General Virtual Station

Adding a General Virtual Station

In the Plant structure workspace , select a controller.
In the tab menu bar in the workspace area, select the Configurations icon .

The workspace area displays a list of configurations.
Double-click on a configuration row that has General Virtual Station in the Type column.

Alternatively, select Add to create a new General Virtual Station configuration .

Properties
Parameter	Description
Name	Optional name for the configuration
Description	Optional configuration description

The non-tightening results can either be reported unfiltered (default), or configured to report a selection of the results. Up to 16 General Virtual Station configurations can be created.

Non-tightening results affected:

Loosening
Batch increment
Batch decrement
Reset batch
Bypass tightening program
Abort batch sequence
Reset batch sequence

When using a StepSync or a Flex controller the following parameter is also visible in the General Virtual Station configuration.

Fixtured Stations

Auto Enable can use one of the following settings, the default setting is Never.

Setting	Description
Never	Input Enable Operation must be set high to be able to run a tightening.
Always	It is always possible to run tightenings regardless of the status of input Enable Operation.

Creating a Non-tightening result filter

Default is set to "On" - all results will be reported. Switch to "Off" to filter the results, only filters set to "On" are reported.

The non-tightening results will always be displayed in the controller and web user interface, regardless of what is filtered to the report.

To apply the General Virtual Station configuration, assign it to a Virtual Station in the Virtual Station section.

Only unassigned General Virtual Station configurations can be deleted.

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