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Example Name

Using this flow, you can generate virtual machine data consisting of both a simulation for

• machine states
• product counter

It can be used if no physical assets are available or to learn about the features on Insights Hub to explore VFC and other apps using the data stored in the Asset Management. The data generated can also be used further to calculate the machine OEE, Availability or Quality of the virtual products produced.

Prerequisites

• access to Asset-Management

Setup & Configuration

Setup machine asset

1. Open Asset Manager
2. Create a new Aspect named machine_states using the .csv files found in the src folder. To import the data model for the machine, choose "Import variables" and select the csv files accordingly.
3. Create a second new Aspect named product_counter using the same logic
4. Create a new Asset-Type named virtual machine and assign the two just created Aspects to it. Your data model for the machine should then look as follow
5. Create a asset instance of the just defined Asset-Type using a asset name of choice
   e.g. my virtual machine

Setup in Visual Flow Creator

1. Import the flow in Visual Flow Creator
2. Open the settings for the upper write-timeseries node select the previously generated asset instance my virtual machine and aspect machine_states. Do not select any variables.
3. Repeat this for the lower write-timeseries node and select my virtual machine -> product_counter. Do not select any variables.
4. Adjust the execution interval for the simulation as desired in the link-in node.
5. Save the flow

☁️ ✔️ You're done, your machine simulation is now running - enjoy!

Result

After saving the flow, the output of the simulation is written to the asset and you can monitor the results e.g. in Insights Hub Monitor. Based on this you can also now start calculating the machine KPIs (OEE, Availability, Quality, ...) using the VFC or other apps.

See also

• Asset Manager Documentation