Introduction

inForce is a hardware device that serves several purposes on a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) manufacturing line. The device acts as a gatekeeper between two pieces of equipment on an assembly line—conveyors or assembly equipment. inForce interacts with SMEMA-compliant manufacturing equipment to prevent or allow a PCB from proceeding to the next machine on the line based on validation received from FactoryLogix. The inForce device ensures that the following actions are completed:

• A valid barcode was read from a PCB

• The board belongs at that location

• The board won't exceed the batch quantity

• The downstream equipment is set up correctly

• All entry conditions have been satisfied

• No line stop is currently active

• There are no workstation restrictions

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