Philosophy of the User Interface
When developing the user interface, the following points were important to us:
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Task oriented structure |
The multiple work steps - from setting up the pattern and the production to the network settings - were analyzed and grouped into the following main areas:
Each area is assigned to a specific user group. Generally, each user group works just in its own area, all the other areas are password protected. |
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User oriented structure |
Each user has specific tasks on the machine. As several users can have the same task, as for example the knitters, these individual users are combined to a user group. There are four user groups:
Each user group has different rights. A အႀကီးတန္း စက္ေမာင္း has more permissions at the knitting machine than an စက္ေမာင္း. |
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An area that is specifically only for the knitter (စက္ေမာင္း) |
During the development of the new user interface, the main criterion was that the knitter would receive his own area for his activity. For that purpose the ေအာ္ဒါ ထုတ္ရန္ was created specifically for the knitter (စက္ေမာင္း). The training period for this area is short, also for new personnel. All other areas are locked for him, they are protected by a password (default setting). This way the စက္ေမာင္း cannot perform unintentional changes or error operations in the other areas. |
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User guidance |
If several work steps are necessary for a task the user is guided step-by step through the task. |
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Guided remedy of a production interruption |
The remedy of the most common production interruptions (as for example yarn breakage) is supported by special dialogs to remedy the error as fast as possible. |
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Intuitive operation |
Fast recognition of the function of a button - for this each button has an icon and an explanatory text. You know many of the icons from the previous user interface. Additionally, for most of the buttons there is a bubble help - if you remain a little longer on a button with the touch stylus or with the finger, an additional help text appears, which informs about the function of the button. |
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Order |
An order is created for this production. An order can consist of one or more knitting programs. The previous order menu and sequence menu are no longer required. |