Overview
A job represents a data recording task. It defines primarily what signals shall be recorded and when the recording shall be started and stopped. It can be regarded as a logical unit of process data and usually is configured corresponding to a specific machining operation.
The job manager screen depicted below is used to create, edit and delete recording jobs, manage the operational state of a job as well as to export and import job definitions.
The following UI elements are available:
Area |
UI element |
Description |
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Example: |
Displays the name of the job |
2 |
Example: |
Displays the time stamp when the job was last started. |
3 |
Example: |
Displays the operational state of the job:
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4 |
Transport control section. Available UI elements depend on the job state. |
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Job in Recording state. Click to manually stop the recording. |
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Job in Recording state. Click to manually stop the recording. |
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Job in Ready state. Click to activate it. |
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5 |
Various job-related operations. Available UI elements depend on the job state. |
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Create a copy of the job definition. If the data point configuration has changed, the job copy operation will fail. Refer to the section "Limitations" for more details. |
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Export the job to a file (e.g. to transfer it to another machine or to create a backup). |
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View the job configuration. |
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Edit the job configuration. |
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Delete the job. |
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6 |
Delete the selected jobs. |
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7 |
Export the selected jobs to a file (e.g. to transfer them to another machine or to create a backup). |
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8 |
Import a job definition from a file. |
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9 |
Create a new job. |