# General information

Station configurations are created and edited in Smart AMS Config accessible through web browsers. You can also use .xlsx configuration files.

Smart AMS Manager provides a Web user interface. The application can be hosted on a local or remote machine. It has the following sections: Dashboard, Service Manager, App Context, Configuration, Administration, and Event Log. Smart AMS is reconfigured and station configurations are updated when you push a new configuration from within Smart AMS Config.

When connecting to a tightening tool, Smart AMS keeps it locked until the product is signed in at the corresponding station. When the product is signed in, Smart AMS enables the tool. When tightening is finished, Smart AMS locks the tool again. The use of a socket selector and free tightening order mode are also possible.

When a product is signed in at a station, the tightening workflow related to the station always starts from the beginning. This behavior does not depend on whether the product is signed in automatically or manually. When in sequential mode, the tools at the station are always activated in sequence specified in the recipe list, as the threaded joints become tightened one after another. Parallel mode and free order mode can also be used.

When a product is signed out from a station, Smart AMS sends a sign-out message with the product status to the PLC and MES, provided PLC or MES is activated in the configuration.

Barcode scanners can be connected to controllers. All scans are treated equally, regardless of the tool to which the scanner is connected. IXB and STwrench can have barcode scanners integrated, technically they are treated in the same way.

Stationary controllers like PF6000 and PF4000 can be equipped with Stack Lights an Operation Panels.

Station events such as product sign-in, product completed OK, product completed NOK, tightening status (OK or NOK) can be indicated by a Stack Light connected to the corresponding controller.

ToolsNet connection can be specified in order to download result data: OK, NOK, NYD.

When the operator presses the "skip bolt" button on the Operator Panel or Stack Light connected to the controller, the current bolt will be skipped, regardless of what tool is currently active.