Handling Results
Latest results tab - Displays the results for the latest tightenings.
Search Results tab - Use the Search button to search for results between specific dates.
Pinned tab - For investigation.
A tightening result can temporarily be stored into the Pinned tab. This is useful for detailed analysis of a tightening, and prevents the tightening result to be dropped from the window as new results are received.
Live results tab - A controller sends tightening results to ToolsTalk 2 as soon as the task is completed, and the result is added to the top of the Live results. A limited number of results can be stored. When the list is full, the oldest result is dropped from the list.
Imported results tab - For viewing imported results.
Pinned - Holding area for investigation
Tightening results can temporarily be stored into the Pinned area. This is useful for detailed analysis of a tightening, and prevents the tightening result to be dropped from the window as new results are received.
Manually: On a result, select the Pin icon.
The tightening result is copied to the Pinned area for investigations. It is possible to pin several results to the temporary storage.
Automated: Select the Auto pin drop-down menu and enter number of results to be pinned. Select Start. The next incoming result will be pinned automatically, continuing until the entered number has been reached, or until pressing Stop.
Remove all results from the pinned area
To remove individual results, unpin it by selecting the Pin icon .
Live results
A controller sends tightening results to ToolsTalk as soon as the task is completed, and the result is added to the top of the Live results. A limited number of results can be stored. When the list is full, the oldest result is dropped from the list.
Each line in the list represents one task and can be a single tightening or a batch sequence, depending on the selected task. Expand the list to view a more detailed information about each tightening.
Use the arrows to expand 
the overview result to a more detailed result view or to collapse 
the view to only display the overview result.
Column | Description |
|---|---|
Red bar | The leftmost position in the Live results table may contain a red bar icon , indicating erroneous tightenings for quick identification of errors. This corresponds to NOK. |
Holding pin | Select the holding pin icon to pin the result to the pinned tab. |
Trace | Select the trace icon to view a graphical view of the results in the Trace workspace. |
Save icon | This command creates a .csv file with the trace data. A dialog window is opened as to save the file in a desired location, where it can later be imported from. |
Overall Status | OK or NOK. NOK is always in combination with the red bar icon, to quickly identify erroneous tightenings. Incomplete tightenings will have the word Stopped next to the result. |
Type of task | Shows if the performed task is a single tightening or a batch sequence. |
Virtual station name | Name of the virtual station. |
Scan sequence | If a scanner was used to select the task, the scanned sequence is displayed. Otherwise the column is empty. |
Task name | The name of the tightening or the batch sequence. |
Time Stamp | Time stamp for the tightening, that is, time and date. |
Result parameter | Description |
|---|---|
Trace | Select the trace icon to view a graphical view of the results in the Trace workspace. |
Save | This command creates a .csv file with the trace data. A dialog window is opened as to save the file in a desired location, where it can later be imported from. |
Status | This column can show either OK or NOK. NOK is always displayed in combination with red text in the ToolsTalk 2 user interface. |
Status info | Additional tightening information. |
Tightening name | The name of the tightening. |
Torque Low Limit | The Low limit which is set in the Step Monitor Peak Torque, that reports Final Torque. |
Final Torque | Final Torque for the tightening. It is the Step Monitor Peak Torque located in the last tightening step that reports this Parameter. |
Target Torque | The Target Torque will display the Target Torque value configured for the tightening strategy, which is used to perform the tightening. |
Torque High Limit | The High limit which is set in the Step Monitor Peak Torque, that reports Final Torque. |
Rundown Angle | If rundown is enabled there will be a Rundown Angle value presented in the result. |
Angle Low Limit | The Low limit which is set in the Step Monitor Angle, that reports Final Angle. |
Final Angle | The actual measured angle of the last tightening step It is the Step Monitor Peak Angle located in the last tightening step that reports this parameter. |
Target Angle | The Target Angle will display the Target Angle value configured for the tightening strategy, which is used to perform the tightening. |
Angle High Limit | The High limit which is set in the Step Monitor Angle, that reports Final Angle. |
TrueAngle Compensation | The TrueAngle compensation will display the compensated angle. |
Start Final Angle | The Start Final Angle will display the torque value from where the Final Angle was initiated. |
Primary error | Primary error of why the result is NOK. |
Failing Step | Indicates the number of the step that detected the first error in case of a NOK tightening. |
Batch | The column is only displayed if the task is a batch sequence. The number indicates the order number of the batch within the batch sequence. |
Batch count | The column is only displayed if the task is a batch sequence. The number indicates the order number of the tightening within the batch. |
Angle and Torque results | Numeric value. Only shown if used as a target value or as a limit value. |
Errors | Shows all errors. |
Elapsed time | Time from tightening start to end. |
Detailed status | For NOK results, additional information about the error is shown. |
Monitors / Restrictions results for multistep
Each step in the multistep tightening program reports data. Most of this data is coming from the monitors and restrictions that are active during the step, so the data is only reported if a monitor or restriction of the correct type is configured.
Step Result Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
Step | The number of the step. |
Status | Status of the step, OK or NOK. |
Step type | Step type in the multistep program. |
Step category | For each step, there is an option to choose a step category. These categories can be customized. By selecting step category, the NOK tightenings will be listed in the event result view with related detailed status together with the corresponding multistep error information. If no selection is made, the detailed status will be set to "uncategorized multistep error". |
Primary error | Primary error of why the result is NOK. |
Elapsed time | Time from tightening start to end. |
Errors | Shows all errors. |
Trace results
The Results 
workspace shows detailed and graphical information on one or several tightening results.
The tightening results are displayed in a collapsed list that can be individually or collectively chosen for further analysis in the Trace workspace.
Trace results graph
If the controller provides Trace results, a graphical view of the tightening can be displayed. On a result, select the Trace icon if it is active 
. If the trace icon is grey 
, then no trace data has been sent from the controller. A trace result must be sent from the controller. Trace configuration options are set in General menu when a tool configuration is selected in the Configurations section 
.
The tightening result is copied to the graph area for further investigation and the result graph is displayed. It is possible to view several tightening results as graphs simultaneously.
Trace settings/preferences | Description |
|---|---|
Show limits | Limit values can be shown if they are used in the tightening program. |
Show Min/Max | Show minimum or maximum measured value. |
Peak Sync | Some curves may look the same, but are placed differently in the graph. This option creates an overlay of the curves and synchronizes their peak values. |
Manual Sync | |
Supported trace plots | Information on the trace’s axis:
|
Remove All Δ | Remove all the deltas. |
Save... | This command creates a picture of the graphical area. A dialog box is opened to save the file in a desired location. The file name is by default export.png. |
Remove All | This button clears the trace plot area.  The traces are still in the results and can be accessed again via the "live results" workspace. |
