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Advanced Installation

If overwriting the Gateway with a backup is not desired, these instructions will incorporate the Launchpad OEE project into an existing Gateway.

Prerequisites​

Confirm the Ignition Gateway has at least 2GB memory allocated. If not, follow the Gateway Configuration File instructions

Installation Steps​

  1. Navigate to Gateway Settings and set the Gateway Scripting Project to launchpad-oee as shown.

    Project Scripting

  2. Create a SQLite database connection named launchpad-oee. See creating database connections for help with adding a new connection and connecting to SQLite for help with SQLite specific connection settings.

    Database Connection

  3. Download the .zip file from the Launchpad OEE Exchange page. Unzip the file to reveal the contents.

    launchpad_oee.1.0.0.zip
     ├─ MANIFEST
     ├─ README.md
     ├─ Configuration
     │   └─ launchpad-oee-gateway.gwbk
     ├─ Projects
     │   └─ launchpad-oee.zip
     └─ Tags
         ├─ launchpad-oee-tags.json
         └─ launchpad-oee-udt.json

  4. Import the launchpad-oee project with the provided launchpad-oee.zip from the Projects folder. See detailed import instructions for more help with importing.

    Project Import

  5. Open the project in the Ignition Designer. We will now import the project UDTs and the demo tags. See importing tags for more information.

    • In the Tag Browser, confirm the default Tag Provider is selected and switch to the UDT Definitions tab.
      UDT Import

    • Import the provided launchpad-oee-udts.json file from the Tags folder.

    • Switch back to the Tags tab, then import the provided launchpad-oee-tags.json file from the Tags folder.

      Tag Import

  6. Launch a Perspective session and navigate to the Settings screen. The Settings screen allows you to control the line shift schedule and line production rates. This, along with setting up your own lines, will be covered in more detail in the Setup section. For now we need database tables to start using the project.

    • Click Create Tables to create the tables and initialize the demo.

    • Once tables are created, click the Refresh icon next to the line selection.

    Gateway Restore