This Article Applies From:
CVIConfig 
2.3.9.4
Connect
2.3.0.3
CVI3 2.3.0.3
DeMeter 2.8.1


Introduction

The present article describes the procedure to set, via CVIConfig, any Desoutter controller (CVI3 / CONNECT) to send traceability data to DeMeter.

This procedure does not apply to CVIxII product family.



TABLE OF CONTENTS


Introduction

1 - Pre-requisites  

  1.1 - Suggested readings  

  1.2 - System state  

2 - Configuring the controllers  

  2.1 - Tightening results retrieval  

  2.2 - User Information retrieval  

3 - Further readings  


1 - Pre-requisites  

1.1 - Suggested readings  


1.2 - System state  

  • DeMeter and DeMeter Collector have been installed. The corresponding services are running.
  • Controllers must be loaded with version 2.3.0.3 or above.
  • Installed CVIConfig version must be 2.3.9.4 or above.


2 - Configuring the controllers  

The procedure below applies to both CVI3 and CONNECT controllers.


2.1 - Tightening results retrieval  

  1. Open CVIConfig.
  2. Expand the menu for the target controller then select Networks.

  3. Open the CVINet panel: this will allow you to configure your controller to send tightening data to DeMeter.
  4. Enable DeMeter data collection by enabling CVINet data collection.
  5. Fill- in the DeMeter server connection details.
    Note: Port number is the port number setup for DeMeter Collector at the time of installation. Please refer to DeMeter installation procedure as a reference.
  6. Set your data collection options for your target results to be sent over to DeMeter.
    Note:
    • Assembly Process Results option is not yet supported by DeMeter.
    • User info option does not apply to DeMeter.
    • The CVINet view is currently under rework to better reflect its usefulness to both CVINet settings and DeMeter settings.
  7. Set controller's buffer behaviour.
    This setting is especially important in the event of a connection loss to DeMeter: the buffer only increases when a controller fails to forward data to the connected data retrieval system.
    Note:
    - When enabling either option, the controller will prevent the system from performing any new tightening if the specified buffer size is reached.
    - The Buffer (FIFO) size setting only applies to numerical results. To setup the buffer size for Curves, please use the Curves stored per tool in the Tightening UnitConfiguration menu.
  8. Transfer the configuration to the target controller.


2.2 - User Information retrieval  

  1. Open the DeMeter panel from the target controller Networks menu in CVIConfig.
  2. Enable DeMeter data collection.
  3. Fill in the IP address field with the target DeMeter server adress.
  4. Enable User Info.
  5. Transfer the configuration to the target controller.


Note that there is an additional setting in this window for the configuration of the curves:

The setting core purpose is to provide information about CVINet fields needing configuration for the tightening results to be retrieved via DeMeter: providing CVINet fields are properly configured, tightening results will be displayed in DeMeter, even if said check box is left unchecked.


3 - Further readings  


Please refer to the following articles to further explore DeMeter: