Understand how Virtual Downtime works

Virtual downtime enables AVEVA Production Management to detect when the process is not running at full capacity. With virtual conditions, you can configure a target and actual capacity that monitor against each other. Like real downtime, virtual downtime has start and stop delay settings.

Downtime compares actual production rates with a target rate to calculate virtual downtime. Downtime generates a virtual downtime event when production falls below this target rate (with appropriate delays and minor fluctuations).

Notes:

• Virtual downtime cannot occur unless real downtime is in the OFF state.

• We recommend that Start Delay = Virtual Stop Delay and Stop Delay = Virtual Start Delay to synchronize the relationship between real and virtual downtime.

Related topics

• Edit details of Downtime event

• Confirm a Downtime event

• Identify incomplete Downtime records