Silent Install

FAQ's

Installer Errors

You can find the Tascus Installer at this link:

https://www.metisautomation.co.uk/downloads/

Download and run the installer, you may be prompted to restart after the installer has finished.

Tascus will then try to connect to a server -...

Tascus used an embedded web browser to display work instructions. Originally, this was based upon Internet Explorer, which has since become unsupported.

This error message means that Tascus is using an older version of IE which does not support some functions....

Navigating the Manufacturing Routings window

Routing Nests

Releasing a Routing

Copy Routings

Mass Update Routings (Update a Sequence)

Manufacturing Routings...

Overview

Supported Vision Systems

Sensopart Vision System Setup

Keyence IV2 Setup

Tascus supports integration with industrial vision systems to automatically inspect components and verify quality. This article outlines how to configure Sensopart VISOR and Keyence IV2 vision systems to...

Global Rework (one rework operation per work order)

Rework by Manufacturing Operation (rework can be set for each manufacturing operation in the routing)

How this works: One rework sequence can be assigned to a work order.

In the following example, this work order has a manufacturing routing of Picking...

Fill in the necessary fields to complete the Location set up.

Click on  an existing workstation under 640 in the table e.g. 640 EoL Audit

Press the Add + button

Enter the Reference '640 Final Assembly'

Other fields should be populated correctly e.g. Workstation, Continent, Country, Site etc. Make sure all these are populated

'Station' field will...

If these do not display, there may be an issue with the WebView2 installation,

Symptom

On application startup:

Embedded WebView2 browser does not load

No error message shown

The following folders are not created in the application directory (C:\ProgramData\Tascus):

Tascus.exe.WebView2

Tascus Launcher.exe.WebView2

On working machines, these folders...

Setting up a User

User Permissions

Production Permissions

Editing Permissions

Settings Permissions

Reports Permissions

Operation Permissions

You can create user logins for Tascus in the Settings...

What are templates

Creating a template

Editing templates

Using Templates in a sequence

Best practices for template design

Sequence templates allow you to reuse a standard set of steps when creating new sequences in...

Tascus Setup

Desoutter CVII Setup

Ingersol Rand QC Setup

Use the Devices > Tighten menus to configure nutrunner tools connected to a station, or you can configure your station to simulate a tool.

This will configure how the Tascus station will process

Creating Production Sequences

Editing a Sequence

Functions of the Sequence Editor

Highlight Sequence Changes

Find & Replace

Part Numbers

Manufacturing Operations

Manufacturing Routings

Production Sequences contain...

Overview

Prerequisites

Station Setup

Configure

Optional - Download Product Numbers

Diagnostics & Test Runs

Using in a Production Sequence

Troubleshooting Tips

The Furness Leak Test...

Digital Manufacturing Traveller

View Previous Results

Step Name Filter

Exporting a Report

Archiving Step Results

This is the digital manufacturing traveller, where you can find all data that has been logged for every product built...

FAQ

A user reports that the Routing column no longer appears on the Load Production Orders screen.

Cause

This column has been manually hidden through the screen’s display settings.
Tascus...

From version 23.8.0.8 onward, the Sequence Name is recorded and displayed in the Product Report.
For any...

How to Update FTP Address

Reverting to a Backup Version

Related FAQs

Updates are downloaded from our ftp server, or from a local network drive.

Updates for a Tascus client can be set either from the Station Settings > Updates, or...

If a work order gets completed before all operations are completed in it's Manufacturing Routing, this may be related to it's Parts Routing.

We have found issues with Tascus versions (prior to 23.9) that will Complete the work order after the 1st operation is complete. This can occur if the Manufacturing Routing for the top-level part number...

To access these backups, go to File > Import Steps from Tascus XML menu.

This will open up a file browser in the location that all Tascus backups are saved.

Each backup is saved with the sequence name and the time...

The Tascus Client App is the local application installed on operator workstations. It runs...

The Last_Modified column in the SequenceRevisions table is NULL, so a SQL script needs to be run to populate it with some values that will load into Tascus.

Ask a system IT admin to run the following script on the Tascus...

This relates to the Sequence name being too long, the error message is warning that data would be truncated, meaning the sequence name will not fit in the database column - which is currently limited...

Answer: Yes, you can see this in the Product Report, accessed from Reports > Product Report

 Or the Product Report dashboard button:

You...

Copy this file into the Tascus application directory :

C:\Program Files (x86) \ Tascus \ DatabaseQueryTimeTool.exe

Double-click on DatabaseQueryTimeTool.exe to run it, then click Check Query Response Time.

The tool will request then display the full list of...

Open SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), connect to the server and expand Databases.

Right-click on the Tascus database, and choose Tasks > Backup...

A dialog window will open.

Open the Production Overview Report and change to List View

Scroll down to the production order that needs to be changed from completed to in progress.

Double...