Basic Concept of OrigoTracker Argus

1. Basic Concept

Before using OrigoTracker Argus, you also need to understand the following concepts first:

Concept	Description
Module	A module refers to the processing stages a product goes through during its generation, which you can think of as workshops. For example, if a product needs to be processed first in Module A (Workshop A) and then in Module B (Workshop B) to become a complete product, then A and B are modules.
Production Line	Production lines under a module (workshop). For example, if there are three press machines in a molding workshop performing the same production steps, then each of these three press machine constitutes a separate production line.
Equipment Type	Equipment type is related to PLC protocols. For example: among 10 equipment, there are 8 press machines and 2 ovens. Out of the 8 press machines, 3 of them use PLCs with Protocol A, while the others use Protocol B. Both ovens use PLCs with Protocol A. Therefore, Equipment Types are: Press with Protocol A, Press with Protocol B, and Oven with Protocol A.
Equipment Instance	An equipment instance represents an individual physical equipment, used by the system to locate the specific equipment when collecting data from it.
Simple Connector	It is a subsystem for managing PLC tags and performing data acquisition/monitoring. It supports multiple PLC protocols and allows PLC tag configuration, display, and testing on a single page.
Tag	It is an alias for a PLC address. For example, the PLC address DB2.0 is used to store real-time pressure data. We can assign an alias to this address, such as "Pressure," to make it easier for users to remember. The term "Pressure" is a tag.