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FactoryLogix supports many machine interfaces. This topic explains the basic steps used for machine programming in FactoryLogix Office; see the specific FactoryLogix guide for your machine for additional information. Popular machine programming guides can be found in this documentation and in the Document Library in the Aegis Support Gateway. If you need help with machine programming, you can also contact Aegis Technical Support.

Note

Before you can set up for machine programming, your factory resources must be defined (factory, areas, and workstations). See Create a factory and set up factory resources for more information.

Specify a machine type

After you create a factory, you specify the machine type for factory workstations to enable machine programming.

  1. Log into the NPI client application.

  2. Select Templates and Standards Templates and Standards buttonImage Modified > Factory Resources.

  3. Select a workstation from the factory tree.

  4. On the right side of the window, enter a Computer Name for the workstation attached to the machine.

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  5. (Optional) Select the Add Add buttonImage Modified button, then locate and select an image of the machine.

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  1. (Optional) Enter a Computer Name or select the Search button (the binoculars), select a computer from the list, then select OK.

  2. If you want to use an alarm reaction template, select one from the Alarm Reaction Template drop-down.

  3. Review the options on the Machine Information and Material Setup Configuration tabs to ensure the correct options are selected for this machine.

  4. Select the Save button to save the configuration for the workstation and machine.

Add machine programming

After you add one or more factory resources to FactoryLogix, you can generate machine programs for placement and inspection equipment.

  1. Log into the NPI client application.

  2. Select Process Engineering Process Engineering buttonImage Modified > Define Processes, then double-click a product or assembly to open it.

  3. Expand the Line Programming node at the bottom of the process tree.

  4. Right-click Line Programming, then select Add Programming from the menu.

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  5. In the Add Programming dialog, select Program a Machine.

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  6. Use the Browse (...) button to select the Operation in the process flow from which part assignments should be derived, then select OK.

  7. Use the Browse (...) button to select the Machine (the workstation used for this operation), then select OK to add the machine programming entries to the Process tree at the bottom under Line Programming.

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  8. Select the operation name or the workstation name under the Line Programming area to initialize machine programming.

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    At the top of the Machine List window, there are two buttons: the Choose Resources button is used to add additional factory resources for programming; the Edit

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  1. Resources button is used to set up or change the machine properties for the selected machine programming interface.

Note

Each machine programming interface is unique. Consult an Aegis Support Specialist for details about your particular machine interface.

  1. Under Machine List there are five areas you must step through to configure and generate a machine program. Review the settings in the following table to understand the options and settings:

    • Board Geometry

    • Part Management & Troubleshooting

    • Angle Resolution

    • Program Transfer

    • Material Setup

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Item

Description

Board Geometry

The Board Geometry toolbar options are used to set up fiducials, board origin, board rotation, and board side.

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Part Management & Troubleshooting

Part Management and Troubleshooting options are used to set up machine-specific options for the currently-selected machine (in this example, MYCRONIC TPSys). Select the Setup button to display and configure machine-specific settings. (Refer to your machine's documentation for details about specific machine settings.)

Note

Some machine interfaces do not have additional settings requirements.

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Angle Resolution

The Angle Resolution options are used with certain advanced machine types to validate or correct machine placement angles (theta) specific to that machine type. Blue indicates unconfirmed angles, Green indicates confirmed angles, Red indicates parts with angle errors.

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Machine Angle Correction Center - Use these options to check and validate correct machine placement angles on a part-by-part basis or check and correct all placement angles automatically.

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Calculate All Angles buttonImage Added Calculate All Angles - Automatically calculates placement angles for all parts.

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Reset All buttonImage Added Reset All - Resets all placement angles to their original settings.

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Offset Overlays buttonImage Added Offset Overlays - Slightly offsets the machine package overlays in the X and Y direction in the event they are obscuring the underlying CAD footprint.

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Confirm All Angles buttonImage Added Confirm All Angles - Confirms all placement angles.

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Settings - The

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Settings Settings buttonImage Added button (the gear) in the upper-right corner of the window allows you to specify:

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  • Show Confirmed Shapes - Whether confirmed parts are displayed

  • Show Unconfirmed Shapes - Whether unconfirmed parts are displayed

  • Advance on Confirm - Whether the software will advance to the next part in the Part Number list when an item is confirmed

  • Confirm All on Recalculate All - Whether all parts will be confirmed automatically when you select Recalculate All

  • Show Angles in Clockwise Convention - Whether angles should be displayed using the Clockwise convention

  • Show Negative  (270 is -90) - Whether 270 degrees is equivalent to -90 degrees

Buttons - Use these buttons to help you confirm machine placement angle settings for a selected part in the Part Number list:

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Note

The Apply angle change to affected features Apply angle change to affected features buttonImage Added button (next to the Machine Angle field) references the Features Affected drop-down. When you change a machine placement angle for a selected part, you can use the drop-down to apply the angle change for all features (Select All check box) of the part or just those features whose check boxes are selected.

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There are two ways to confirm machine placement angles:

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  • Step through each part number in

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  • the Part Number list, make any necessary changes, then select the

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  • Confirm Confirm buttonImage Added button (for each part).Use these buttons to make individual adjustments to a selected machine placement angle:

  • Select the Calculate All Angles Calculate All Angles buttonImage Added button, then select the Confirm All Angles Confirm All Angles buttonImage Added button.

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Important

You must confirm all angles (they must all be Green). When you select Generate Program to create a machine program, any unconfirmed angles will be auto-calculated by FactoryLogix and those calculated angles are

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published to the program.

Program Transfer

Program Transfer options are used to generate the final machine program. Depending on the machine type, one or more local files will be generated, or the program may be transferred directly to the placement equipment in question.

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  • Target Directory - Specifies the directory where the generate machine program file is stored.

  • FileName -  Specifies the name of this machine program file.

  • Generate Program - Generates a machine program.

  • Show Program - Displays the machine program file.

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  • Show Directory - Displays the directory where machine program files are stored for the currently-selected machine.

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Material Setup

Material Setup options allow you to record material setup data for the selected operation and machine.

Four import formats are currently supported:

  • Comma-separated values (*.csv file)

  • Fuji Flexa NXT (*.PGO file)

  • ASM Siplace

  • Universal (*.CDI and *.CI2 file formats)

The first time the Material Setup tab is displayed for a selected operation and machine, the Material Setup grid on the right side of the window is blank. You can create a material setup list by: importing a machine recipe file, importing the data from a *.csv file, or entering the data manually.

After a material setup list is imported (or created manually), the data is displayed in the Material Setup grid on the right side of the window and is recorded by FactoryLogix. (In subsequent sessions, the grid will display any previously-recorded material setup information for the selected operation and machine.)

Note

Any changes made to a material setup list are saved to the FactoryLogix database automatically.

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The Material Setup grid identifies each station on the selected machine with the material to be loaded and the location where that material will be used within the board:

  • Station - The position on the machine where the material will be loaded.

  • Part Number - The internal part number (IPN) of the component to be loaded.

  • Description - The description for the internal part number.

  • Package Type - The package type "known" by the machine.

  • References - The location(s) where the component will be placed.

  • Quantity - The number of placements to be made from this station per board.

  • Feeder - The feeder type "known" to the machine.

  • Rotation - The component rotation.

  • Polarity - The component polarity.

  • Part Marking - The part marking as recorded in the FactoryLogix part definition.

Note

When importing from a machine recipe or a *.csv file, the import allows you to identify whether all of the data from the machine recipe or *.csv file will be imported or whether just the Part Number and References values will be imported.

When importing the data from a machine recipe file or *.csv file, the Recipe Name and Recipe Version are also included in the data.

When you import a *.csv file, the contents of the file are formatted with each row of the *.csv file mapping to a single entry in the setup list. No comma is expected after the Part Marking value, but may be present. If a value is not present, the comma separating it from the previous (or next) value will remain. If Rotation, Polarity, and Part Marking were not present, the data line will have three commas after the Feeder value with nothing between them.

Note

When you import new data, all existing data displayed in the grid prior to importing the new data is removed.

At the top of the window (to the right of Machine Setup), a toolbar and other options allow you to configure material setup data.

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  • Drop-down menu - Allows you to select a file type for import: CSV, Fuji Flexa, Siplace, or Universal.

  • New Recipe - Opens a dialog where you can locate and select a recipe file to import.

  • Import Recipe - Opens a dialog where you can locate and select a recipe file to import a recipe file.

  • Add Material - Allows you to add new rows and material setup detail manually. A new row is added above the currently-selected row in the grid.

  • Remove Material -  Allows you to remove material setup detail from the selected row in the grid.

Note

Each value you enter manually is free form text. When you change the Part Number value, the system searches for that part number in the BOM for the current assembly. If the part number is found, any information required for the entry in this grid that is present in the BOM data will be set to the BOM value automatically. If a value is not present in the BOM for a found Part Number (the Package Type, for example), the system will not modify the value you enter in the corresponding field of the Material Setup grid.

  • Clear All Setup - Removes all material setup information from the grid.

  • Print Material Setup - Displays the Print Preview window where you can select print and save options and print the a material setup report. Use the toolbar buttons across the top of the window to control printing options, save formats, and other settings for the material setup file.

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The report header at the top of the first page of the report includes the following:

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  • Assembly Name

  • Process Name

  • Operation Name

  • Machine Name

  • Program Name

  • Program Version

The report footer at the bottom of each page of the report, identifies the FactoryLogix operator who printed the report and the current date and time. Page numbers and the total number of pages in the report are also displayed.

  • Use the Current Program(s) drop-down to select a machine program. (Use the Delete Delete buttonImage Added button to the right of the drop-down to delete the currently-selected program.

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Note

The recipe/program name

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will be set to the filename (without the file period and file extension).

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Operators can choose to fill in field values (empty fields or all fields except the Part Number, References, Station, and Feeder) using either FactoryLogix data or data from the machine recipe or CSV file. This is done using the following data fill modes and rules:

  • Fill - Allows you to select how to fill fields in the grid using your selection from the Using area (see below). 

    • All Data Fields - Fills all data fields in the grid using data from either FactoryLogix or the import recipe file.

    • Empty Data Fields - Fills only empty data fields in the grid using data from either FactoryLogix or the import recipe file.

  • Using - Specifies the data source to use to fill the fields in the grid.

    • Data From Recipe File - Fills data fields using only the data from the import recipe file.

    • Data From FactoryLogix - Fills data fields using only data from FactoryLogix.

The following illustration shows the data fill mode logic:

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Note

In all cases, the Part Number and References fields are not affected by this data fill mode.

  • Program Name - Specifies the name of the machine program file.

  • Program Version - Specifies the version of the machine program file.

  • Is Active - Specifies whether this program version is the active version.


Related topics

Create a factory and set up factory resources