Workpackage 3: Prototype development Prototype for Excel: ExcelProman

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Workpackage 3 Prototype development Prototype
for Excel Excel-Proman

• Presentation outline
• Design of the prototype IPM
• Demonstration of the prototype IPM

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IPM features (TA, WP1, WP2)

• supports interactive, multimedia presentation
• incorporates knowledge-based systems
• integrates all product-related data
• various types of information are integrated into
  a common frame
• multi-user access, user profiles, variable
  information granularity
• easy-to-use document search system
• product state monitoring, event logging,
  automatic reporting
• high upgradability, automatic document updates
• affordable end-user product, low resource needs
  (HW, SW)
• integrated to the customers information
  management system

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Design guidelines

• The proposed architecture should support an
  affordable standalone solution (a PC with a CD)
  as well as an enterprise-wide information
  framework for integrating all product-related
  data. ? different architecture levels
• It should also support building prototypes at
  early stage of the project. ? incremental
  design method
• The main innovation of the project lies in the
  application of state-of-the art techniques and
  tools. ? applying existing standards

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Excel Proman - IPM prototype
Electronic Multimedia Platform independent Knowled
ge - based Integrated with product data
demo
Product SL 320/600 CNC lathe by Excel-Csepel
Machine Tool Ltd. Designed and implemented
according to the IPM architecture Standard Web
browser used to view the IPM Available online
http//proman.manuf.bme.hu/ (password protected)
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Prototype Overview

• Standalone and Intranet versions implemented
• Available modules
• complete product documentation including
  multimedia and VR
• multimedia tutorial
• VR based product simulator
• Online learning tool
• spare part ordering
• diagnostic system for three symptoms
• user profile management

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Software Architecture of Excel ProMan
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Complete product documentation including
multimedia and VR
demo
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VR based product simulator
demo
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Online learning tool
demo
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Multimedia tutorial maintenance support
demo
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Spare part ordering
demo
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Diagnostic system
demo
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User profiles in Excel ProMan

• The CD (standalone) version is generated for a
  single profile.
• The server-based Intranet version can provide
  different manual for different users.
• Users are identified before accessing the
  manual.
• The system maintains a listof users and their
  profile description.
• Automatic filtering and content generation
  programs present the information to the user
  according to his/her profile.

demo
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Dynamic Content Generator Architecture
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Maintaining users and profiles

• User names and passwords are stored in a password
  database. This database also contains information
  about what profile the user belongs to.
• The profile database contains information about
  the user profiles (what kind of information shall
  be presented to the user according to his/her
  profile).
• Because the content changes dynamically according
  to the profile we use dynamic table of contents
  and chapter numbering.

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Excel ProMan XML version

• What can XML offer for product manuals?
• Simple text document do not include methodology
  and tools for automatic information assembly and
  extraction.
• It is hard to maintain a coherent product manual
  for different user purposes.
• If we aim the automatic generation of product
  manuals we need this kind of technology.
• Structured document management systems offer
  methods to verify the documentation received from
  parts suppliers.

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Creating the XML version

• Converting the existing manual into XML format
• Information analysis and the creation of the
  DTDWe used Near Far for this purpose.
• Converting text documents into XML formats
  (tagging).Xmetal was used for this task.
• Presenting the documentation
• XSL - the presentation standard is in draft
  statusXmetal has built-in ways to present the
  documents using the CSS language.Internet
  Explorer 5.0 has also this capability.
• Converting XML automatically into HTML format
• XML library and processing tools