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NBS1R 88-3789

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CELL CONTROLLER OPERATIONS MANUAL

Bruce Hunter Thomas

Research Information Center

National bureau oi Standards

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experimental procedure. Such identification does not imply

recommendation or endorsement by the National Bureau of

Standards, nor does it imply that the materials or equipment

identified are necessarily the best available for the

purpose.

This Publication was prepared by United States Government

employees as part of their official duties and is, therefore,

a work of the U. S. Government and not subject to copyright.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

I INTRODUCTION

II OPERATION OF THE SCREENS

III STARTUP

1 CELL STARTUP

2 UVA PROTOCOL TO WORKSTATIONS eeoc««ec*ecteoe««eecooceoooe

IV OPERATION OF THE CELL

1 ORDER ENTRY

2 MONITORING

V SHUTDOWN

APPENDIX FIGURES OF CELL SCREENS

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I. INTRODUCTION

This manual is one in a series of operations manuals written

to instruct a novice in the operation of one of the systems

in the Automated Manufacturing Research Facility ( AMRF) at

the National Bureau of Standards. The manual assumes that

the operator has some training in the use of the computer but

little knowledge of the AMRF and only wants to operate the

specific system in a standard configuration, not learn how or

why it operates as it does. A reader interested in further

information about the system should consult this document's

bibliography for a list of other publications on the subject.

The AMRF, the major national laboratory for research in

automated manufacturing, consists of six workstations and the

control rooms and computer equipment necessary to operate

them. The facility is a test bed where scientists and

engineers from industry, academia, and the government work

together on projects of mutual interest. Their research

concentrates on the interfaces and measurement techniques

needed for successful computer integrated manufacturing.

This particular manual addresses the operation of the AMRF '

cell controller. The cell controller is currently the

highest level controller in the AMRF. The cell controller

directs the actions of five subordinate workstations:

Vertical Workstation (VWS) , Horizontal Workstation (HWS)

,

Inspection Workstation (IWS) , Material Handling Workstation

(MHS ) , and Cleaning and Deburring Workstation (CDWS) . There

are four major sections to this manual, basic operation of

the cell screen management system, startup of the cell,

operation of the cell, and shutdown of the cell.

The cell controller is located in Control Room 2 on the desk

facing the window. The cell controller is running on a

COMPAQ deskpro 386 computer, and requires software to be

running concurrently on the Sun Network computer. The Sun

computer is located on the table to left of the COMPAQ 386,

as you face the COMPAQ.

II. OPERATION OF THE SCREENS

The cell's screens are broken down into three major areas:

menu area, data area, and the status bar. Figure 1 shows the

location of the three areas on the screen.

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MENU AREA

DATA AREA

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STATUS BAR

Figure 1® Cell Screen Area

Most user interaction with the system is directed through the

menu area. The menu area occupies the topmost three lines on

the monitor screen. The first line displays the name of the

menu that the user has currently selected. The second line

provides selection operations or data that may be chosen by

the user. Left and right cursor control keys move the

highlighting bar over the possible selections. The cursor

control , or "arrow", keys are located on the number key pad

on the right side of the keyboard. Pressing the ENTER key

makes a selection which will cause an associated menu

function to be called and/or another level of descent in the

menu structure to occur. Pressing the ESCAPE key causes the

user to back up a level in the menu structure. Function keys

provide the user with direct access to many functions and

screens, which are listed below. The third line displays the

next level of options with the selection that is currently

highlighted on line 2.

Function keys?

FIs Not used

F2 s Move from menu to data area

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F3 : Communication state data display

F4: Mailbox display

F5: Cell control command display

F6: Cell control status display

F7: Summary display

F8: Work elements display

F9: Communication display

F10: Subordinate controller

Most of the information about the cell is presented in the

second area on the screen, the data page. The data page

covers from line 4 to line 24 on the screen. Many different

page formats are defined which provide control and

communications information to the user in real-time.

The last area on the screen, the status bar, provides summary

or diagnostic information. The highlighted status bar

displays the current clock cycle, the current screen

identifier, communications status, and the current time. It

provides constant feedback to the user that the cell is

operating correctly. The current clock cycle should be

updating about ten times a second. If the clock cycles have

stopped updating for more than a few seconds, the system

might have abnormally stopped. When the system has

abnormally stopped, the computer must be turned off and then

turned on. The computer is then rebooted, and the startup

procedure is repeated.

III. STARTUP

1. CELL CONTROLLER STARTUP

1) The Sun MHS and CELL communications processes are started

by either the Network operator or the AMRF operator.

2) Check that the power strip is connected to the COMPAQ 386

and there is no diskette in the disk drive. Check that the

computer's power switch is on. When the COMPAQ 386 is ready

to operate, the prompt

C>

will be the last item written on the screen.

3)

To start the cell controller on the COMPAQ 386

enter commands

c;

cd cell

cell

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See Figure 2 in the Appendix. The figures of the cell

screens are to help users determine if their keyboard actions

are producing the desired effects. The cell takes a few

seconds to startup; therefore wait until clock cycles start

updating before proceeding.

4) Using the arrow keys, highlight the menu option SET_COMM.

Press the Enter key. See Figure 3.

5) Using the arrow keys, highlight the menu option

COMM_SWITCH . Press the Enter key. See Figure 4.

6) Using the arrow keys, highlight the menu option ON.

Press the Enter key. See Figure 5. (Observe on the status

bar the COMM: status should be switching from IDLE to RCV

about every ten seconds.) This activates communication

between the cell computer and the Sun that provides a

connection to the AMRF Network.

7) Enter the Esc key to return to the SET_COMM menu.

8) Enter the Esc key again to return to the main menu,

CELL.

2. UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA (UVA) PROTOCOL TO

WORKSTATIONS

9) Enter the F7 function key to bring up the Summary

display. See Figure 6.

10) Using the arrow keys, highlight the menu option SET_CMDS.

Press the Enter key. See Figure 7.

11) For each subordinate workstation that is being used,

perform the next 6 steps on each workstation. An example of

initializing the Cleaning and Deburring Workstation is shown.

12) Using the arrow keys, highlight the menu option for the

workstation desired (for this example use CDWS) . Press the

Enter key. See Figure 8.

13) Using the arrow keys, highlight the menu option SYNC.

Press the Enter key. See Figure 9.

14) Wait for the workstation to return a SHUTDOWN status.

See Figure 10.

15) Using the arrow keys, highlight the menu option WARM.

Press the Enter key. See Figure 11.

16) Wait for the workstation to return a READY status. See

Figure 12.

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17) Enter the Esc key to return to the SET_CMDS menu.

18) If there are more subordinate workstations to be

initialized, repeat steps 12 through 19 for each workstation.

19) Enter the Esc key, and this will return to the main

menu.

20) The cell controller is now fully operational.

IV. OPERATION OF THE CELL

There are two main operations the cell can perform, entering

orders and monitoring.

1 . ORDER ENTRY

To enter an order do the following.

1) While in the main menu CELL, use the arrow keys to

highlight the menu option ORDERS and press the Enter key.

See Figure 13.

2) Using the arrow keys, highlight the menu option ENTRY.

Press the Enter key. See Figure 14. (The list of orders in

the figure is an example of a possible screen.)

3) To select an order use the up and down arrows to

highlight the desired order. Once the correct order has been

highlighted, press the Enter key. The cell will acknowledge

by displaying the message ORDER ACCEPTED, see Figure 15.

4) To enter another order repeat step 3.

5) If there are no more orders to select, press the Esc key.

The menu area for the ORDERS screen will return, see Figure

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6) Press the Esc key and the main menu CELL will return.

7) To enter more orders in the future return to the ORDER

ENTRY screen and repeat steps 2 through 4

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2 . MONITORING

The second operation of the cell is to monitor the status

messages of the subordinate workstations. This monitoring is

displayed on the summary screen. To bring up the summary

screen enter the function key F7. An example of the summary

screen is shown in Figure 17. The summary screen shows the

commands being sent to the subordinate workstations and the

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status of the workstation. In this example, the Inspection

Workstation was given a work order to receive a tray with a

lot type of MIXED and quantity of four items in the lot. The

Material Handling Workstation is in a READY state.

V. SHUTDOWN

1) Return to the main menu CELL by entering the Esc key

until the main menu CELL is on the screen.

2) Using the arrow keys, highlight the menu option SET_CMDS.

Press the Enter key.

3) Press the function key F7 to bring up the summary screen.

(This will blank out the menu area. The menu area will

return when an arrow key is entered.)

4) For each subordinate workstation that is being used,

perform the next 4 steps. (An example of shutting down the

Cleaning and Deburring Workstation is shown.)

5) Using the arrow keys, highlight the menu option for the

workstation desired (for this example use CDWS) . Press the

Enter key.

6) Using the arrow keys, highlight the menu option SHUTDOWN.

Press the Enter key. See Figure 18.

7) Wait for the workstation to return a SHUTDOWN status.

The COMPAQ'S screen should look roughly like Figure 19 when

the SHUTDOWN status has been returned.

8) Enter the Esc key to return to the SET_CMDS menu.

9) If there are more subordinate workstations to be

shutdown, repeat steps 5 through 8 for each workstation.

10) Using the arrow keys, highlight the menu option EXIT.

Press the Enter key. See Figure 20 for the menu portion of

the EXIT screen.

11) Using the arrow keys, highlight the menu option YES.

Press the Enter key.

12) The COMPAQ computer's prompt should return on the screen.

13) Turn off the power on the COMPAQ computer.

14) The cell controller is now shutdown.

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APPENDIX FIGURES OF CELL SCREENS

CELL

SET_COMM SET_CMDS SET_STATS ORDERS TYPE SCREEN EXIT

COMM_SWITCH COMM_UNIT EXIT

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CYCLE; 2 SCRN: STARTUP SYS:CDWS COMM: OFF TIME : 16 : 08 . 49

CELL Menu

Figure 2

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SET_COMM

COMM_SWITCH COMM_UNIT EXIT

ON OFF EXIT

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CYCLE

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4 SCRN : STARTUP SYS:CDWS COMM:OFF TIME : 13 : 39 . 18

SET__COMM Menu

Figure 3

COMM_SWITCH

ON OFF EXIT

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CYCLE: 5 SCRN: STARTUP SYS: COWS COMM: OFF TIME : 13 : 39 . 20

COMM_SWITCH Menu

Figure 4

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COMM_SWITCH

ON OFF EXIT

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CYCLE: 5 SCRN: STARTUP SYS:CDWS COMM: IDLE TIME : 13 : 39 . 20

COMM_SWITCH menu

Figure 5

CELL

SET_COMM SET_CMDS SET_STATS ORDERS TYPE SCREEN STUFF_MB EXIT

COMM_SWITCH COMMJJNIT EXIT

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Name Nr # - Keyword # - Keyword & Plan Id & Qty

CDWS 0 0

0 0

HWS 0 0

0 0

IWS 0 0 0 0 MHS 0 0

0 0

TWS 0 0

0 0 VWS 0 0

0 0 CYCLE: 2 SCRN: SUMMARY SYS: CDWS COMM: IDLE TIME : 13 : 31 . 22

CELL Menu

Figure 6

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SET CMDS

CDWS HWS IWS MHS TWS VWS VISION EXIT

SYNC WARM CDWS LOT_TYPE RCV_TRAY DBURR_LOT

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I M I I I I I I I I I I I I Ctlr Msg Transition Order

Name Nr # - Keyword # - Keyword

CDWS 0 0

0 0

SHIP_TRAY SHUTDOWN EXIT

I I I I I U I I I I I I I I I I I I II I I I I I I Element Lot Type

& Plan Id & Qty

HWS 0 0 0 0

IWS 0 0

0 0

MHS 0 0 0 0

TWS 0 0

0 0

VWS 0 0

0 0

CYCLE: 3~~SCRN: SUMMARY SYS: CDWS COMM: IDLE TIME : 16 : 36 . 45

SET_CMDS Menu

Figure 7

CDWS

SYNC WARM CDWS LOT TYPE RCV TRAY DBURR LOT SHIP TRAY SHUTDOWN EXIT

Ctlr Msg Transition Order Element Lot Type

Name Nr # ~ Keyword # - Keyword & Plan Id & Qty

CDWS 0 0 0 0

HWS 0 0 0 0

IWS 0 0

0 0

MHS 0 0

0 0

TWS 0 0

0 0

VWS 0 0 0 0 CYCLE: 4 SCRN : SUMMARY SYS:CDWS COMM : IDLE TIME : 16 : 36 . 47

CDWS Menu

Figure 8

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CDWS

SYNC WARM CDWS LOT TYPE RCV TRAY DBURR LOT SHIP TRAY SHUTDOWN EXIT

till Mill 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 II 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 II Ctlr Msg Transition Order Element Lot Type

Name Nr # - Keyword # - Keyword & Plan Id & Qty

CDWS 1 1 SYNC

0 0

HWS 0 0 0 0

IWS 0 0

0 0 MHS 0 0

0 0

TWS 0 0 0 0 VWS 0 0

0 0 CYCLE : 5 SCRN : SUMMARY SYS:CDWS COMM: IDLE TIME : 16 : 3 6 . 51

CDWS Menu

Figure 9

SET_CMDS

CDWS HWS IWS MHS TWS VWS VISION EXIT

SYNC WARM CDWS_LOT_TYPE RCV_TRAY DBURR_LOT SHIP_TRAY SHUTDOWN EXIT

II II I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I | I | | | | | | | II I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I | | | | | | | | | I I I II M I I I Ctlr Msg Transition Order Element Lot Type

Name Nr * - Keyword # - Keyword & Plan Id & Qtv

CDWS 1 1 SYNC

1 1 SHUTDOWN

HWS 0 0

0 0

IWS 0 0

0 0 MHS 0 0 0 0 TWS 0 0

0 0 VWS 0 0

0 0 CYCLE: 12 SCRN: SUMMARY SYS:CDWS COMM: IDLE TIME : 16 : 37 . 11

SET_CMDS Menu

Figure 10

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CDWS

SYNC WARM CDWS_LOT_TYPE RCV_TRAY DBURR_LOT SHIP TRAY SHUTDOWN EXIT

I I I I I M I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ctlr Msg Transition Order

Name Nr # - Keyword # - Keyword

CDWS 1 1 WARM_STARTUP

1 1 SHUTDOWN

Element Lot Type

& Plan Id & Qty

HWS 0 0

0 0

IWS 0 0

0 0

MHS 0 0

0 0

TWS 0 0

0 0

VWS 0 0

0 0

CYCLE: 13 SCRN: SUMMARY SYS: CDWS COMM: IDLE TIME : 16 : 37 . 14

CDWS Menu

Figure 11

SETJTMDS

CDWS HWS IWS MHS TWS VWS VISION EXIT

SYNC WARM CDWS_LOT_TYPE RCVJTRAY DBURR_LOT SH.IP_TR.AY SHUTDOWN EXIT

I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I II I I I I I I I I I II I I I I II I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I III I I I I I II I I II I Ctlr Msg Transition Order Element Lot Type

Name Nr # - Keyword # - Keyword & Plan Id & Qty

CDWS 1 1 WARM_STARTUP

1 1 READY

HWS 0 0

0 0

IWS 0 0

0 0

MHS 0 0

0 0

TWS 0 0

0 0 VWS 0 0

0 0

CYCLE: 19 SCRN : SUMMARY SYSrCDWS COMM : IDLE TIME : 16

:

37 . 31

SET_CMDS Menu

Figure 12

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ORDERS

ENTRY STATUS HISTORY EXIT

AMRF Cell Version 2.2 August 1987

CYCLE: 3 SCRN: STARTUP SYS:CDWS COMM: IDLE TIME : 16 : 11 . 50

ORDERS Menu

Figure 13

ORDER ENTRY

SEQ PART_ID BATCH_ID FILE1 MIXED 510 IWS 510 PLANS

2 MIXD 520 IWS 520 PLAN22

3 MIXED 530 IWS 530 PLAN 6

4 DOG CWS 400 PLAN20

5 LCLEVIS CWS 440 PLAN21

6 BLOCK FH CWS 410 PLAN7

7 PIPECLAMP FV CWS 430 PLAN8

8 NIPPLE TWS 303 PLAN19

9 SLBEARING TWS 305 PP CELL

10 LCLEVIS VWS 200 PLAN10

CYCLE: 3 SCRN:SEQS SYS:CDWS COMM: IDLE TIME : 16 : 11 . 51

ORDER ENTRY Screen

Figure 14

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ORDER ENTRY

SEQ PART_ID BATCH_ ID FILE

1 MIXED 510 IWS 510 PLAN5 2 MIXED 520 IWS 520 PLAN22

3 MIXED 530 IWS 530 PLAN 6

4 DOG CWS' 400 PLAN20

5 LCLEVIS CWS 440 PLAN21

6 BLOCK FH CWS 410 PLAN7 7 PIPECLAMP FV CWS 430 PLAN8

8 NIPPLE TWS 303 PLAN 19

9 SLBEARING TWS 305 PP CELL

10 LCLEVIS VWS 200 PLAN10

ORDER ACCEPTED

CYCLE : 4 SCRN : SEQS SYS:CDWS COMM: IDLE TIME : 15 : 14 . 42

ORDER ENTRY Screen

Figure 15

ORDERS

ENTRY STATUS HISTORY EXIT

ORDER ENTRY

SEQ PART_ID BATCH_ID FILE

1 MIXED_510

2 MIXED_520

3 MIXED_530

4 DOG

5 LCLEVIS

6 BLOCK_FH

7 PIPECLAMP_FV

8 NIPPLE

9 S LBEARING

10 LCLEVIS

IWS=510

IWS__520

IWS__530

CWS_400

CWS__4 4 0

CWS_410

CWS_430

TWS_303

TWS_305

VWS 200

PLANS

PLAN22

PLAN6 PLAN20

PLAN21

PLAN?

PLANS

PLAN19

PP_CELL_183

PLAN10

CYCLE: 5 SCRN: SEQS SYS:CDWS COMM: IDLE TIME : 15 : 14 . 46

ORDERS Menu

Figure 16
TYPE SCREEN EXIT

CELL

SET_COMM SET_CMDS SET_STATS ORDERS

ENTRY STATUS HISTORY EXIT

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Name Nr # - Keyword * - Keyword & Plan Id & Qty

CDWS 0 0

0 0

HWS 0 0 0 0

IWS 00 2

0 0

MHS 0 0

1 0 READY

TWS 0 0

0 0

VWS 0 0 0 0 CYCLE : 6 SCRN : SUMMARY

EXECUTE RECEIVE_TRAY MIXED

NO STATUS 4

SYS : CDWS COMM: IDLE TIME : 16 : 11 . 59

CELL Menu

Figure 17

CDWS

SYNC WARM CDWS LOT TYPE RCV TRAY DBURR LOT SHIP TRAY SHUTDOWN EXIT

Ctlr Msg Transition Order Element Lot Type

Name Nr # - Keyword # - Keyword & Plan Id & Qty

CDWS 1 1 WARM_SHUTDOWN

1 1 READY

HWS 0 0

0 0

IWS 0 0

0 0 MHS 0 0

0 0

TWS 0 0

0 0

VWS 0 0

0 0

CYCLE: 22 SCRN : SUMMARY SYS:CDWS COMM-.IDLE TIME : 16 : 37 . 42

CDWS Menu

Figure 18

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CDWS

SYNC WARM CDWS LOT TYPE RCV TRAY DBURR LOT SHIP TRAY SHUTDOWN EXIT

I I I'll I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Ctlr Msg Transition Order Element

Name Nr # - Keyword # - Keyword & Plan Id

CDWS 1 1 WARM_SHUTDOWN

1 1 SHUTDOWN

I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I II Lot Type

& Qty

HWS 0 0

0 0

IWS 0 0

0 0

MHS 0 0

0 0

TWS 0 0

0 0

VWS 0 0

0 0

CYCLE: 14 SCRN : SUMMARY SYS:CDWS COMM : IDLE TIME : 16 : 56 . 27

CDWS Menu

Figure 19

EXIT

YES NO

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I | I I II I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I II I I I I I I I I I I I I II I I I I I I I I I I I I I I | I I I

EXIT Menu

Figure 20

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Albus, J. A., AMRF Architectural Principles, to be

published as an NBSIR, 1988.

2. McLean, C. R. , Principles of the Cell Control System, to

be published as an NBSIR, 1988.

3. McLean, C. R. , Implementation of the Cell control System,

to be published as an NBSIR, 1988.

4. O'Halloran, D. R. , Reynolds, P. F. , A Model for AMRF

Initialization, Restart, Reconfiguration, and Shutdown, May

23, 1986, NBS/GCR 88-546.

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