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STANDARD FEATURES
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Predator Desktop™ — Control your shop
floor and stay organized Predator
Desktop is a powerful shop floor control and document management application. It provides a
secure, versatile and integrated interface where users can browse
production documents from any PC on their network, intranet or the
Internet. Users can edit NC files off-line, enter and monitor machine tool
and job status, and launch third party applications from Desktop Explorer™.
Predator Desktop makes the paperless manufacturing environment a reality. |
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Universal Shop Floor Interface Want
to automate or go paperless? Predator Desktop was designed to automate the shop floor.
Desktop’s power lies in its functionality to automate manual or
tedious processes, which saves time and increases effectiveness.
Desktop’s simplicity translates into in-creased productivity for
operators and machinists. Because every manufacturer has different needs,
Desktop's user interface can be customized and extended to match specific
user requirements. Some of the more common uses of Desktop include machine
monitoring, data collection, viewing CAD files, viewing setup sheets,
browsing corporate intranets, organizing CNC programs, managing shop floor
files, collecting data for your ERP or MRPII system, DNC communications,
and more. |
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Desktop Explorer™
Frustrated
with hard to use software? Predator
Desktop keeps things simple with a familiar operating environment. Based
on the Microsoft Office®
and Windows®
Explorer user
interface, Desktop Explorer includes standard features such as drag and
drop, shortcut menus, cut, copy & paste, object-based menus, toolbars,
tool tips and on-line help
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Secure
Browsing Tired of
shuffling through stacks of documents? Predator Desktop uses a secure embedded browser to bring the
power of Internet/extranet integration and paperless manufacturing to the
shop floor by supporting the latest HTML standards. Users can surf
specific administrator-defined Internet and intranet sites for shop floor
documents, and reduce the amount of paper setup documents, blueprints, and
more. A corporate intranet enables manufacturers to distribute work
instructions, job schedules, best practices, ISO 900x processes, six sigma
quality procedures, machine safety instructions, human resource records
and other documents electronically. Manufacturing intranets insure that
the shop floor has access to the latest revision of all appropriate
documentation and forces manufacturing engineers to document the process.
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Shop
Floor Security Who’s accessing the corporate network and its resources?
Predator Desktop enables administrators to define users and groups
with specific privileges for every resource and function, including
intranets and web sites. Users that log on to Desktop have access to only
those folders, machines, resources, functions and URLs defined by their
administrator.
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Secure
Document Viewing Need to view documents on the shop floor?
Predator Desktop supports fully integrated secure document viewing
for Microsoft Office ® files,
2D and 3D CAD files, bitmap files, and text files, including Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, PDF, DWG, DXF, JPG, GIF, TIF, and BMP. 3D CAD support includes
dynamic rotation, zoom, pan, fit, and more.
Document viewing is fully integrated within Predator Desktop. By
default, Predator Desktop does not launch a third party viewer, although
third party viewers can be added for special file formats.
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Internet
E-Mail Need
feedback from lights-out operation or improved workflow between
departments? Predator
Desktop lets you automatically e-mail key personnel at the beginning or
completion of hot jobs. Using Remote Request, operators can e-mail any
department directly from their CNC. You control e-mail use and security,
while improving communication efficiencies.
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Object
Manager Struggling
with automating shop floor activities? Because Predator Desktop was developed to be the ultimate shop
floor automation tool, flexibility and functionality were built in for
optimal performance. Administrators have the ability to create new
functionality by combining one or more objects together. For example, if
you need to track requests for more material by shop floor personnel,
simply add an e-mail and Microsoft Excel® object
together. With the Predator SDK you can create additional objects in C++,
VB or Java. Desktop includes over 75 different objects to create an
unlimited number of possibilities.
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Activity
Tracking Concerned
about shop floor productivity? Predator
Desktop can track shop floor activities by date and time. Activities are
stored in ASCII delimited, HTML, Microsoft Access®, Excel,
and optionally, Microsoft SQL® and Oracle® databases. Standard fields or columns include department,
location, group machine, cost center, and several user definable ones. Any
Desktop command or process can be tracked. This is especially important
for ISO 900x processes.
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Optional
Manufacturing Data Collection Need
to monitor your machine tool activity?
Predator
Desktop supports an option to upgrade to Predator
MDC (Manufacturing
Data Collection), which provides simultaneous monitoring for up to 256 CNC
machines per PC. Predator MDC collects cycle times, setup and job times,
part quantities and other vital information on machine and personnel
performance. Unlike other machine monitoring systems, Predator MDC
supports full software-based machine monitoring, and bar coding. More than
25 standard reports and charts are included.
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Centralized
File Manager Swamped with too many files and can’t find the latest revision?
Predator
Desktop includes a configurable file manager with complete drag and drop
support. Organize your files by customer, job or CNC, and centralize
access to a single folder per job. The file manager uses shortcuts or
aliases to manage your files independently of your PC or network file
structure.
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Desktop Clients
Predator Desktop clients can gain access to your Desktop or
DNC server from anywhere in the world. Clients can be set to work over a
company network or allowed to access the Internet. Either way, you control
who gains access and what information is available.
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Predator
DNC™ Need to
communicate with your CNC machines? Predator Desktop includes all of the power of Predator
DNC to connect mills, lathes, EDMs, lasers, waterjets, routers,
grinders, punch presses, CMMs, tool presetters, and gauges. Desktop
supports up to 256 connections per PC for simultaneous communications via
RS232, RS422, Parallel, Ethernet, or FTP interfaces. |
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Predator
CNC Editor™ Tired of
manually editing CNC code? Change
feed rates, spindle speeds, and G-and M-codes with just a few mouse
clicks. Predator
Editor
supports unlimited file sizes, while editing multiple files at the same
time. Quickly make changes with over 50 math and trigonometry
functions.
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Verify
CNC Code Ever gouge
a part, break a tool or crash a CNC machine? Graphically
verify CNC code by Backplotting any CNC program in a true 3D environment.
Predator Editor supports one to four view ports, eight predefined views,
zoom in, zoom out, pan, and fit. Print any view and quickly add graphics
to your setup sheets.
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