Machines can be configured via Plant view (section MONITORING): select a machine and at the bottom of the pane that appears, click the Edit button . The dialog that then appears depends per machine type.

This article describes the settings for a Carpet Loom machine types.

The carpet loom configuration consists of two tabs.

General tab

• Name: Enter a name for your machine or click Apply to use the naming suggestion.
  The naming generation pattern can be configured via the Settings button .
• Order ID: The unique order number of your machine. Starts with V for this machine type.
• Jacquard manufacturer: Select one of the supported manufacturers.
• Jacquard type: Select a jacquard type (depends on the selected Jacquard manufacturer).
• Creel positions: Enter the number of pile yarns that can weave within a single dent.
• Fabric: Enter the number of dents that can be planned for on this machine.
• Send report: The number of picks at which the loom can be restarted:
  • For weave structures with a 1/2 V, 2/2 V, 2/3 V, the send report is 2.
  • For weave structures with a 1/1 V, 1+1/2 V, 1+2/3 V, the send report is 4.
• Remote machine: Check if the machine is not connected. For such machines, the design can be processed in Connect and transferred via a USB stick, but they cannot be monitored nor planned.

Quality and production tab

• Minimum picks/hour: Enter the minimum production speed for your machine. This standard speed parameter will be used in the planning to estimate production order times.
• Possible qualities: Select the qualities that can be produces on the machine.
• Possible creels: Select the creels that can be used with the machine. 
• Planning group: Is used to group machines if you want to use Connect for planning. Enter a tag to group machines of the same planning group. If you do not need the Connect planning, just enter Default.
  • If the tag is new, 'Group will be added' will appear.
  • If the tab already exists, that message does not appear.