Overview

Equipment Statuses are used for tracking the activity of the equipment over time.  There are two fundamental States the equipment can be in; it can be running or not running.  The running state is called In Cycle, and the non running state is referred to as Downtime.  Downtime is split into three types; planned, unplanned, and unknown.

Based on this, the following are provided:

- Cycle Statuses

- Planned Downtime

- Unplanned Downtime

- Unknown Downtime

- Status Groups

- Equipment Status Group Assignments

- Schedule Planned Downtime

Data can be collected at this general level allowing general tracking of the state of the equipment.  At the general level the color used to identify the status in charts can be selected along with the text identifier used if data is coming from an external source such as a bar code scanner.  Details on using the start and stop identifiers can be found in the Collecting Data section.

Cycle - Planned Downtime - Unplanned Downtime

Cycle, planned and unplanned downtime data can also be collected at a more detailed level by defining specific statuses for each general status. An unlimited amount of Specific Statuses can be created.  For each Specific Status, the Identifier itself, the description and the color to represent the specific status can all be specified. 

Additional detail on selecting the color for the Specific Statuses can be found here.

Unknown Downtime

Unknown Downtime, is not explicitly entered into the system, it is the result of the equipment not being in any known status such as a cycle status or a planned or unplanned downtime.  Therefore there are not identifiers to specify for Unknown Downtime, only the color that will represent that status when displaying charts.

Requiring Notes

The option Notes Required can be Enabled or Disabled and will force an ODI user to enter in notes when that status is started.

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