OnTakt: Settings

Part of the OnTakt User Guide.

The settings window allows administrators to change how OnTakt behaves.

Machine settings

Defining shift times

Shift times are used to calculate daily goals for part production. If they are not set up correctly, daily goal lines will not be drawn or they will be drawn inaccurately. Shift times can also be overridden on a per-machine basis. Be sure the time zone (also available from the Options page) is set correctly before defining shift times. Once the time zone is set, click Save Changes before defining shift times.

To set shift times:

1. Click the "SHIFTS" located near the top right of the screen, click on "+NEW"
2. Name the shift, and include the start and stop time
3. Enter the start and stop times for the shop.
4. Select the days that you want that shift active for, and whether or not the shift will be ran unattended (i.e. overnight, weekend, etc.)
5. Click on "Machines" and add the machines that adhere by those shifts. Clicking exit will save the settings.

Color timing

• Max idle time: How long it takes for a machine to fade to yellow when in feed hold mode.
• Max feed hold time: How long it takes for a non-running machine to fade from green. The color will fade to blue if OnTakt thinks production has stopped, or grey otherwise.

Advanced machine settings

Part report limit

If a machine reports more than this number of parts at once, only one part will be created.

This prevents overloading the server in cases where program errors cause the machine to report the part count incorrectly.

Cost savings estimation

How much is TMAC saving you?

Use the Calculator button to determine the values for these fields.

In the calculator window, enter how much each event listed would cost you, as well as how frequently it happens. Click "Save calculations" to save your work for later and automatically copy the calculated totals into the alarm value fields.

For frequency, 1 means it always happens, 0 means it never happens, 0.5 means it happens in half of cycles, etc.

These values will be shown in reports based on how frequently TMAC alarms occur.

User management

To manage users: click on the user menu at the top right of OnTakt, open Options, and then switch to the Users tab on the left.

To change a user's password: click the Edit button next to that user and enter a new password.

To prevent a user from logging in without deleting their account: switch off the Active option in the user editor.

Access levels

	Administrator	Planner	Shop Team	Auditor
Alerts (Certain alert-dependent actions may not be available to all users)
View alerts	✓	✓	✓	✓
Perform system check	✓	✓	✓	✓
Dismiss alerts	✓	✓	✓
Clear all alerts	✓	✓
Machines
View/chart machines	✓	✓	✓	✓
Modify basic machine options	✓	✓
Submit machine state updates	✓	✓
Create machines	✓
Modify machine system options	✓
Programs
View/chart programs and processes	✓	✓	✓	✓
Perform process changeovers	✓	✓	✓
Edit/delete programs and processes	✓	✓
Tools
View tools	✓	✓	✓	✓
View tool assignments	✓	✓	✓	✓
Replace tools	✓	✓	✓
Create tools	✓	✓
Edit tools	✓	✓
Delete tools	✓	✓
Add tools to tool assemblies	✓	✓
Assign tool assemblies to processes	✓	✓
Parts
View/chart parts	✓	✓	✓	✓
Edit parts	✓	✓	✓
Delete parts	✓	✓	✓
Edit or delete parts in bulk	✓	✓
Edit events	✓	✓	✓
Delete events	✓	✓
Quality
View/chart AutoComp data	✓	✓	✓	✓
Reports
Generate reports	✓	✓	✓	✓
Options
Modify options	✓	✓
Change passwords	✓
View plugin logs	✓	✓	✓	✓
Install and uninstall plugins	✓

Time zone

Changing the time zone affects the server's time-based actions, such as sending midnight notifications. Times displayed in the web interface will always be shown in the time zone of the client device (computer, phone, etc.).

Times are stored in the database using UTC, so changing the time zone will not change any other database entries, such as part or event times.

Notification setup

Slack Setup

This must be done by a workspace administrator.

1. Go to https://api.slack.com/apps
2. If prompted, sign in to the correct workspace
3. Click the Create New App button at the top right
4. Enter an app name ("OnTakt" works just fine) and choose the correct workspace, then click Create App
5. Under "Add features and functionality", click Incoming Webhooks
6. Turn on the switch at the top right to activate incoming webhooks
7. For each channel you want OnTakt to post to:
   1. Click the Add New Webhook to Workspace button at the bottom
   2. In the page that opens, choose the channel you want to post to and click Allow
   3. Copy the Webhook URL from the list (make sure it's for the right channel)
   4. Paste this URL into the Slack Webhook URL field in the OnTakt machine settings page

To add or remove webhooks in the future:

1. Go to https://api.slack.com/apps
2. Click the name of the OnTakt app from the list
3. Click Incoming Webhooks under Features in the left sidebar

If you would like the app to add an icon to the bot that posts messages:

1. Go to https://api.slack.com/apps
2. Click the name of the OnTakt app from the list
3. Scroll down to Display Information
4. You can choose any icon, but here is the OnTakt logo
5. Click + Add App Icon under "App icon & preview" and choose the file

Microsoft Teams Setup

This must be done by a team administrator.

1. Go to https://teams.microsoft.com/l/app/203a1e2c-26cc-47ca-83ae-be98f960b6b2
2. Click the "Add to a team" button
3. Search for the channel you want to send notifications to
4. Click the "Set up a connector" button
5. When the configuration page opens, enter any name, such as "OnTakt"
6. You can choose any icon, but here is the OnTakt logo
7. Click the "Create" button
8. After the page reloads, scroll to the bottom and copy the URL it provides
9. Click "Done"
10. Paste this URL into the machine's Microsoft Teams Webhook URL field in OnTakt

Email setup

A notification channel can have an email address instead of a webhook URL, however, sending email will not work until an email server is configured. To do this, visit the Notifications tab of the global settings window inside OnTakt and fill in the following fields:

• Server host: IP address or hostname of the SMTP server.
• Server port: usually 587 for TLS connections or 25 for unencrypted connections.
• Secure with TLS: strongly recommended, but requires the SMTP server to support it. SSL is much less secure and therefore not supported.
• Username: username to log into the SMTP server with.
• Password: password to log into the SMTP server with.
• From email address: emails will appear to be from this address. Defaults to the SMTP username if not set.

The correct values for these fields depends on your email provider. Instructions for common providers can be found here:

• Google Workspace
• Gmail
• Microsoft 365
• Microsoft Outlook.com
• iCloud Mail
• Zoho Mail
• Yahoo Mail

For accounts with multi-factor authentication enabled, you will need to create and use an app password for OnTakt. Instructions for common providers can be found here:

• Google Workspace
• Gmail
• Microsoft 365
• Microsoft Outlook.com
• Apple
• Zoho
• Yahoo

Note that sending emails is slower than publishing to webhooks, so webhooks are preferred where possible.

Trash

The trashed objects list is part of the Audit Log.

Database

Downloaded files are PostgreSQL dumps that can be loaded using pg_restore.

For example, to convert a backup named ontakt_db.dump to a plain text SQL file named ontakt_db.sql, run pg_restore -f ontakt_db.sql ontakt_db.dump.