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Operator Assist#

Communication Parameters#

Name Type Possible Values Default Value Description
enableMode Enum None
OnePerEnterprise
OnePerSite
None How should activate Operator Assist instance:
None - No instance will be used
OnePerEnterprise - One Instance for all Lines (Enterprise level)
OnePerSite - One Instance for all Lines (Site level)
callbackPort Integer 0 What port to use to receive events from Printer Control. Use 0 to use a free port at callbackBasePort + 900
registerMode Enum UnregisterFirst UnregisterFirst JustRegister Mode to register callbacks UnregisterFirst - Unregister Services before register new one to avoid duplicates JustRegister - Doesn't try to unregister anything prior. Can have duplicates.

Important: In order to use Operator Assist it requires the installation of Microsoft's MSMQ.

Commands#

OperatorAssist.Command.CreateOrUpdateOperatorAssist#

Execute this command to either create or update an operator assist.

Property Id Data Type Possible Values Description
Id String Guid to be used for the creation of the notification, if no guid is specified it will generate a new one.
LineFullName String Line full name, also known as SiplaceProLinePath
StationFullName String Station full name, also known as SiplaceProDevicePath
AccessType Enum Local Remote Local - only on external devices (i.e smartphones) Remote - appears on the ASM Works GUI and in external devices
Priority Integer Priority of the notification
AssistLocation Object There are other possible locations beyond line and station. We offer this as an entry point to more complex locations. We will expect and serialize an object to the www.siplace.com.OIB._2017._05.OperatorAssist.Contracts.Data.AssistLocation.
ScenarioId String ScenarioId to be used in the notification
Description String Description in english to be used in the notification
DescriptionTranslations Object Other Languages translations can be offered, beyond english. We will serialize the object to a dictionary with key and value string i.e.
TimeToLive Integer Ability to predefine a time to live for the notification. After that time the notification will be deleted. Default is 14400 (s) or 4 hours.
Assists Object Ability to send a payload with a collection of assists i.e ({ "Id": "9903ED01-A73C-4874-8ABF-D2678E3AE23D", "LineFullPath": "Virtual Lines\Virtual Line 01", "StationFullPath": "Virtual Stations\Virtual SX4 01", "AccessType": "Remote", "ScenarioId": "1", "Description": "Hello", "Priority": "1", "TimeToLive": "0" }).

In the reply of the command it will output a Serialization of www.siplace.com.OIB._2017._05.OperatorAssist.Contracts.Data.OperatorAssist[] with what was sent to MSMQ.

OperatorAssist.Command.DeleteOperatorAssist#

Property Id Data Type Possible Values Description
Id String Notification Guid to be deleted.
Ids Object List of strings of Guids of notifications to be deleted

Important: As we are publishing to MSMQ a success will be publishing to MSMQ and not if the result was actually able to be executed as intended. For example, an incorrect line or station will generate a success but will be filtered by the ASM Operator assist as such there will be no feedback to whomever is making the call.