Event Detection Overview

In a manufacturing environment, many different events and the data surrounding those events can be captured. The process of capturing the event data is event detection.

Events are associated with a particular production unit and give you a snapshot of data captured over a period of time or at a specific point in time. Event information is gathered from variables that are configured with the same event type.

NOTE: Event configuration and models for the Plant Model and Production Management are described in those sections. Refer to "Available Models" for a description of each model.

Event Types

Each event type captures data relative to its event, which can trigger other events to occur. It is possible to trigger two events at the same time while collecting data from different sources (variables). Event data can be viewed on various displays and used to produce a variety of reports.

Plant Applications can be configured to detect several event types. For each event type, there are one or more models that can be configured to detect the event and capture the event data. Each model captures data relative to its event, which can trigger other events.

Event types describe the various events that can have event detection models configured for them in the system. The event types are as follows (designation in parentheses denotes additional module requirement as described following the table in "Event Detection:"

Event Detection

Detecting an event is dependent on where the event data comes from; whether is it recognizable or must be translated; whether there are automatic event triggers or an operator is required to manually enter the event. An administrator must decide what events should be defined within the Plant Applications system and where they should be applied.

The following table identifies which modules are required for a particular event. Please note that these are subject to change.

See Also

• Configuring Events Detection