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Graphical Designer

Visual tool for creating full screen user interface designs.

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Device Configuration

Measurement device configuration and communications diagnostics.

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Help Editor

Create context-sensitive help and SOPs.

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Control Charts

NWA Quality Monitor provides SQC charts for all types of measurements—whether variable or attribute—in one package. The software offers the same chart-generating capabilities as our award-winning NWA Quality Analyst, producing all standard SQC/SPC charts and reports.

Variable Control Charts

Attribute Control Charts

• Percent Defective (p)
• Number Defective (np)
• Defects (c)
• Defects per Unit (u)

Short Run Analysis (for all charts)

Pareto Analysis

Process Capability Analysis

Select one of eight distribution types:

• Normal
• Skewness and Kurtosis Adjusted (Johnson)
• Two Parameter Log normal
• Three Parameter Log normal
• Truncated Normal
• Folded Normal
• Weibull
• Rayleigh

User Interface Components

User Interface can be composed of any number and combination of components

• Input Box
  • Key entry
  • Drop-down selection list
  • Measurement device input
• Display Box
  • Calculations
  • Informational data
• Tabulate Box - simplifies defect category entry
• Input Prompt - specific to each Input Box
• Label Text - full font and color control
• Picture - supports BMP, GIF, JPG, and other formats
• Command Bar - dockable groups of command buttons
• Pop-up Menu - cascading groups of command buttons
• Action Button - individual command button
• Alarm Indicators - alarms linked to each input and display box
• Alarm List - displays current alarms
• "Quick View" - tabular display of previously collected data

Data Input Options

Input source and management features

• Source
  • Keyboard entry
  • Read from measurement device
  • Read from barcode
  • Read from text file
  • Calculation result from defined formula
  • Constant value
  • Incrementing or sequence count
  • Default to previous value
  • System date - system clock
  • System time - system clock
• Upper and Lower Bound limits
• Allow/Prevent modification of existing data
• Input Mask for key, device, and calculation input
• Field-specific prompt text
• Field-specific help reference

User Commands

Command Bar, Pop-up Menu, and Action Button options

• Command bars dock to any margin
• Pop-up menus cascade to 10 levels
• Button text includes full font and color control
• Button definition includes short-cut (function) keys
• Command Actions
  • Display Chart - display SPC charts
  • Print Chart - print SPC charts
  • Help - display field-specific help
  • Alarms - display alarm lists
  • Run - start Quality Analyst automation script
  • Send - send pre-defined commands to devices
  • Launch - start other Windows applications
  • Archive - manually start data archive

Help System

Complete SOP support on the plant floor

• Context sensitive help for each input field
• Full font and color control
• Embedded graphics and pictures
• Includes built-in Help file editor
• Reads RTF file format from word processors and editors

Alarm System

Visual and audible alarming on specifications and SPC limits

• Alarm Types
  • Specifications
  • SPC Limits - control, warning, and rule violations
  • Fixed Limits
• Alarm Indicators
  • Separate indicators for each alarm type
  • Specific to each Input and Display field
• Alarm Lists
  • Fully definable text for each alarm type
  • Pop-up or continuous display
  • Includes complete alarm history for each data record
• Alarm Actions
  • Add message to alarm list
  • System beep
  • Assign text comment to data field
  • Play .WAV files
  • Send alarm list by email at record completion

Device Interface

Real-time data collection from measurement devices

• Interfaces through standard RS-232 (serial) ports
• Simple point-and-click device definition
• Interfaces with common measurement devices
  • Scales
  • Gages
  • Multiplexers
  • Special Purpose
• Includes extensive library of predefined devices
• Device configuration and troubleshooting tool
  • Troubleshoot communications problems
  • Test input devices
• Interface with text files

Data Storage and Connectivity

• Link multiple NWA Quality Monitor^® workstations for multistep manufacturing processes
• Uses NWA Quality Analyst^® Data Sets
• Allows up to 200 characteristics per Data Set (includes any combination of variable, attribute, or descriptive data)
• Automatically writes to ODBC-compliant databases (e.g., SQL Server, Oracle, MS Access, etc.)
• Reads specifications and descriptive data from ODBC-compliant databases

Configuration and Licensing

• NWA Quality Analyst required for Data Set definition and SPC chart configuration
• NWA Quality Monitor Designer (screen design, device configuration, help) to configure plant-floor workstations
• NWA Quality Monitor Runtime installs on each plant-floor workstation

System Requirements

• Windows* 95, 98, Me, NT4, 2000, XP, or Server 2003
• Any PC-based LAN (Windows* NT*, Novell*, etc.)

Recommended minimum systems:

• Quality Monitor Designer:
  266 MHz Pentium
  32 MB RAM
• Quality Monitor Plant-floor Workstations:
  120 MHz Pentium
  16 MB RAM
  Slower systems may be used for plant-floor workstations, depending on size and complexity of data input screens.

NWA Quality Analyst and NWA Quality Monitor are trademarks or registered trademarks of Northwest Analytical. 
* All other company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of those respective companies. 
All specifications within this document are subject to change without notice.

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