Global options in NPI affect how users interact with FactoryLogix features and functions and control all aspects of the system. Global option settings combined with user roles and permissions allow different types of access to all areas of the FactoryLogix system. Administrators access FactoryLogix global settings in the Settings area of the NPI client application.
Note
Only a member of the Administrator group can configure default values for global options.
Tip
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General
Display/GUI
Default Font - Specifies the default font for text you create in FactoryLogix, for example visual aids, reference designators, and labels in NPI.
Use Default PDF Viewer - Specifies the default PDF viewer for visual aids. Setting this property to False will use the workstation's default application for viewing PDF documents.
Default Page Size - Sets the default value for all paging controls.
Default Culture - Specifies the default language to use for FactoryLogix client applications (NPI, Production, Logistics, and Analytics). See Change or override the default language for more information.)
Show Option Code Descriptions - Displays the description for option codes and configuration options in all areas where they are displayed.
General
Report Query Timeout Settings
Timeout Type - Specifies whether to use the default value or a custom timeout value when generating DataMiner outputs through the Report Scheduler Service before stopping and generating an error.
Custom Value (seconds) - Specifies a custom timeout value when generating DataMiner outputs through the Report Scheduler Service before stopping and generating an error.
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E-mail
E-mail Address - Specifies the default e-mail address to use when sending emails.
E-mail Username - Specifies the email user name to use when sending emails.
E-mail Password - Specifies the password to use when sending emails.
SMTP Server - Specifies the SMTP server to use when sending emails.
Enable SSL - Enables SSL if using encryption on an Exchange server (the default setting is False).
Port Settings - All port settings default to 25. If you change the value, this port will replace the default value for all ports.
System Administrator E-mail Address - The specified recipient receives all IT-related email notifications, including license server failover notifications and other IT-related system messages.
Send E-mail Address Category - Applies to signoff notifications only.
Use Default means that emails will be sent from the user email address (if defined) or from the Global Options email address.
Use Global E-mail Address Always will always send emails from the Global Options email address.
General
Licensing
Primary License Server Name - Set this option if the License Enforcement key is not located on the same server as the Application Service. (If they are on the same computer, this value is not needed.)
General
Active Directory
General
User
User Single Sign-On - Uses logon information from the logged-in user's Kerberos ticket information for FactoryLogix login instead of a domain username and password.
Allow Changing of Password - Allows users to change their FactoryLogix password from the main Login screen using the Settings button.
User Access Mode - Determines the behavior and rules to use with regard to accessing assemblies and associated processes and batches.
Customer-Focused Filtering (default setting) - When one or more users are associated with a particular customer, only those users are permitted to view assemblies for that customer.
User-Focused Filtering - Users are only permitted to view assemblies for customers they are assigned against in the Customer Library. (Users not assigned against any customers are permitted to see all assemblies.)
General
Barcode Scanning
Barcode Scanning Prefix - Specifies the set of characters at the start of a barcode scan (can be a combination of numeric, alpha-numeric, and decimal characters).
FactoryLogix supports any decimal characters by the following method '<##>'. The < symbol indicates the start of a decimal character. The ## is the actual decimal number of the character. The > symbol indicates the end of the decimal character. Note that all decimal numbers are translated to their hexadecimal equivalents. We support a pre-defined list that you can add by selecting the + button:
Barcode Scanning Suffix - Specifies the set of characters at the end of a barcode scan (can be a combination of numeric, alpha-numeric, and decimal characters).
FactoryLogix supports any decimal characters by the following method '<##>'. The < symbol indicates the start of a decimal character. The ## is the actual decimal number of the character. The > symbol indicates the end of the decimal character. Note that all decimal numbers are translated to their hexadecimal equivalents. We support a pre-defined list that you can add by selecting the + button. (See the previous illustration.)
General
Version 7 Import
Enable CPF File Import - When set to True, allows importing *.cpf files from a Version 7 database.
Database Password - The password to connect to a Version 7 database. When set to True, allows importing Version 7 assemblies, process revisions, and visual aids.
Database Username - The user name to connect to a Version 7 database. When set to True, allows importing Version 7 assemblies, process revisions, and visual aids.
Database Authentication - The authentication type to connect a Version 7 database (NTAuth or DBAuth). When set to True, allows importing Version 7 assemblies, process revisions, and visual aids.
Version 7 DSN - The Data Source Name (DSN) of a Version 7 database. When set to True, allows importing Version 7 assemblies, process revisions, and visual aids.
Custom 1 - 4 - Adds Version 7 custom field values in named custom fields defined against the assembly’s Internal Part Number in the target FactoryLogix database. (See Define custom fields for more information.)
Populate Assembly Revision Description by: Determines how the Assembly Revision Description property in FactoryLogix is populated from Version 7 data:
Use Default - Uses the FactoryLogix assembly description.
Use Assembly Description - Uses the Version 7 assembly description.
Use Assembly Revision Description - Uses the Version 7 assembly revision description.
Concatenate the Assembly and Assembly Revision Descriptions - Concatenates (links) the Version 7 assembly and assembly revision descriptions.
Merge New Operation with Default Operation Template - When set to True and working in unmapped mode, the default FactoryLogix operation template is applied to every operation before the Version 7 data is imported into FactoryLogix.
General
Machine Programming
Default Program Path - The default program path to apply when selecting a machine type for a workstation or workstation cluster (only applies when a machine type was not previously set).
General
Barcode Sequence Tracking
Last Global Barcode Sequence - The last barcode sequence stored at the global level. This value is only used when the option Default Barcode Sequence Tracking is set to Global.
Default Barcode Sequence Tracking - Sets the default tracking for sequencing a barcode. When a barcode template has a Serial Code (UID) segment defined as sequential, this option determines how a Serial Code is printed and/or introduced in Production. Barcode sequencing is tracked as follows:
Global - across the entire system
Part - for the part for all revisions
Revision - for a specific part revision
Batch - for a production batch
Note
You can override Default Barcode Sequence Tracking at the part level on the Internal Part Number tab of the Part Library.
General
General
Work Breakdown Structure - When set to True, enables the use of a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) in stocking and receiving activities when using Logistics functions.
FactoryLogix Website Session Timeout (minutes) - Specifies the amount of time (in minutes) that a user's session remains valid when they leave their web browser open and inactive on the FactoryLogix dashboards website. After a user has been inactive for this amount of time, the session is no longer valid and the user will be forced to login the next time they interact with the website.
Maximum Stored Image Dimension - Specifies the maximum allowable width of any image added to an Active Work instruction. The default value is 800 and the maximum value is 3840 (4K width). When an image is wider than the specified value, it is resized down automatically to the width of this setting (the aspect ratio of the image will be maintained). This option will not affect existing images.
Network Statistic Lifespan - Specifies the amount of time (in days) that a Network Statistic record can exist in the database before it is purged.
Scale Printed Visual Aids to Page Size - When set to True, scales all visual aids to fit the current page size.
General
Assembly Blocking Options
These options allow you to specify the default behavior, operator rights, and quarantine/block operation to use when quarantining/blocking units or materials.
Allow Operator to Choose Blocking Mode - When set to True, operators can choose between Block, Quarantine, and Quarantine Then Block when blocking items in the inventory management area. When set to False, the Default Behavior option is used and operators are not given a choice.
Default Quarantine Operation Name - Specifies the name of an out of route (quarantine) operation that units will be routed to when being quarantined/blocked. (Use this option in conjunction with the Quarantine or Quarantine then Block Default Behavior options.)
Important
To use quarantine/blocking features in NPI, your process definition must include a quarantine reroute operation to handle all quarantined/blocked items. To learn more about reroute operations, see Out of route operations and reroutes.
Note
It is possible to have multiple quarantine out of route operations in a process definition. For example, one out of route operation might be Quarantine and another might be Repair or Rework.
Default Behavior
Block - Standard FactoryLogix blocking prevents unit from being used immediately.
Quarantine - The unit is routed to a designated out of route quarantine operation where it is started and paused, preventing any further in-route transactions. (Use in conjunction with the Default Quarantine Operation Name option.)
Quarantine then Block - After routing a unit to a quarantine operation, the unit is also blocked.
General
Label Printing
Teklynx Sentinel Printer Names - A comma-separated list of printer names configured in Teklynx Sentinel and used for label printing. The first name in the list is considered the default name.
Teklynx Sentinel Data Directory - An existing directory used to exchange data between the Sentinel Manager and FactoryLogix.
Teklynx Sentinel Connect String - The TCP/IP connect string for the configured Sentinel device.
Teklynx Sentinel Port - The TCP/IP listening port for the configured Sentinel device.
Teklynx Sentinel Host Name - The name of the computer where the Sentinel Manager is installed and running.
General
xLink Adapters
xLink Adapters can create Feeders - When set to True, xLink Adapters are permitted to create feeders if the information is available.
General
Reporting Service
Report Service Address - The address of the FactoryLogix Report Scheduling Service. When you specify this address, DataMiner data generation will be executed on the report scheduling service rather than the FactoryLogix Application Service. Use the drop-down to the right of this option to enter or discover the Report Service address.
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Recipe Management
Recipe Management - Recipe management can be operation-based or global:
Operation-based recipe management is for managing a recipe on an operation-by-operation basis. Recipes will be stored with each operation.
Global recipe management makes recipes global to the entire FactoryLogix system. Recipes will be selected via batch attributes or a number of other selection criteria.
