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AMS CI-Suite v1.30 Spring Release 2025: Preview of What’s New

The AMS CI-Suite v1.30 introduces numerous important improvements and new features developed from customer feedback and technological advances. Below are the key highlights of this spring version

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 analysing dependencies among multiple measurements
- Improved histogram for detailed distribution analysis (picture 1&2: below)
- Single-cycle-time analysis for process optimisation

Improved histogram for detailed distribution analysis

STIWA Shopfloor Control & Monitor improvements

Optimised dashboards
- Performance analysis with shift and order history
- Scrap analysis based on NOK criteria and process errors (picture 1: below, left)
- Part analysis across multiple machines
- Easy navigation to detailed views in AMS Analysis-CI (picture 2: below, right)

Scrap analysis based on NOK criteria and process errors

Easy navigation to detailed views in AMS Analysis-CI

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

AMS FIT-CI Improvements

Support for processes with multiple linked PLC instance types
Product Data Manager mapping in process actions
Extended number range support for process and product errors
Configuration validation for dots in PLC object names
Warning for disabled Product Data Manager

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