Equipment Definitions are the templates (like a blue print, hence the blue color of the icon) to create Equipment Records (actual equipment instances).

NOTE: An Equipment Definition does NOT represent real life Equipment, it is a definition for a type of equipment. Equipment Records represent the actual equipment.

E.g. you have three ovens of the same type, and you want to have full traceability for each individual oven. To implement this, you will Create an Equipment Definition for the oven type. Using that Equipment Definition you will create 3 Equipment Records, one for each oven. Each Equipment Instance within EZ-MES is connected to an Equipment Definition.

AKA: Equipment Definitions are also know as:

• Equipment Classes (ISA-95)
• Equipment Category
• Equipment Type
• Tool Definition, Class, Category, Type
• Machine Definition, Class, Catergory, Type

Equipment Definition States

Equipment Definitions can have one of the following States

• Pending:
  Not yet released. This is an editable state where any changes can be made.  Pending Equipment Definitions are only accessible for users with configuration rights.
  
• Active:
  This Equipment Definition can be used to create Equipment Instances to be used on the shop floor
    
• Closed/Archived:
  Not active anymore, normally used when Equipment Definitions are replaced by new revisions or replaced/scrapped for new Equipment Definitions
  
• Deleted:
  Equipment Definitions can only be deleted when the object is in the pending state
  

Useful Links

• Connect an Equipment Defintion to a Step Definition
• Equipment Records
• Create Equipment Records with IDs
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• Configuration Objects
• Execution Objects
• System Objects
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