OEE:SCR: Using the system.mes.monitor Functions

Interact with data from the MES Monitor component through scripting with system.mes.monitor functions.

Create and Manipulate a Custom Counter

Create a Custom Counter on the MES Monitor and manipulate its value:

• Click the Create Counter button, which contains the following script line:

  Create Counter Button

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  system.mes.monitor.count("Counter1")

1. Navigate in the Metric Categories pane of the MES Monitor to find the new counter, Counter1. Click to highlight it.
   
   

• Click the Increment and Decrement buttons to manipulate the value of the counter. Those buttons contain the following scripts:

  Increment Button

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  system.mes.monitor.count("Counter1").increment()

  Decrement Button

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  system.mes.monitor.count("Counter1").decrement()

• Observe how the counter value is reflected on the graph in the Metric Details pane (updated every 60 seconds). Right-click on the graph and select Zoom Out → All Axes to shrink the graph.

Reference

• system.mes.monitor.count

Create and Manipulate a Custom Value

Create a Custom Value on the MES Monitor and manipulate its value:

• Click the Value button to create a new Custom Value, called MyValue (the first write will create it if it doesn't exit). The button contains the following script line:

  Value Button

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  x = event.source.parent.getComponent('Numeric Text Field').doubleValue system.mes.monitor.value('MyValue', x)

• Navigate in the Metric Categories pane of the MES Monitor to find the new counter, Myvalue. Click to highlight it.
  
  

• Enter different values into the Numeric Text Field (suggestion: between 1 and 20) and click the Value button each time, to manipulate the value of the Custom Value. 
  
  

• Observe how the Custom Value is reflected on the graph in the Metric Details pane (updated every 60 seconds). Right-click on the graph and select Zoom Out → All Axes to shrink the graph.

Reference

• system.mes.monitor.value

Create an Exception

Create a new Counter Exception:

• Click the Add Exception button to create a new Counter Exception called CounterException1, which will appear in the Custom Counter section of the Metric Categories pane. The button contains the following script line:

  Add Exception Button

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  from java.lang import Exception system.mes.monitor.count("CounterException1").addException(Exception('This is a custom exception'))

Reference

• system.mes.monitor.addException

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