time types are only taken into consideration in the “Shift”, “Day”, “Week”, “Month” and “Year”
compressions.
• The status frequency in the ‘Analysis of disturbance cause’ evaluation always relates to the entire
period. Only the status duration can be calculated for each time type.
• Select either ‘Entire Period’, in which case the status duration is accumulated over the entire
period.
• If you have selected one or more time types such as “Working Time”, “Break”, “Free Time” etc.,
the status duration will be accumulated for the period for these time types.
For example, this can be used to determine how long the disturbances existed during working
time.

Choosing status conditions for the graphic, sorting the data:

Clicking on the ”Select status conditions” pushbutton displays a follow up screen form in which you can
edit the evaluation definitions. This allows you to specify, amongst other things, the status conditions that
are to be displayed in the graphic and how the data is to be sorted.

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Data refresh:
You can set a refresh time for the screen form in the configuration:
”General parameters > GUI_MDE > GRAPHIC_CYCLE”.

Click on the OK button or press the ENTER-key if you want to update the screen form.

See also the Chapters entitled “Grouping Status Conditions” and “Parallel Status Conditions”.
For the settings of the evaluation definition, see the Chapter entitled “Select Status Conditions”.
For a description of the different options with date fields, refer to the Chapter entitled “Operator Inputs to
Screen Forms”.

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3.12 Status Analysis

Activation Text Icon

! Button Status
analysis

! Toolbar

! Menu bar Evaluations > Status analysis

The screen form shows you the course of status conditions for a specified period of time and for a
selected unit.

Default setting of the screen form:

At display, the screen form contains the following default values:
• Plant, machine, unit: Preset machine and unit
• Period of time:
On first displaying a screen form with period of time:
- From: Current instant - Configured default period
- To: Current instant + 30 minutes
Otherwise:
Period of time that was last selected in a screen form.

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• Definition
Name of the saved evaluation definition.
• ‘All status conditions’/’Highest priority status conditions only’
The system displays this only if your plant is running with parallel status conditions.
It indicates whether you specified in the evaluation definition that ”All Status Conditions” including
parallel ones are to be applied or whether the system is only to display ”Highest priority status
conditions only”.
• Graphic: Data of the period

Operator inputs in the screen form:

In the screen form, you can
! choose a machine and a unit in pick lists,
! specify a time range and
! set a zoom factor for the time axis.
If you choose a single machine in the "Machine" pick list, the system displays in the "Units" pick list all the
units of this machine.
If you choose the asterisk (*) entry in the "Machine" pick list, the "Units" pick list shows all the units and all
the machines of the current plant.
If you use wildcards to enter a filter in the ”Machine” pick list (e.g. mill*), the "Units" pick list shows the
names of all the units and all the machines of the current plant that match the filter.
Important! The system only enters units in the unit list that match the ”Machine” selection and for whose
status group status conditions are selected in the chosen ”evaluation definition”.
If you choose another unit or change the time range, the system clears the graphic. When you click on the
OK pushbutton or when you press the ENTER-key, the system sets up the graphic with the current
specified data.

Contents of the graphic:

The system only shows the status conditions that are selected in the evaluation definition for the status
group of the chosen unit and whose minimum frequencies and minimum durations – totalled over the
selected time range – are greater than or equal to the minimum values that are specified in the evaluation
definition.
If the minimum frequency and minimum duration are set to 0, the system displays all the data.
If none of the status conditions meets the stipulations, a message is issued.
The system reads the data out of the ”log” if you are working with parallel status conditions and you chose
status type ”Display all status conditions” in the evaluation definition.
Otherwise, the system takes the data from the ”priority log”.
If the current instant is displayed in the graphic, the system determines the currently pending status
conditions and displays them in the graphic in addition to the status data in the log.
Status conditions that are less than one pixel wide in the graphic are suppressed and you cannot see
them until you zoom the time axis.
If status conditions are suppressed, the system displays the number of invisible status conditions on the
message line.
If it is not possible to display all the status conditions in the visible area of the graphic, you can use the
vertical scroll bar to view the other status conditions.
Sub-status conditions are marked by a greater than character (>).

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The system can read a maximum of 2000 status conditions for one time range. If there are more status
conditions in the time range, the system issues a message and displays only the first 2000 status
conditions.

Zooming the time axis:

! Using the ‘Zoom’ field, you can set the distribution of the time axis between 1% and 100 %.
! You can use the Up and Down cursor keys to choose one of the preset values (100% - 75% - 50%
- 25% - 10% - 1%). You can also enter directly a number between 1 and 100.
A zoom value of 10% means that the time axis takes 10% of the time range in the window.
The maximum distribution of the time axis is five minutes for the graphic that is displayed in the window. If
you enter a zoom size that is too low, the system sets it to the lowest possible value for the current time
range.
With zoom sizes below 100%, you can use the horizontal scrollbar to move the visible time range.

Choosing status conditions for the graphic:

! Clicking on the ‘Select status conditions’ pushbutton displays a follow up screen form in which you
can edit the evaluation definitions. This allows you to specify, amongst other things, the status
conditions that are to be displayed in the graphic.

Data refresh:
You can set a refresh time for the screen form in the configuration:
”General parameters > GUI_MDE > GRAPHIC_CYCLE”.
Click on the OK button or press the ENTER-key if you want to update the screen form.

See also the Chapters entitled “Grouping Status Conditions” and “Parallel Status Conditions”.
For the settings of the evaluation definition, see the Chapter entitled “Select Status Conditions”.
For a description of the different options with date fields, refer to the Chapter “Operator Inputs to Screen
Forms”.

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3.13 Availability Analysis

Activation Text Icon

! Button Availability
analysis

! Toolbar

! Menu bar Evaluations > Availability analysis

The screen form notifies you of the duration and frequency, given as a percentage, of the main status
conditions for a specified period and for a selected unit, as well as the total availability and the capacity
utilization of the machine during this period.

Default setting of the screen form:

At display, the screen form contains the following default values:
• Plant, machine: Preset machine
• Period of time:
On first displaying a screen form with period of time:
- From: Current instant - Configured default period
- To: Current instant + 30 minutes
Otherwise:
Period of time that was last selected in a screen form.

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• Graphic: Data of the period

Operator inputs in the screen form:

In the screen form, you can
! choose a machine in pick lists,
! specify a time type and a time range.
If it is not possible to display all the status conditions in the visible area of the graphic, you can use the
horizontal scroll bar to view the other status conditions.
If you choose another machine or change the time range, the system clears the graphic. When you click
on the OK pushbutton or when you press the ENTER-key, the system sets up the graphic with the current
specified data.

Time types:
In MDA, the statistical data is stored in different degrees of compression:
• ‘Current’ - Current priority log
This contains the latest status conditions and goes back a fixed number of entries into the past.
You specify the maximum number of entries in the log by means of configuration.
• ‘Shift’ - Compression for shifts
The total status times per unit are stored for each shift.
The number of shifts in the shift compression is defined by means of configuration.
The “Shift” time type is only displayed if you are using the works calendar.
The days and the shift numbers are assumed to have separate “from” - “to” ranges.

Example:
If “2” is entered in shift number “from” and “4” is entered as shift number “to”, shifts 2, 3
and 4 are evaluated for all days in the entered period.
• ‘Day’ - Compression for days
The system stores the total times of the status conditions per unit for every day.
You specify the number of days in day compression by means of configuration.
• ‘Week’ - Compression for weeks
The system stores the total times of the status conditions per unit for every week.
You specify the number of weeks in week compression by means of configuration.
• ‘Month’ - Compression for months
The system stores the total times of the status conditions per unit for every month.
You specify the number of months in month compression by means of configuration.
• ‘Year’ - Compression for years
The system stores the total times of the status conditions per unit for every year.
You specify the number of years in year compression by means of configuration.
Using the ”Time types” pick list, you can choose the current log or priority log (”Current”) or a compression
range (”Day”, ”Week”, ”Month”, ”Year”).
The following applies to time type ”Current” only: If the current instant is displayed in the graphic, the
system determines the currently pending status condition with the highest priority and includes them in the
statistical calculation in addition to the status data in the priority log.

Explanations of the data in the screen form:

• Legend and graphic:
In the legend, the status conditions are sorted from top to bottom in the same way as the system
displays them from right to left in the graphic.

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The legend and the graphic are divided by a line into two areas.
In the top section of the legend and in the left-hand section of the graphic, the system outputs the
status conditions that are included in availability.
In the bottom section of the legend and in the right-hand section of the graphic, you can see the
status conditions that are not included in availability.
In the availability analysis only the main status conditions will be taken into account.
• Bar labels:
The system outputs above each bar the duration of the status in the selected time range. Below
this, there is a display of the time's percentage share of the ”operating time” or the ”total time”.

Configuring the graphic:

Using the ”Parameter. Availability” pushbutton you can display a follow up screen form in which you can
edit the settings for calculating the availability and the display.

Data Calculation when Time Types are Selected in the Evaluation Definition:
If you use the MDA works calendar on your system, the OEE code configuration can be used to define the
works calendar time types to which the status durations relate.
The time types are taken into consideration in the calculation of the planned usage time, the total time, the
status bar and the “Availability” and “Utilization“ codes.
The following restrictions apply:
• The time types are not taken into consideration in the ‘Current’ period during which the logs are
evaluated. The entire period is always evaluated in this case.
The time types are only taken into consideration in the “Shift”, “Day”, “Week”, “Month” and “Year”
compressions.
• The data over the entire period is accumulated when using the ‘Total Time’ time type.
If you have selected one or more time types such as “Working Time”, “Break”, “Free Time” etc., the
data is accumulated for these time types for the period.
This can be used to calculate availability during working time, for example.
• Total Time: Sum total of duration of all main statuses.

Data refresh:
You can set a refresh time for the screen form in the configuration:
”General Parameters > GUI_MDE > GRAPHIC_CYCLE”.
Click on the OK button or press the ENTER-key if you want to update the screen form.

See also the Chapter entitled “Grouping Status Conditions”.

For a description of the different options with date fields, refer to the Chapter “Operator Inputs to Screen
Forms”.

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3.14 Machine Counter of Time

Activation Text Icon

! Button Counter of
time

! Toolbar

! Menu bar Evaluations > Machine counter of time

One bar per time unit is displayed together with the individual machine/unit quantities for a time
period.
The total quantities are displayed above the bar.
The quantity grand total over the time period is displayed above the graphic next to “Total”.

Screen form presettings:

The screen form is preset with the following values when it is displayed:
• Plant, machine, unit: preset machine and unit
• Period:
When screen form displayed for first time, period:
- From: Current time - configured default period

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- To: Current time + 30 minutes

Otherwise:
Last period to be selected in a screen form.

Screen Form Operation:

In the screen form you can:
! Select a machine/unit using combo boxes and
! Specify a time type and a time period.
If it is not possible for all time units to be displayed in the visible area of the graphic, you can scroll to the
other time units using the horizontal scroll bar.
If you select another machine/unit or change the time period, the graphic is deleted. Pressing “OK” or the
Enter key refreshes the graphic with the current information.

Time Period Types:

The statistics can be evaluated in different compressions
• ‘Shift’ - Compression for shifts
The shift totals for the quantities are evaluated.
The total quantities per machine/unit are stored for each shift.
The number of shifts in the shift compression is defined by means of configuration.
The days and the shift numbers are assumed to have separate “from” - “to” ranges.

Example:
If “2” is entered in shift number “from” and “4” is entered as shift number “to”, shifts 2, 3
and 4 are evaluated for all days in the entered period.

Note
The shift evaluation is only available if the works calendar is being used.

• ‘Day’ - Compression for days

The daily totals are evaluated for the quantities.
The total quantities per machine/unit are stored for each day.
The number of days in the day compression is defined by means of configuration.
• ‘Week’ - Compression for weeks
The weekly totals are evaluated for the quantities.
The total quantities per machine/unit are stored for each week.
The number of weeks in the week compression is defined by means of configuration.
• ‘Month’ - Compression for months
The monthly totals are evaluated for the quantities.
The total quantities per machine/unit are stored for each month.
The number of months in the month compression is defined by means of configuration.
• ‘Year’ - Compression for years
The annual totals are evaluated for the quantities.
The total quantities per machine/unit are stored for each year.
The number of years in the year compression is defined by means of configuration.
A compression unit (“Shift”, “Day”, “Week”, “Month” or “Year”) can be selected using the “Period” selection
facility.

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3.15 Logbook / Logs

Activation Text Icon

! Button Logbook /
Log

! Toolbar

The “Logbook / Logs” screen form can be used to switch to the “Current States”, “Logbook”, “Log” and
“Prioritized Log” screen forms and the system logbook.

MDA contains the following screen forms to assist with machine evaluations:
• Current Statues
The current machine status is displayed in tabular format.
• Logbook
The logbook contains all the events with timestamps. The logbook shows when a status started
and when it was ended.
• Log
The log contains all the status conditions with their start and end times, their duration and further
information. Parallel status conditions are included in this log.
• Prioritized log
The prioritized log is structured just like the log; however, it only contains for one time range the
status with the highest priority.
• System Logbook
The system logbook contains system and error messages from MDA programs.

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3.15.1 Current Status Conditions

Activation Text Icon

! Button Current
status
conditions

! Toolbar

! Menu bar Evaluations > Current status conditions

The current machine status is displayed in tabular format.

Screen Form Presettings:

The screen form is preset with the following values when it is displayed:
• Plant, Machine, Unit: preset machine and unit.
• Table: Status of preset machine/unit and time of status change.

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3.15.2 Logbook

Activation Text Icon

! Button Logbook

! Toolbar

! Menu bar Evaluations > Logbook

The machine/unit status logbook is displayed.

Screen form presettings:

The mask is preset with the following values when it is displayed:
• Plant, Machine, Unit: preset machine and unit.
• Period:
- When displayed for first time, screen form for period:
From: Current time - configured default period
To: Current time + 30 minutes
- Otherwise:
Last period to be selected in a screen form.
• Table: Time period data

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3.15.3 Log

Activation Text Icon

! Button Log

! Toolbar

! Menu bar Evaluations > Log

The status log for an individual machine/unit is displayed.

Screen form presettings:

The mask is preset with the following values when it is displayed:
• Plant, Machine, Unit: preset machine and unit.
• Period:
- When displayed for first time, screen form for period:
From: Current time - configured default period
To: Current time + 30 minutes
- Otherwise:
Last period to be selected in a screen form.

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• Table: Time period data

Screen Form Operation:

! A time period can be entered in the screen form (not in the list of current periods),
! or a machine or unit can be selected using combo boxes.
! The screen form is not automatically updated. To refresh the screen form, press “OK”.

Table Contents:
• The columns in the table and the way in which the data is sorted are configurable.
• Horizontal and vertical scrolling can be performed if required.
• If you select another machine or time period the table is deleted. Pressing “OK” or the Enter key
refreshes the table with the current information.

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3.15.4 Log Prioritized

Activation Text Icon

! Button Prioritized
log

! Toolbar

! Menu bar Evaluations > Prioritized log

The prioritized log has the same appearance as the log, but only contains the status with the highest
priority for a time period.

Screen form presettings:

The mask is preset with the following values when it is displayed:
• Plant, Machine, Unit: preset machine and unit.
• Period:
- When displayed for first time, screen form for period:
From: Current time - configured default period
To: Current time + 30 minutes
- Otherwise:
Last period to be selected in a screen form.

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• Table: Time period data

Screen Form Operation:

! A time period can be entered in the screen form (not in the list of current periods),
! or a machine or unit can be selected using combo boxes.
! The screen form is not automatically updated. To refresh the screen form, press “OK”.

Table Contents:
• The columns in the table and the way in which the data is sorted are configurable.
• Horizontal and vertical scrolling can be performed if required.
• If you select another machine or time period the table is deleted. Pressing “OK” or the Enter key
refreshes the table with the current information.

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3.15.5 System Logbook

Activation Text Icon

! Button System
logbook

! Toolbar

! Menu bar Options > System Logbook

The error logbook contains

• Error messages of programs of MDA for SINUMERIK
• Log messages of specific events such as the start time of the server, ...

Default setting of the screen form:

At display, the screen form contains the following default values:
• Period of time:
On first displaying a screen form with period of time:
- From: Current instant - Configured default period
- To: Current instant + 30 minutes

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Otherwise:
Period of time that was last selected in a screen form.
• Error class: ‘*’ - Displays all error classes
• Program identifier: ‘*’ - Displays all messages of all programs.
• Table: Data of the period

Error classes:
The messages in the error logbook are weighted by error classes:
• Error class 1: Error messages from the system
• Error class 2: Information
• Error class 3: Log messages for events

Screen Form Operation:

In the screen form you can
! Specify a time period,
! Specify an error class or program identifier,
! Specify a computer name (supervisory system only).
In the “Error Class“ filter you can
! Specify ‘*’” for all error classes or
! Specify an error class number, in which case only messages in this error class are displayed.
In the “Program Identifier“ filter you can
! Specify ‘*’ for all program identifiers or
! Specify a search string.
The combo box contains the names of all program identifiers in the log.
No distinction is made between upper and lower case, i.e. “Gui*“ returns the same messages as
“GUI*“. Examples: “GUI*“ “*P*“ “GUI_PDE“.
In the “Computer Name“ filter (supervisory system only) you can
! Specify ‘*’ for all computers or
! Specify a search string.
The combo box contains the names of all computers in the log.

Contents of the table:

You can use configuration to set the columns in the table as well as how the data is sorted in the table.
In the ”Text” column, there is a brief description of the message, the ”Comment” column contains an
explanation of the message, e.g. the actual text of the error.
If necessary, you can scroll horizontally and vertically.
If you change the time range, the system clears the table. When you click on the OK pushbutton, the
system sets up the table with the current specified data.

Updating the data:

! The screen form is not updated automatically.
Click on the OK pushbutton or press the ENTER-key if you want to update the screen form.

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3.16 Layout

Activation Text Icon

! Button Plant
Diagram

! Toolbar

! Menu bar Evaluations > Plant diagram

This is an optional screen. It is only available if it has been enabled and the screen has been placed in the
menu bar using Configuration of OEM Data and a button has been placed on the toolbar.

The plant diagram shows the status for those machines and units, for which a position in the plant
diagram was configured, as a color change and, optionally, as a text.

Pre-setting of the screen form:

At display, the screen form contains the following default values:
• Background:
The configured background bitmap is being loaded (see below).
• Symbols: a symbol will be displayed for each configured machine/aggregate (see below).
• Colors: The current status of the stations will be displayed in a colored symbol. The same
colors are used as for the statistics.
• Description of the status: If it is configured that the status condition will also be given as a text,
then the status text will be displayed under the symbols.

To update the data:

The screen form will be updated automatically.
A set time can be appointed for updating the screen form by means of the configuration:
”General parameters > GUI_MDE > GRAPHIC_CYCLE”

Configuration of the plant diagram:

By means of the configuration interface the following parameters in the plant diagram can be set centrally
in the ”General Parameters”:
• General Parameters > GUI_MDE > LAYOUT_BITMAP
Name of the background bitmap for the plant diagram. If the data is not located in the bitmap
directory, which is entered into the parameter ”GUI_MDE # PATH_BITMAPS”, then an absolute
path name will have to be given.
• General Parameters > GUI_MDE > LAYOUT_HEIGHT and LAYOUT_WIDTH
Height and width of the symbols for the stations in Pixels.
All symbols have the same size.
• General Parameters > GUI_MDE > LAYOUT_WITHSTATUSNAME
Flag whether the status text should be given under the symbol.
The status text will be shown either by all symbols or none.

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The position of the symbol in the plant diagram at the configuration of the stations can be set for each
machine/unit. If the position ”0/0” is specified, then the machine/unit will not be displayed in the plant
diagram.

Customizing a Button and Making Additions to the Toolbar and the Menu Bar:
The “System Display” screen form is not activated in the standard installation.
In order to call up the system display, a button must be added for the “M_LAYOUT” screen form and put
into the toolbar and the menu bar.
A more detailed description of button, toolbar and menu bar customizing can be found in the “MDA
Customizing“ user guide

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3.17 Change Stati

Activation Text Icon

! Button Change

! Toolbar

! Menu bar Confirmation > Change status conditions

This is an optional screen. It is only available if it has been enabled and the screen has been placed in the
menu bar using Configuration of OEM Data and a button has been placed on the toolbar.

The screen form for changing makes it possible to change the status condition identifiers for a configured
period of time, covering several hours in the past, at a later date.

Pre-setting of the screen form:

At display, the screen form contains the following default values:
• Plant, machine, unit: pre-set machine/unit
• Lists ‘status conditions which can be changed’:
All status conditions of the machine/unit, which can be changed, will be displayed in this list.
• List ‘Choose new status’
All status conditions to which it can be changed are given in this list.
• Comment: empty

Operator inputs in the screen form:

By using this screen form you can change the status identifier of a status. i. e. You can change, for
example, a status ”general disturbance” into a status ”orders missing”.
Only the status identifier can be changed, time of begin and time of end cannot be changed.
! Choose the desired machine and the desired unit from the pick lists in the header of the screen
form.
! In the list at the top, all status conditions, which can be changed for this unit, will be displayed.
Choose the status which you would like to change.
! In the list at the bottom all status conditions of the unit are entered, to which it can be changed.
Choose the status to which you would like to change.
! To take over the change in status press the pushbutton ‘OK’.

To update the data:

The list ”status conditions, that you can change” will be updated automatically every 10 minutes.
In addition to this, you can initiate the updating of this list by pressing the button ”update data”.

Configurations, in order for status conditions to be changed:

The following configuration settings are necessary by means of the configuration interface in order for
status conditions to be changed:
! General parameters > MDE_COMPRESS > PRE_COMPRESS_TIME

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Period of time in minutes, for which status conditions can still be changed.
Set this parameter to 120, if you would like to change status conditions two hours in the past.
! Review all status conditions and put the flag ‘status may be changed’ next to those status
conditions which may be changed at a later date.
Place the flag ”may be changed to this status” next to those status conditions to which may be
changed.

Configuring a Button and Making Additions to the Toolbar and the Menu Bar:
The “Status Change” screen form is not activated in the standard installation.
In order to enable the “Status Change” function, a button must be added for the “M_CHANGESTATUS”
screen form and put into the toolbar and the menu bar.
A more detailed description of button, toolbar and menu bar configuration can be found in the “MDA
Customizing“ user guide.

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3.18 Starting Without Login

By means of configuration, you can set up the user interface such that it starts without you needing to log
in.
By making the following entries in
General parameters > GUI_MDE,
you can specify whether the system displays the login screen at start-up or the login with which automatic
login in is carried out:
• LOGIN_ACTIV 0 - No login screen is displayed at start-up
Otherwise - Login screen is displayed at start-up.
• LOGIN_CLASS User name that is used if the system starts up without a login screen.
This entry is only used if "LOGIN_ACTIV = 0".
• START_MASK This entry specifies the screen that is displayed first
(after login) at start-up of the user interface.
Even if you started the user interface without a login screen, it is possible to log in under another user
name at any time using the "File > Login Screen" menu or the ”Login Screen” pushbutton. When you
have done this, the system uses the settings and authorizations of this user name.

3.19 Language Selection

Activation Text Icon

! Menu bar Options > German

Options > English
Options > French
Options > Italian
Options > Spanish

The texts of the screen forms can be displayed in various languages.

You change languages using menu item "Options".
This functionality is not available on the SINUMERIK.
MDA uses on the SINUMERIK always the actual language of the SINUMERIK. If in MDA this language is
not available, the English language is used.

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3.20 About

Activation Text Icon

! Menu bar Help > About

The "Help > About" menu item displays a window containing the version number of the user interface.
This function is not available on the SINUMERIK.

3.21 Display Help

Activation Text Icon

! Button Help texts

! Toolbar

! Menu bar Help > Contents

Calls the user interface's help screen.

This function is not available on SINUMERIK.

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4 Evaluations for Analysis Groups

4.1 Definition of Evaluation Groups

Activation Text Icon

! Button Evaluation
group

! Toolbar

! Menu bar Evaluations > Evaluation groups

For the purpose of analysis, machines and units can be combined to form analysis groups.

Default setting of the screen form:

When displayed, the screen form contains the following default values:
• Name of the analysis group: Analysis group currently used
• List of units:
All defined machines and units.
The units belonging to the analysis group are checked.

Operator inputs in the screen form:

If you change the units selected for a particular analysis group, you cannot close the screen form or select
another analysis group until you have first saved your changes by clicking "OK" or rejected them by
clicking on "Cancel".
In the list you select/deselect the individual units as follows:
! By clicking on the check box to the left of the unit.

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! By clicking on the row of the unit currently selected.

! By selecting a unit either by clicking on it or using the Up or Down cursor keys and then pressing
the space bar.
! Not on Windows-PC: by pressing the button ‘Select row’, checks/unchecks the unit currently
selected in the list.
! By pressing the toggle key. On the SINUMERIK, this key is in the middle of the block of cursor
keys and on the PC, it is in the middle of the numeric keypad (key "5" when NUMLOCK is not
pressed).

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4.2 Analysis of Disturbance Cause for Evaluation Groups

Activation Text Icon

! Button Disturban.
eval. grp.

! Toolbar

! Menu bar Evaluations > Analysis of disturbance cause for

evaluation groups

The screen form displays the status conditions that have occurred, their duration and their frequencies for
a specified period of time and for the units of a particular analysis group.

Default setting of the screen form:

When displayed, the screen form contains the following default values:
• Group: Evaluation group currently used
• Period of time:
On first displaying a screen form with period of time:
- From: Current instant - Configured default period
- To: Current instant + 30 minutes
Otherwise:
Period of time that was last selected in a screen form.

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• Definition:
Name of the saved evaluation definition.
• ‘All status conditions’ / ‘Highest priority status conditions only’
The system displays this only if your plant is running with parallel status conditions.
It indicates whether you specified in the evaluation definition that "All Status Conditions" including
parallel ones are to be applied or whether the system is only to evaluate "Highest priority status
conditions only".
This only has an effect with time type "Current". For other time types, there are only evaluations by
highest priority status conditions.
• Graphic: Data of the period

Operator inputs in the screen form:

! In the screen form, you can choose an analysis group and an analysis definition from pick lists and
! specify a time range.

Time types
In MDA the statistical data are stored in different degrees of compression:
• ‘Current’ - Current log or current priority log
It contains the latest status conditions and goes back a fixed number of entries into the past.
You specify the maximum number of entries by means of configuration.
The system reads the data out of a "log" if you are working with parallel status conditions and you
chose status type "Display all status conditions" in the evaluation condition.
Otherwise, the system takes the data from the "priority log".
• ‘Shift’ - Compression for shifts
The total status times per machine/unit are stored for each shift.
The number of shifts in the shift compression is defined by means of configuration.
The days and the shift numbers are assumed to have separate “from” - “to” ranges.

Example:
If “2” is entered in shift number “from” and “4” is entered as shift number “to”, shifts 2, 3
and 4 are evaluated for all days in the entered period
• ‘Day’ - Compression for days
The system stores the total times of the status conditions per unit for each day.
You specify the number of days in the day compression by means of configuration.
• ‘Week’ - Compression for weeks
The system stores the total times of the status conditions per unit for each week.
You specify the number of weeks in the week compression by means of configuration.
• ‘Month’ - Compression for months
The system stores the total times of the status conditions per unit for each month.
You specify the number of months in the month compression by means of configuration.
• ‘Year’ - Compression for years
The system stores the total times of the status conditions per unit for each year.
You specify the number of years in the year compression by means of configuration.
Using the "Period" pick list you can choose the current log or priority log ("Current") or a compression
range (“Shift”, "Day", "Week", "Month", "Year").

The “Time Types“ selection is used to define the works calendar time types to which the evaluation
relates in the “Analysis of Disturbance Cause “ graphic. This selection is only displayed if the works
calendar is being used.

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The following restrictions apply:

• The time types are not taken into consideration in the ‘Current’ period during which the logs are
evaluated. The entire period is always evaluated in this case.
The time types are only taken into consideration in the “Shift”, “Day”, “Week”, “Month” and “Year”
compressions.
• The status frequency in the ‘Analysis of disturbance cause’ evaluation always relates to the entire
period. Only the status duration can be calculated for each time type.
You can select either “Entire Period”, in which case the status duration is accumulated over the entire
period,
or select one or more time types such as “Working Time”, “Break”, “Free Time” etc., in which case the
status duration will be accumulated for the period for these time types.
For example, this can be used to determine how long the disturbances were present during working time

Contents of the graphic:

The individual machines and units are listed one under the other. The section for a particular machine or
unit starts in the left section "Status" with the name of the machine or unit.
The system only shows the status conditions that are selected in the evaluation definition for the status
group of the chosen unit and whose minimum frequencies and minimum durations are greater than or
equal to the minimum values that are specified in the evaluation definition.
If the minimum frequency and minimum duration are set to "0", the system displays all the data.
If none of the status conditions meets the stipulations, a message is output.
The following applies to time type "Current" only: If the current instant is displayed in the graphic, the
system determines the currently pending status conditions and includes them in the statistical calculation
in addition to the status data in the log.
If it is not possible to display all the status conditions in the visible area of the graphic, you can use the
vertical scroll bar to view the other status conditions.
Sub-status conditions are marked by a greater than character ">".

Choosing status conditions for the graphic, sorting the data:

Clicking on the "Select status conditions" button displays a follow up screen form in which you can edit the
evaluation definitions. this allows you to specify, amongst other things, the status conditions that are to be
displayed in the graphic and how the data is to be sorted.

Data refresh:
You can set a refresh time for the screen form in the configuration:
”General parameters > GUI_MDE > GRAPHIC_CYCLE”.
Click on the OK button or press the ENTER-key if you want to update the screen form.

See also Chapter “Grouping Status Conditions” and “Parallel Status Conditions”.
For the settings of the evaluation definition see Chapter "Select Status Conditions".
For a definition of the evaluation groups see Chapter “Definition of Evaluation Groups”.
For a description of the different options for date fields, refer to the Chapter entitled “Operator Inputs to
Screen Forms”.

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4.3 Status Analysis for Evaluation Groups

Activation Text Icon

! Button Status
eval. grp.

! Toolbar

! Menu bar Evaluations > Status analysis for evaluation groups

The screen form shows you the development of status conditions throughout a specified period of time
and for a selected unit.

Default setting of the screen form:

When displayed, the screen form contains the following default values:
• Group: Evaluation group currently used
• Period of time:
On first displaying a screen form with period of time:
- From: Current instant - Configured default period
- To: Current instant + 30 minutes
• Otherwise:
Period of time that was last selected in a screen form.

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• Definition:
Name of the stored evaluation definition.
• ‘All status conditions’ / ‘Highest priority status conditions only’
The system displays this only if your plant is running with parallel status conditions.
It indicates whether you specified in the evaluation definition that "All Status Conditions" including
parallel ones are to be applied or whether the system is only to evaluate "Highest priority status
conditions only".
• Graphic: Data of the period

Operator inputs in the screen form:

! In the screen form, you can choose an analysis group and an analysis definition from pick lists and
! specify a time range and
! a set a zoom factor for the time axis.
If you choose another evaluation group or change the time range, the system clears the graphic. When
you click on the "OK" button or when you press the ENTER-key, the system sets up the graphic with the
current specified data.

Content of the graphic:

The individual machines and units are listed one under the other. The section for a particular machine or
unit starts in the left section with the name of the machine or unit.
The system only shows the status conditions that are selected in the evaluation definition for the status
group of the chosen unit and whose minimum frequencies and minimum durations - totaled over the
selected time range - are greater than or equal to the minimum values that are specified in the evaluation
definition.
If the minimum frequency and minimum duration are set to "0", the system displays all the data.
If none of the status conditions meets the stipulations, a message is issued.
The system reads the data out of a "log" if you are working with parallel status conditions and you chose
status type "Display all status conditions" in the evaluation condition.
Otherwise, the system takes the data from the "priority log".
If the current instant is displayed in the graphic, the system determines the currently pending status
conditions and includes them in the statistical calculation in addition to the status data in the log.
Status conditions that are less than one pixel wide in the graphic are suppressed and you cannot see
them until you zoom the time axis.
If status conditions are suppressed, the system displays the number of invisible status conditions on the
message line.
If it is not possible to display all the status conditions in the visible area of the graphic, you can use the
vertical scroll bar to view the other status conditions.
Sub-status conditions are marked by a greater than character ">".
The system can read a maximum of 2000 status conditions for one time range. If there are more status
conditions in the time range, the system issues a message and displays the first 2000 status conditions.

Zooming the time axis:

Using the "Zoom" field, you can set the distribution of the time axis between 1% and 100 %.
You can use the "up" and "down" cursor keys to choose one of the default values (100% - 75% - 50% -
25% - 10% - 1%). You can also enter a number between 1 and 100 directly.
A zoom value of 10 % means that the time axis takes 10% of the time range in the window.
The maximum distribution of the time axis is five minutes for the graphic that is displayed in the window. If
you enter a zoom size that is too low, the system sets it to the lowest possible value for the current time
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With zoom sizes below 100 %, you can use the horizontal scrollbar to move the visible time range.

Choosing status conditions for the graphic:

Clicking on the "Select status conditions" button displays a follow up screen form in which you can edit the
evaluation definitions. This allows you to specify, amongst other things, the status conditions that are to
be displayed in the graphic.

Data refresh:
You can set a refresh time for the screen form in the configuration:
”General parameters > GUI_MDE > GRAPHIC_CYCLE”.
Click on the OK button or press the ENTER-key if you want to update the screen form.

See also Chapter “Grouping Status Conditions” and “Parallel Status Conditions”.
See Chapter “Select Status Conditions” for the analysis definition settings.
For a definition of the analysis groups see Chapter “Definition of Evaluation Groups”.
For a description of the different options for date fields, refer to the Chapter entitled “Operator Inputs to
Screen Forms”.

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4.4 Availability Analysis for Evaluation Groups

Activation Text Icon

! Button Availability
eval. grp.

! Toolbar

! Menu bar Evaluations > Availability analysis for evaluation

groups

The screen form will identify for you the duration and frequency, given as a percentage, of the main status
conditions for a specified period of time and for the units of an evaluation group, as well as the total
availability and the capacity utilization of each machine, or each unit, within this period of time.

Default setting of the screen form:

When displayed, the screen form contains the following default values:
• Group: Analysis group currently used
• Period of time:
On first displaying a screen form with period of time:
- From: Current instant - Configured default period
- To: Current instant + 30 minutes
• Otherwise:

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Period of time that was last selected in a screen form.

• Graphic: empty

Operator inputs in the screen form:

! In the screen form, you can choose an analysis group from a pick list and
! specify a time type and a time range.

If it is not possible to display all the machines and units of the analysis group in the visible area of the
graphic, you can use the horizontal scroll bar to view the other charts.
If you choose another analysis group or change the time range, the system clears the graphic. When you
click on the OK button or when you press the ENTER-key, the system sets up the graphic with the current
specified data.

Time types:
In MDA, the statistical data is stored in different degrees of compression:
• ‘Current’ - Current priority log
It contains the latest status conditions and goes back a fixed number of entries into the past.
You specify the maximum number of entries in the log by means of the configuration.
• ‘Shift’ - Compression for shifts
The total status times per machine/unit are stored for each shift.
The number of shifts in the shift compression is defined by means of configuration.
The days and the shift numbers are assumed to have separate “from” - “to” ranges.

Example:
If “2” is entered in shift number “from” and “4” is entered as shift number “to”, shifts 2, 3
and 4 are evaluated for all days in the entered period.
• ‘Day’ - Compression for days
The system stores the total times of the status conditions per unit for each day.
You specify the number of days in the day compression by means of configuration.
• ‘Week’ - Compression for weeks
The system stores the total times of the status conditions per unit for each week.
You specify the number of weeks in the week compression by means of configuration.
• ‘Month’ - Compression for months
The system stores the total times of the status conditions per unit for each month.
You specify the number of months in the month compression by means of configuration.
• ‘Year’ - Compression for years
The system stores the total times of the status conditions per unit for each year.
You specify the number of years in the year compression by means of configuration.
Using the "Time types" pick list you can choose the current log or priority log ("Current") or a compression
range (“Shift”, "Day", "Week", "Month", "Year").
The following applies to time type "Current": If the current instant is displayed in the graphic, the system
determines the currently pending status condition with the highest priority and includes them in the
statistical calculation in addition to the status data in the priority log.

Data Calculation when Time Types are Selected in the Evaluation Definition:
If you use the MDA works calendar on your system, the development of the OEE code can be used to
define the works calendar time types to which the status durations relate.

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The time types are taken into consideration in the calculation of the planned usage time, the total time, the
status bar and the “Availability” and “Utilisation“ codes.
The following restrictions apply:
• The time types are not taken into consideration in the ‘Current’ period during which the logs are
evaluated. The entire period is always evaluated in this case.
The time types are only taken into consideration in the “Shift”, “Day”, “Week”, “Month” and “Year”
compressions.
• The data over the entire period is accumulated when using the ‘Total Time’ time type.
If you have selected one or more time types such as “Working Time”, “Break”, “Free Time” etc., the
data is accumulated for the period for these time types.
This can be used to calculate availability during working time, for example.
• Total Time: Sum total of duration of all main statuses.

Explanations of the data in the screen form:

• Legend and graphic:
In the legend, the main status conditions of the first machine displayed on the left are displayed
in the same order as you find them in the bar chart for the machine.
The legend and the bar chart are subdivided into two sections by a line.
In the top section of the legend of the bar chart the status conditions that are not included in the
availability are displayed.
In the bottom section of the legend and the bar chart you see the status conditions that are
included in the availability.
Only the main status conditions will be taken into account in the availability analysis.
• Bar labels:
Above each bar the availability ”V” and the capacity utilization ”A” of the machine or the unit in the
selected time period will be given.
If it is long enough, the duration for the bar and below it that value expressed as a percentage of
the "operating time" and "total time" is displayed in each bar.
Using the "parameterization of availability" screen form, you can specify whether the system is to
output percentages and, if so, the time to which the percentages refer.

Above the graphic, the operating time and the total time of the first machine displayed on the left
is output. Next to it, you can see to what the percentages in your graphic refer.

Configuring the graphic:

With the "Parameter availability" button you can call up a follow up screen in which you can edit settings
for calculating the availability and the display.

Data refresh:
You can set a refresh time for the screen form in the configuration:
”General Parameters > GUI_MDE > GRAPHIC_CYCLE”.
Click on the OK button or press the ENTER-key if you want to update the screen form.

See also Chapter “Grouping Status Conditions”.

For a definition of the analysis groups see Chapter “Definition of Evaluation Groups”.
For a description of the different options for date fields, refer to the Chapter entitled “Operator Inputs to
Screen Forms”.

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4.5 Machine Counter of Time for Evaluation Groups

Activation Text Icon

! Button Counter/Time
eval. grp.

! Toolbar

! Menu bar Evaluations > Machine counter of time for

evaluation groups

One bar per time unit is displayed together with the evaluation group quantities for a time period.
The total quantities are displayed above the bar.
The grand quantity total over the time period is displayed above the graphic next to “Total”.

Screen form presettings:

The mask is preset with the following values when it is displayed:
• Group:
Currently used evaluation group
• Period of time:
On first displaying a screen form with period of time:
- From: Current instant - Configured default period
- To: Current instant + 30 minutes

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• Otherwise:
Period of time that was last selected in a screen form.

Screen Form Operation:

In the screen form you can:
! Select an evaluation group using combo boxes and
! Specify a time type and a time period.

If it is not possible for all time units to be displayed in the visible area of the graphic, you can scroll to the
other time units using the horizontal scroll bar.
If you select another evaluation group or change the time period, the graphic is deleted. Pressing “OK” or
the Enter key refreshes the graphic with the current information.

Time Period Types:

The part type statistics can be evaluated in different compressions
• ‘Shift’ - Compression for shifts
The shift totals for the quantities are evaluated.
The total quantities per machine/unit are stored for each shift.
The number of shifts in the shift compression is defined by means of configuration.
The days and the shift numbers are assumed to have separate “from” - “to” ranges.

Example:
If “2” is entered in shift number “from” and “4” is entered as shift number “to”, shifts 2, 3
and 4 are evaluated for all days in the entered period.

Note
The shift evaluation is only available if the works calendar is being used.

• ‘Day’ - Compression for days

The daily totals are evaluated for the quantities.
The total quantities per machine/unit are stored for each day.
The number of days in the day compression is defined by means of configuration.
• ‘Week’ - Compression for weeks
The weekly totals are evaluated for the quantities.
The total quantities per machine/unit are stored for each week.
The number of weeks in the week compression is defined by means of configuration.
• ‘Month’ - Compression for months
The monthly totals are evaluated for the quantities.
The total quantities per machine/unit are stored for each month.
The number of months in the month compression is defined by means of configuration.
• ‘Year’ - Compression for years
The annual totals are evaluated for the quantities.
The total quantities per machine/unit are stored for each year.
The number of years in the year compression is defined by means of configuration.
A compression unit (“Shift”, “Day”, “Week”, “Month” or “Year”) can be selected using the “Period” selection
facility.

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4.6 Machine Counter of Machines for Evaluation Groups

Activation Text Icon

! Button Counter/Ma.
eval. grp.

! Toolbar

! Menu bar Evaluations > Machine counter of machines for

evaluation groups

One bar per machine/unit is displayed together with the evaluation group quantities for a time period.
The total quantities over all time periods are totaled and displayed for each machine/unit
The quantity total is displayed above the bar.
The grand quantity total over the time period is displayed above the graphic next to “Total”.

Screen form presettings:

The mask is preset with the following values when it is displayed:
• Group:
Currently used evaluation group
• Period of time:
On first displaying a screen form with period of time:
- From: Current instant - Configured default period
- To: Current instant + 30 minutes

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• Otherwise:
Period of time that was last selected in a screen form.

Screen Form Operation:

In the screen form for you can:
! Select an evaluation group using combo boxes and
! Specify a time type and a time period.
If it is not possible for all machines/units to be displayed in the visible area of the graphic, you can scroll to
the other machines/units using the horizontal scroll bar.
If you select another evaluation group or change the time period, the graphic is deleted. Pressing “OK” or
the Enter key refreshes the graphic with the current information.

Time Period Types:

The part type statistics can be evaluated in different compressions
• ‘Shift’ - Compression for shifts
The shift totals for the quantities are evaluated.
The total quantities per machine/unit are stored for each shift.
The number of shifts in the shift compression is defined by means of configuration.
The days and the shift numbers are assumed to have separate “from” - “to” ranges.

Example:
If “2” is entered in shift number “from” and “4” is entered as shift number “to”, shifts 2, 3
and 4 are evaluated for all days in the entered period.

Note
The shift evaluation is only available if the works calendar is being used.

• ‘Day’ - Compression for days

The daily totals are evaluated for the quantities.
The total quantities per machine/unit are stored for each day.
The number of days in the day compression is defined by means of configuration.
• ‘Week’ - Compression for weeks
The weekly totals are evaluated for the quantities.
The total quantities per machine/unit are stored for each week.
The number of weeks in the week compression is defined by means of configuration.
• ‘Month’ - Compression for months
The monthly totals are evaluated for the quantities.
The total quantities per machine/unit are stored for each month.
The number of months in the month compression is defined by means of configuration.
• ‘Year’ - Compression for years
The annual totals are evaluated for the quantities.
The total quantities per machine/unit are stored for each year.
The number of years in the year compression is defined by means of configuration.
A compression unit (“Shift”, “Day”, “Week”, “Month” or “Year”) can be selected using the “Period” selection
facility.

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5 Glossary

Button
The system displays buttons on the footers of screen forms. You activate buttons using either the function
keys, the mouse or the space bar.

Configuration
In MDA, all the settings are stored in a configuration database and you can customize them by means of
the configuration interface.

Evaluation Definition
For the "analysis of reason for disturbance" and "status analysis" graphics, you specify in the evaluation
definitions the status conditions that are to be displayed.
Values ”minimum duration” and ”minimum frequency” specify how often and for how long a status must
have occurred for it to be displayed.

Hardcopy
A printout of the current contents of the screen. It can be triggered by means of a configurable function
key.

Log
The "log" contains the status conditions with the arrival and ending times for a limited time range in the
past. All the parallel pending status conditions are recorded in the log too.

Main Screen
A screen form from which you can reach all the other screen forms by means of pushbuttons. The main
screen contains no functionality of its own.

Main Unit
Every machine has a main unit, which describes the status of the machine, and as option other units that
describe sections of the machine e.g. feeds.

MDA
Short-cut for "Machine Data Acquisition" .

Menu Bar
The menu bar, at the top of the window, provides all the functions of the user interface. The menu bar is
not available on the SINUMERIK.

Message Line
The message line is at the bottom edge of the screen form. The background color shows the type of
message:

Preferred Machine
Using the "Selection of units" screen form, you define a preferred machine and a preferred unit. On
display of screen forms, the system enters them as the default setting in the screen forms' headers.

Priority
Every status is given a priority number. The lower the priority number the higher the priority.

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Priority Log
The "log" contains the highest priority status condition of each unit with the arrival and ending times for a
limited time range in the past.
No parallel pending status conditions are contained in this log.

Start Screen
The screen form that is displayed after start-up and, after possible display of the login screen, that is
displayed first.
You can change the start screen via configuration.

Status Class
A status class consists of a main status condition, e.g. "disturbance" and possibly several sub-status
conditions, e.g. "blank missing", "order missing". The status classes of a machine type or a unit type are
grouped together into a status group.

Status Group
A status group consists of main and sub-status conditions and describes the possible status conditions of
a machine or a unit. Exactly one status group is assigned to every machine and every unit.

Time Type
Time types "Current", “Shift”, "Day", "Week", "Month" and "Year" in evaluations "analysis of reason for
disturbance" and "availability analysis". In the case of time types "Day" to "Year" the system displays
condensed data.

User Group
The user group specifies which screen forms and functions are available to users.
User groups are managed via the configuration interface.
You can change the user group by means of the login screen.

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Status Analysis 3-45

6 Index Status Conditions 3-45
Status Group 3-45
System Logbook 3-4, 3-17, 3-19, 4-3
A
T
Analysis of disturbance cause 3-4, 3-17, 3-19, 4-
3 Time Types 3-45
Authorization Group 3-4, 3-17, 3-19, 4-3 Total Time 3-45
Automatic Status Conditions 3-4, 3-17, 3-19, 4-3
Availability Analysis 3-4, 3-17, 3-19, 4-3 V
Version Number 3-45
D
Date and Time Input 3-4, 3-17, 3-19, 4-3 W
Detail View 3-4, 3-17, 3-19, 4-3
Window 3-45
Windows NT 4 3-45
F
Footer 3-4, 3-17, 3-19, 4-3

H
Help System 3-4, 3-17, 3-19, 4-3

K
Keyboard Inputs 3-4, 3-17, 3-19, 4-3

L
Log 3-45, 4-7
Logbook 3-45

M
Machine Message 3-45
Main Screen 3-45
Manual Status Conditions 3-45
Menu Bar 3-45

O
Operating Time 3-45
Operator Inputs 3-45

P
Parallel Status Conditions 3-45
Parameterization 3-45
PC 3-45
Preferred Machine 3-45
Preferred Unit 3-45
Prioritized Log 3-45

S
SINUMERIK 3-45
Start Screen 3-45
Starting without Login 3-45

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