1. When a production line reaches their goal for the Shift, display a Congratulations message or graphic.
2. When breaks or lunches move around a lot, remove them from the time schedule and instead use a manual input to set the unit to Standby (break) mode.
3. Use the relay output to sound a horn when a break starts and ends.
4. Display an hourly goal and hourly count to keep production on track.
5. In some applications, to get better data accuracy customers do not want the unit to decide if the line is running or down. Instead, they will use a relay contact that is closed if the line is running and open is the line is idle. This relay contact is wired to one of our inputs which will trigger a program to place the unit into Run or Down mode depending on the condition of the signal.
6. Use a time schedule to set the Takt time, Ideal cycle time, and Shift Goal to different values based on the production shift.
7. Display downtime as a monetary value. Money sometimes produces more of an impact than time.
8. Display the last shifts production as a motivation for the current shift.
9. Keep track of production records and display a congratulations message when it is surpassed.
10. Display a Changeover Goal time value as well as the current Changeover time to remind the operator of the requirement.
11. Change the Takt time, Ideal Cycle time, and Goal based on the number of operators on the line.
12. In plants where multiple languages are used, alternate between multiple screens of data using the different languages (English/Spanish).
13. In some applications (Printing presses) the line speed is more important to the operators than the actual count. For these applications, the Goal speed would be displayed with the actual speed changing color based upon reaching the Goal.
14. In some cases, customers use the unit as a simple display. For example, they already have a PLC on the production line which has all of the production data they are interested in. In this case, the PLC can be programmed to transmit the production data serially to the XL display.
