Providing a reason for downtime

You can provide the root cause for a period of downtime that is recorded through an OPC signal from a machine.

To add a reason:

  1. Click Downtime from the operator dashboard.
  2. Click the Machine Stops tab. A list of records is displayed.
  3. Select an unknown machine stop record and click Explain. The Explain window is displayed.
  4. Specify this information:
    Category
    The category of the reason for the downtime.
    Reason
    The reason for the downtime.
    Comments
    The additional information.
  5. Click OK.