Machine Details
A machine-specific operational page for live status, shift context, alerts, and related actions.
Overview
Access: Any role with access to this machine. Roles and access.
Give users a detailed, date-aware view of one machine’s live or recent activity.
Users open this page by selecting a machine from the Machines page.
Access
- Visibility: Protected
- Primary routes:
/machines/:machineId
What You Can See
- Date controls and shift tabs.
- KPIs, cycle-related views, and timeline sections.
- Alert context and related machine actions.
What You Can Do
- Change the selected date.
- Focus on a specific shift or all shifts.
- Open PDA, machine history, or alert rules.
- Review current machine state and recent events.
Worked Orders and Up Next
Worked opens by default. It shows steps worked on the date selected at the top of the page, with running work first and recent work after it. Use the page's date controls to change the day. Today's list refreshes every minute while you view it. See earlier days in the machine history opens the longer review period.
Up next (previously Planned) shows the whole machine queue, regardless of the selected date. Running steps appear at the top without a position number. Waiting steps follow in execution order, numbered from 1. Completed and cancelled steps are excluded. The cards show the planned start and end, with dates.
Use the status filters to narrow Up next. Numbers keep their original queue positions when filtered. Use a card's status menu to change its status; setting a step to completed removes it from the queue and refreshes Worked. To change execution order, use the planning workflow.
Both lists show order and operation priorities. Only running cards have a coloured edge. You see two columns on wide screens and one on smaller screens. Clicking a card opens the order in a new tab, subject to order-page access.
Read a Step's Details
A part passed on to another machine or pool shows Handed over on the card and in its details. The grey badge shows the destination and good parts made here; incoming work shows its source and parts already made. Hover for more detail and any reason. Recorded times remain on this machine, and the rest can still be waiting elsewhere. Follow return work to the pool.
Open the information icon at the end of a card on either tab. It shows available status, Start, End, Planned, quantity progress, and Position in the queue. Running work shows Still running. Dates and times describe the step's actual work, even when it began before the selected day. Missing values are left out.
Booked time splits the step's recorded time into Preparation and Production. On Worked, Machine states shows what the machine actually did during those bookings. For example, a production booking can include idle time. These totals and produced quantities cover the step's work on this machine across all days, not just the selected day. Machine-state details are not available on Up next.
If no work was booked on the selected day, Worked is empty. An empty queue shows Nothing is queued for this machine. Follow Monitor a Machine Live.
Live Data, Pulse, and Last Heartbeat
Live Data streams current readings. Last Heartbeat is the device's last reported contact; it is not the machine's last production time. Pulse is the raw sensor-signal graph beneath the timeline. Its resolution can be 1 minute, 30 seconds, 5 seconds, or 1 second.
The timeline uses Production green, Idle orange, Off red, Preparation blue, and Unknown grey. Downtime is Idle or Off. A missing reason can show an unlabeled-timeline marker; use PDA to record the context.
Read Timeline Details
Hover over an interval or a machine state to read Start, End, and Duration. An interval also shows available order, quantity, and operator information. Machine states explains the machine's activity during the booked interval. A state shows its Reason when one is recorded. Missing values are left out.
Dates and times use day/month/year and hours/minutes. Durations under a minute show seconds only. Hover over the pulse line for readings at that time. A cycle point shows Cycle, Time, and Duration, or Cycles for the hourly count.
Read OEE, AVL, PRO, and Cycle Figures
AVL is production time divided by total recorded time. PRO is production plus preparation divided by switched-on time; it means Performance, not Production. The dashboard Quality tooltip shows 95% and directs changes to an admin. These time definitions differ from textbook OEE. The exact server OEE formula remains unconfirmed.
Cycle-time averages differ by source: full interval time per detected cycle, active production time per detected cycle, or production time per operator-entered quantity. Compare the same period and source. See calculations and examples.
Shift energy totals use the company’s local shift start and end times.
Understand Active Shifts
Active shift identifies a machine whose shifts follow machine activity. A shift starts at idle, production, or preparation and ends according to the machine's shift settings. Its assigned shift group is not used. See Machine Configuration.
Waiting for the next active shift or waiting for machine start means the next shift has not started yet. It starts automatically when the machine begins idle, production, or preparation. Until then, planned shifts from the assigned shift group are shown. This display does not switch off active shifts.
Open Machine Settings
Administrators see the Machine Settings gear in the header, between machine history and refresh. It opens this machine's settings in the same tab. Use the browser's back button or the machine link above the settings to return. Other roles do not see the gear. Follow Configure a Machine.
Improve Intervals
With access to this machine, select Improve intervals in the timeline header. The button appears when the selected day has at least one interval. The dialog starts with this machine and day selected. Administrators can add other accessible machines under Machines; other users review one machine.
Choose a Period ending no later than today. A longer selection is shortened to its most recent 60 days, with a notice. Use Show to choose start, end, preparation, neighbour, or unbooked-production suggestions, then Find suggestions.
Expand a day to compare Now and After. Each suggestion shows the order, changed time, options, and minutes added or removed. The day preview follows your selection. The summary also shows unbooked production and remaining overlaps.
Start and end suggestions use actual machine events from the most recent activity, within the machine’s asking limit. A time is never moved to a limit where nothing happened. Short data gaps under 10 minutes and idle, off, or preparation interruptions under 2 minutes do not split activity. Setup follows its own allowed options, separate from production. Only options within the automatic limit contribute to the best choices and summary totals.
Only suggestions whose best option falls within the automatic limit start selected. Overlaps (warning) stays unticked and appears when simultaneous intervals exceed Jobs in parallel. Parallel work can be correct; overlaps are allowed. Review each before choosing a correction.
Use the selected-suggestions action to apply the changes you checked. Administrators can choose Apply best everywhere after reviewing its confirmation. This excludes overlaps and suggestions beyond the automatic limit. Unbooked production is information only; the tool does not create missing intervals.
Finding suggestions changes nothing. Applying them changes historic order times immediately; OEE and reports follow at their next calculation. Without machine data, intervals cannot be checked. The allowed times come from PDA Assist, even when live assistance is off. Follow Review and Improve Intervals.
Read Downtime Reason Codes
Downtime chart labels include a reason's code when one is set. Short labels may be cut off; hover over a bar or pie slice to read the full name, code, and category. Categories help identify reasons; the charts still group by reason.
See downtime reason settings for how administrators maintain these labels.
When assigning a reason in the timeline, the picker offers only that machine’s available reasons, alphabetically, with any code before the name. Remove label clears a reason. Older labels remain visible even when they are no longer selectable.
Main Entities
- Machine
- Shift
- Timeline Event
- Alert
- Assignment
Outcomes and Limits
Common Outcomes
- Users understand what the machine is doing and decide the next action.
Limits and Empty States
- A selected date with little data can make parts of the page look sparse.