Adding Image Overlay Tools

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to add an image of the shop floor in Line Monitor POD.

Image Overlay Tool

The Line Monitor Image Overlay plugin, integrated into the POD Designer, enables users to visually display plant or work center information through a preconfigured Image Overlay Project and supports multiple perspectives—production, quality, asset management, or OEE—which trigger the relevant business object aggregation API at the work center level; to use it, an Image Overlay Project must first be created using the Overlay Authoring Tool, and various configuration options are provided for customization.

  • Production
  • Quality
  • Asset
  • OEE

Image Overlay Project

This option allows you to select a preconfigured Image Overlay Project, which includes the background image and the overlay data that is displayed on the Line Monitor.

Assign Overview Plugin

You can configure the Line Monitor Work Center Overview Plugin by selecting the Assign Overview Plugin button. It enables the overlay to display detailed information about the selected work center or plant when interacting with the Line Monitor POD.

Assign Fill Color Plugin

By selecting the Assign Fill Color Plugin button, you can configure the Line Monitor Fill Color Plugin. This Plugin operates in the background, fetching, and applying color information to the overlays based on the data received.

Overlay Authoring Tool

The Visual representation of the shop floor is powered by the Overlay Authoring Tool. With this tool, you can manage shop floor, production area, or production line picture files, overlay these pictures, and annotate them with work centers. Additionally, you can define the coloring rules for individual Live Monitor tabs, allowing for a clearer and more organized visualization of the production environment.

A computer monitor displaying a complex industrial process diagram with mixing, filling sections, and meters showing data. A shop floor powered by the Overlay Authoring Tool view of the Production Monitoring. A pop-up window displays detailed metric information.

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