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Touchscreen Interface Added to CIM System.


At-the-press machine-interface units (MIUs) for the ProHelp Millenium process and production monitoring system from Mattec Corp. of Loveland, Ohio Loveland (IPA: /ˈlʌvlənd/) is a city in Hamilton, Clermont, and Warren counties in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. , have a new touchscreen display. It uses large, dashboard-like gauges to display real-time values of user-selected production parameters. Pressing a dial for any of the 96 monitored parameters brings up a display of the last 100 cycles for that parameter. Values for the last cycle are color coded Noun 1. color code - system using colors to designate classifications
code - a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy
 to show whether they were above, below, or within limits. Pressing a job-related dial summons an instant view of the job description and production report.

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 touchscreen also has six large buttons at the top to permit easy switching between the most commonly used applications--machine status/alarm display, operator login Signing in and gaining access to a network server, Web server or other computer system. The process (the noun) is a "login" or "logon," while the act of doing it (the verb) is to "log in" or to "log on. , scrap entry downtime The time during which a computer is not functioning due to hardware, operating system or application program failure.  entry and call for help. Mattec has added new scrap and downtime reports and real-time updates of screen displays. Also new is memory to store hundreds of machine, tool, and QC set-up sheets.
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Date:May 1, 2000
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