ShopFloorManager Tech Notes
"Creating Resource Collections" PDF-Version
Resource Collections Integrate DNC Files, Packets & Machine Tools with Automatic Imports
Allowing Customers to Manage & Associate Machine Tools, DNC Files & Packets/Travelers
Supports Windows 8TM, Windows 7TM & WindowsTM XP including Support for Terminal Server 2003/2005/2008

Resource Collections are Special Containers that can Hold DNC Files & Packets and can be associated with Machine Tools such that the associated Machine Tools can Access the DNC Files.

You can also set Properties of Resource Collection which will allow you to associate a Window's Folder with this Resource Collection so and Files dropped into this Window's Folder will be Automatically imported into ShopFloorManager's database according to configurable Resource Collection Import Rules. There are also other settings which will effect how DNC Files are treated after downloading to the associated Machine Tools.

See "Creating User Groups" for how Resource Collections are used & Integrated into ShopFloorManager.

Resource Collections: Importing & holding on to all of your DNC files & Packets

To display the above Window click the "Resource Collections..." Icon from ShopFloorManager Runtime

Standard:

Creating


A


Resource Collection

Click on the New Button:

Enter Name of User Group:

Select the "Resource Collection" Name to reflect what this "Resource Collection" is to be Associated!

Note: In this Example this "Resource Collection's" Association is with the "Ethernet Machines".

Setting


Resource Collection


Import Name Rules

Click on the Properties Button or Import Name Rules Tab:

Options:

• Import Id: Fill in this Text Box to add a Prefix or Postfix tag to imported files
  Note: Add these will avoid clashes with Duplicate File Names from imported from Different Folders with the identical File Names. Duplicate File Names are not allowed in ShopFloorManager's database.
• Default File Type: Set this if you ever intend to use a Third-Party Application to open these files
  Note: ShopFloorManager allows you to use Third-Party Applications to access these files so using this file extension will allow Windows to Know which Application to Start Automatically!
• How to Convert ...: One of these 3 Options determines how these imported files have their File Extensions handled. Chose the way your company wants to handle this.

Setting


Resource Collection


Import Behavior

Click on the Import Behavior Tab:

Options:

• Action After Completing Automatic Import: After ShopFloorManager imports the files from this designated Folder you need to decide if you want to Delete the Original File or move the original source file to a Sub-Folder.
  Note: You can't keep the original file in the import Folder or it would continually imported!!!
• Normalize the End-Of-Line Blocks: The default setting should not be changed unless you are import files from a different Operating System. Call CCI if this is the case!
• How to Import Manually: Selecting "Display User Dialog" will bring up a Dialog Box whenever you Drag & Drop or manually search for files using Windows Explorer Window.
  Note: If your company has a format for File naming use this option!

Setting


Resource Collection


Import Path

Click on the Import Path Tab:

Options:

• Selecting the Import Path If you want the ability to Automatically import DNC Files dropped into an External Folder you will need to set the Path to a networked Folder.
  Note: This is useful if you have multiple Programmers working on different projects in remote places and you would like to have these DNC Files added to the database when this stage of development is complete. When they have completed this stage of development all they have to do is drop them into this Folder and the Maintenance Engine will automatically import these Files into ShopFloorManager's database!
• Enable Importing Packets: ShopFloorManager allows the Automatic Importing of a Pre-configured Folder Structure and automatically converting it to a Packet(s). It requires that a naming conversion be used!
  Note: See "Creating Packets" for detailed information.

Setting


Resource Collection


Queues

Click on the Queues Tab:

Options:

• No Action Taken ShopFloorManager provides several options on how DNC Files are treated after they are downloaded to a Machine Tool. The default Action after downloading a File to a Machine Tool is to not change it's status. Basically Take No Action!
• Mark the DNC File ...: If you don't want a File to be available to the general population after it has been downloaded chose this option.
  Note: Ie. If a programmer is developing a N/C Program and you don't want to take a chance of using it until it is approved use this option.
• Automatically Delete ...: Removes this File from ShopFloorManager's main database it places it in it's Archive. With this option there is no possible possible way of using this File again!