Primary States
Each unit of equipment must have a primary status. This status defines the main activity of the unit at the time. Primary states are a hierarchy of states. At the highest level, for example, a unit has either an Operating, Idle or Down status. These status names may vary at your site.
A unit, for example, might have either:
- Operating status. Examples are, Backfilling, Bogging, Tramming and Bolting.
- Idle status. Examples are, Handover, Shift Change and Congestion_Traffic.
- Down status. Example are, Hydraulics, Engine and Steering.
Primary status is defined in Reference Edit under Groups | Configuration Items | States.
For example:
Because of the hierarchical arrangement of states, a Group must be defined before the StatusType, which must be defined before a StatusCategory. A Status has a StatusCategory attribute and is the last reference data group of the hierarchy to be defined.
An equipment primary status has four attributes:
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| Category | Select one of the defined StatusCategory. One of the Operating, Idle or Down categories. |
| DisplayColour | Colour is used to identify the current primary status of equipment in panels used in Data Acquisition. |
| ParentStatus |
If the role of the status being defined is a:
Parent and detail states are defined in detail later in this topic. |
| ValidDurationMinutes |
The maximum duration that a truck or loader should be in this status. If the maximum is exceeded, a message is displayed in the |
Location primary states have only three attributes: Category, DisplayColour and ValidDurationMinutes.