Compatibility and Discontinuation
- No longer compatible with local machine systems running CI-Suite v1.21
General features
- Docker container support (preview) – An alternative to traditional setups for the first core components of the central system:
- STIWA HMI Service
- Shopfloor Monitor
- Andon Board
- AMS Analysis-CI
AMS Analysis-CI extensions
- New architecture for measurement analytics
- Full integration of HMI components into Analysis-CI
- New data API, on-demand calculation, and HMI visualisation
- Improved performance and scalability with large data volumes
- New visualisations
- Scatter plot for showing relationships between two measurements
- Heat map for analyzing dependencies among multiple measurements
- Improved histogram for detailed distribution analysis (pictures 1 and 2: below)
- Single-cycle-time analysis for process optimization
STIWA Shopfloor Control & Monitor improvements
- Optimised dashboards
- Performance analysis with shift and order history
- Scrap analysis based on NOK criteria and process errors (picture 3)
- Part analysis across multiple machines
- Easy navigation to detailed views in AMS Analysis-CI (picture 4)
- Offline Rework Station
- Fully functional rework station without PLC program
- Rework actions: rework, scrap, pack, cancel
- Customisable via HMI-Framework Editor
- New Functions and Controls
- ValueRecorderControl for client-side recording of arbitrary values
- Support for type or machine parameter arrays and editors
- KPI descriptions as tooltips for better understanding
- Improved WDS panel with automatic refresh
- Display of feeder and output positions with batch data
- Enhanced alarm lists with quick filters and documentation links
- Support for Microsoft Entra for secure remote access management
- Keycard reader support
AMS ZPoint-CI improvements
- Siemens S7 optimisations
- TLS-encrypted communication with optimised data blocks
- Human-readable alarm numbers
- Filter options for CPU alarms by ProducerID
- Regular expressions for alarm classification
- Better handling of repeating data (measurements, welding positions)
- Other improvements
- TwinCAT 3 Pack_mode support for 1-byte and 8-byte alignment
- Warning when the number of unprocessed messages in the MQTT broker rises
- Option to specify the nest number in PartialWorkResult
- Additional quality-data events for SetWorkResult and PartialWorkResult
- Retention of the performance graph after a server restart
STIWA Shopfloor Manual Data Input
- Multi-order recording per shift
- More detailed and realistic depiction of shopfloor activities
- Granular data capture for different orders within a shift
- Better analysis through finer data granularity
- Fully integrated with Analysis-CI
AMS ZPoint-CI Data Distributor (M2M)
- Type-Dependent Machine Targets:
- Reduction of database load and improvement of M2M efficiency
- Type-specific control of which machine targets receive WDS records
- Optional deactivation of data transfer per type
- Improved logging for data transfer status per connection