Configure the Queue control

You use the Queue control to:

• Log on to and log off from jobs of a given entity.

• Control which jobs are run on this entity at any given time.

When you use the Queue control in a System Platform symbol, you can associate it with the Button Bar control. For more information, see Associate the Button Bar control with other controls.

The operator can use the Queue control to:

• Start the selected job.

• Stop the currently running job.

• Pause the currently running job.

• Changes the selected job’s state from New to Ready.

• Show the routing diagram for either the currently running job, or the selected job.

• Show all required components for either the currently running job, or the selected job.

• Create a new work order to replenish the inventory level for a selected item.

• Show attributes of the currently running job, or the selected job.

• Refresh the Queue control.

• Switch the active user.

• Start an external application.

• Start Internet Explorer.

• Open the Help window.

• View job notes.

• Show attributes of the item being produced.

• Split a job.

• Link jobs together in a batch.

• Start a portion of a job.

• Add/assign serial numbers.

• Transfer serial numbers.

• Log off the job.

• Open or launch a form, if the Path to Form Program system parameter is set.

The Queue control corresponds to the Work Queue tab of the MES Operator application. For more information, see the Queue Tab section in the MES Operator Guide or online help.

An operator must log on to MES and use the Queue control to select one or more entities. This is the default behavior.