Sensor Dashboards in Steelhead's Job Shop ERP
Track production performance effortlessly with Steelhead's sensor dashboards—monitor pH, temperature, and more with real-time data, alerts, and streamlined measurement tracking.
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Overview of Sensor Dashboards in Steelhead
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Video title
Overview of Sensor Dashboards in Steelhead
Date published
April 9, 2025
Duration
3:49
Video type
Product tip / Short demo
Audience
Quality; maintenance; process engineers; admin
Video summary
In one sentence
Steelhead's sensor dashboards track live and historical readings from tanks, ovens, and other equipment against
spec-driven minimums and maximums, flagging out-of-spec measurements as alerts and soon-to-expire measurements as warnings so
you catch drift before it becomes a quality problem.
spec-driven minimums and maximums, flagging out-of-spec measurements as alerts and soon-to-expire measurements as warnings so
you catch drift before it becomes a quality problem.
What this video covers
Steelhead's Lowell introduces sensor dashboards, accessed from the Maintenance tile, for tracking readings like dipping
tank pH or oven temperature. He creates a new dashboard, adds three pH dye sensors
(blue, green, red), and shows the resulting historical graph of readings over the last month.
He walks through the action icons on each current sensor value: measurement history (who created
each value, when, and when it's effective, with the ability to edit past measurements) and
spec field parameterization (which spec fields reference that sensor). He shows a measurement that's in
spec and valid, and two measurements that are out of spec — noting that a
measurement stays invalid if it's out of spec even when it was taken recently enough.
He creates a new, in-spec measurement to resolve an alert, then shows the sensor dashboards
page reflecting only the remaining alert. He edits a past measurement's date directly from a
sensor's measurement history. He closes by covering spec param warnings: setting a warning threshold on
a spec field param so a sensor is flagged before its measurement's valid duration actually
expires, with warnings and alerts displayed separately on the dashboard.
tank pH or oven temperature. He creates a new dashboard, adds three pH dye sensors
(blue, green, red), and shows the resulting historical graph of readings over the last month.
He walks through the action icons on each current sensor value: measurement history (who created
each value, when, and when it's effective, with the ability to edit past measurements) and
spec field parameterization (which spec fields reference that sensor). He shows a measurement that's in
spec and valid, and two measurements that are out of spec — noting that a
measurement stays invalid if it's out of spec even when it was taken recently enough.
He creates a new, in-spec measurement to resolve an alert, then shows the sensor dashboards
page reflecting only the remaining alert. He edits a past measurement's date directly from a
sensor's measurement history. He closes by covering spec param warnings: setting a warning threshold on
a spec field param so a sensor is flagged before its measurement's valid duration actually
expires, with warnings and alerts displayed separately on the dashboard.
Problem it solves
Manually logging tank or oven readings makes it easy to miss when a measurement drifts
out of spec or simply goes stale. Sensor dashboards centralize live readings, tie them to
spec-driven minimums and maximums, and separate hard alerts (out of spec) from early warnings (approaching
expiration), so issues get caught and corrected before they affect production.
out of spec or simply goes stale. Sensor dashboards centralize live readings, tie them to
spec-driven minimums and maximums, and separate hard alerts (out of spec) from early warnings (approaching
expiration), so issues get caught and corrected before they affect production.
Key capabilities shown
• Sensor dashboards accessible from the Maintenance tile
• Custom dashboards with any number of sensors and a common application (e.g., pH)
• Historical graph of sensor readings over time (last month by default)
• Measurement history per sensor: value, creator, creation time, effective time, and edit capability
• Spec field parameterization showing which spec parameters reference a given sensor
• In-spec vs. out-of-spec status based on minimum/maximum values
• Valid vs. invalid status based on measurement age and valid duration
• Creating a new measurement to resolve an out-of-spec alert
• Sensor dashboards page summarizing active alerts
• Editing a past measurement's date directly from measurement history
• Spec param warning thresholds that flag a sensor before its valid duration expires
• Warnings and alerts displayed as separate categories on the dashboard
• Custom dashboards with any number of sensors and a common application (e.g., pH)
• Historical graph of sensor readings over time (last month by default)
• Measurement history per sensor: value, creator, creation time, effective time, and edit capability
• Spec field parameterization showing which spec parameters reference a given sensor
• In-spec vs. out-of-spec status based on minimum/maximum values
• Valid vs. invalid status based on measurement age and valid duration
• Creating a new measurement to resolve an out-of-spec alert
• Sensor dashboards page summarizing active alerts
• Editing a past measurement's date directly from measurement history
• Spec param warning thresholds that flag a sensor before its valid duration expires
• Warnings and alerts displayed as separate categories on the dashboard
How the demo flows
• Opens Sensor Dashboards from the Maintenance tile
• Creates a new dashboard named Dye pH Sensors and adds three pH dye sensors
• Opens the measurement history icon for blue dye and shows spec field parameterization info
• Creates a new measurement to bring an out-of-spec sensor back in spec
• Opens the sensor dashboards page to check remaining alerts
• Edits a measurement's date in green dye's history
• Opens the spec field param link and sets the sensor warning threshold
• Refreshes to see the sensor's warning status and shows warnings and alerts listed separately
• Creates a new dashboard named Dye pH Sensors and adds three pH dye sensors
• Opens the measurement history icon for blue dye and shows spec field parameterization info
• Creates a new measurement to bring an out-of-spec sensor back in spec
• Opens the sensor dashboards page to check remaining alerts
• Edits a measurement's date in green dye's history
• Opens the spec field param link and sets the sensor warning threshold
• Refreshes to see the sensor's warning status and shows warnings and alerts listed separately
Full transcript
Speaker
Lowell, Steelhead
Transcript
[00:00] Hey everyone, this is Lowell for Steelhead, and today I'm gonna be giving a quick
overview of our sensor dashboards.
[00:05] Feature sensor dashboards are useful for keeping track of where things are in your plant
and how sensors are reading, such as dipping tanks or ovens, temperature pH, and things
like that.
[00:17] [opens Sensor Dashboards from the Maintenance tile] So our sensor dashboards can first be accessed through the maintenance tile, so we can
click and click on sensor dashboards.
[00:24] We bring up this screen where we can create a new dashboard.
[00:27] [creates a new dashboard named Dye pH Sensors] So let's create a dashboard called Dye pH Sensors.
[00:30] Common application for this dashboard will be pH.
[00:34] Now you can see we have no members on this dashboard, so we should click
into it and add sensors to our dashboard.
[00:41] [adds three pH dye sensors to the dashboard] And we're gonna add three, our blue, green, and red pH dye sensors just like
this.
[00:48] And now you can see we've loaded in some data.
[00:51] And down below we can see a historical graph of that data for the last
month by default.
[00:56] Now the first thing to note here is the action icons for the current sensor
values.
[01:03] [opens the measurement history icon for blue dye] This icon will bring up the measurement history for each sensor.
[01:06] In this case blue dye.
[01:07] We can see all of the past values, who created them, when they were created,
when they were effective, and even edit those measurements.
[01:15] [shows spec field parameterization info for the sensor] We can show the parameterization information for this sensor.
[01:18] So spec field params that refer to this sensor type.
[01:22] And here we can see that blue dye spec was in spec at 5.31 in
between our minimum and maximum values.
[01:30] And this measurement is valid because it was measured one hour ago and the valid
duration is 12 hours.
[01:36] These measurements on green and red dye are out of spec.
[01:40] This one is low 4.9, and this one is high 4.51.
[01:44] Note that the status of this is still invalid even though the measurement was taken
recent enough because the measurement was out of spec.
[01:53] [creates a new measurement to bring the sensor back in spec] To solve this being outta spec, we can go here to the create new measurement
option and create a measurement for this sensor at 5.3 pH.
[02:02] And like that, our sensor now has a valid status.
[02:05] [opens the sensor dashboards page to check alerts] If we go back to the sensor dashboards page, we'll see that it only has
one alert on the sensor.
[02:12] If we click in, we'll see that it's the sensor being out of spec.
[02:16] You can see our newest value updated, but now we have two values really close
together.
[02:21] [edits a measurement's date in green dye's history] So if we wanted to change this second to last measurement, we can go into
green dye to the measurement history and edit this measurement to change the date and
save.
[02:35] And now the measurement will automatically update down below.
[02:38] One additional feature of sensor dashboards is spec param warnings.
[02:43] Let's suppose you wanna see let your sensor is about to go invalid.
[02:47] I.e., about to reach the valid duration for the measurement and need to be remeasured.
[02:52] [opens the spec field param link] Well. Now with this update, you can go into the spec field param by clicking
on that link There.
[03:01] [sets the sensor warning threshold] And on the spec field param, we can edit and set our sensor warning threshold.
[03:07] In this case, I'll use one sec for an example so that it shows up
right away and hit save.
[03:12] [refreshes to see the sensor's warning status] We can see that our sensor warning threshold is now populated, and if we refresh,
we can see that this sensor is now warned because it has exceeded the warning
threshold set on the spec field, param blue pH.
[03:28] [shows warnings and alerts listed separately] And so the measurement now has a warning, and if we go to the sensor
dashboards page, we'll see that the warnings and alerts show up separately.
[03:37] That was a quick overview of the sensor dashboards feature in Steelhead covering statuses, alerts,
creating measurements, and graphing your values over time.
[03:47] Hope this helps.
overview of our sensor dashboards.
[00:05] Feature sensor dashboards are useful for keeping track of where things are in your plant
and how sensors are reading, such as dipping tanks or ovens, temperature pH, and things
like that.
[00:17] [opens Sensor Dashboards from the Maintenance tile] So our sensor dashboards can first be accessed through the maintenance tile, so we can
click and click on sensor dashboards.
[00:24] We bring up this screen where we can create a new dashboard.
[00:27] [creates a new dashboard named Dye pH Sensors] So let's create a dashboard called Dye pH Sensors.
[00:30] Common application for this dashboard will be pH.
[00:34] Now you can see we have no members on this dashboard, so we should click
into it and add sensors to our dashboard.
[00:41] [adds three pH dye sensors to the dashboard] And we're gonna add three, our blue, green, and red pH dye sensors just like
this.
[00:48] And now you can see we've loaded in some data.
[00:51] And down below we can see a historical graph of that data for the last
month by default.
[00:56] Now the first thing to note here is the action icons for the current sensor
values.
[01:03] [opens the measurement history icon for blue dye] This icon will bring up the measurement history for each sensor.
[01:06] In this case blue dye.
[01:07] We can see all of the past values, who created them, when they were created,
when they were effective, and even edit those measurements.
[01:15] [shows spec field parameterization info for the sensor] We can show the parameterization information for this sensor.
[01:18] So spec field params that refer to this sensor type.
[01:22] And here we can see that blue dye spec was in spec at 5.31 in
between our minimum and maximum values.
[01:30] And this measurement is valid because it was measured one hour ago and the valid
duration is 12 hours.
[01:36] These measurements on green and red dye are out of spec.
[01:40] This one is low 4.9, and this one is high 4.51.
[01:44] Note that the status of this is still invalid even though the measurement was taken
recent enough because the measurement was out of spec.
[01:53] [creates a new measurement to bring the sensor back in spec] To solve this being outta spec, we can go here to the create new measurement
option and create a measurement for this sensor at 5.3 pH.
[02:02] And like that, our sensor now has a valid status.
[02:05] [opens the sensor dashboards page to check alerts] If we go back to the sensor dashboards page, we'll see that it only has
one alert on the sensor.
[02:12] If we click in, we'll see that it's the sensor being out of spec.
[02:16] You can see our newest value updated, but now we have two values really close
together.
[02:21] [edits a measurement's date in green dye's history] So if we wanted to change this second to last measurement, we can go into
green dye to the measurement history and edit this measurement to change the date and
save.
[02:35] And now the measurement will automatically update down below.
[02:38] One additional feature of sensor dashboards is spec param warnings.
[02:43] Let's suppose you wanna see let your sensor is about to go invalid.
[02:47] I.e., about to reach the valid duration for the measurement and need to be remeasured.
[02:52] [opens the spec field param link] Well. Now with this update, you can go into the spec field param by clicking
on that link There.
[03:01] [sets the sensor warning threshold] And on the spec field param, we can edit and set our sensor warning threshold.
[03:07] In this case, I'll use one sec for an example so that it shows up
right away and hit save.
[03:12] [refreshes to see the sensor's warning status] We can see that our sensor warning threshold is now populated, and if we refresh,
we can see that this sensor is now warned because it has exceeded the warning
threshold set on the spec field, param blue pH.
[03:28] [shows warnings and alerts listed separately] And so the measurement now has a warning, and if we go to the sensor
dashboards page, we'll see that the warnings and alerts show up separately.
[03:37] That was a quick overview of the sensor dashboards feature in Steelhead covering statuses, alerts,
creating measurements, and graphing your values over time.
[03:47] Hope this helps.
Taxonomy tags
Steelhead product area
Maintenance; Sensor dashboards; Specifications
Feature / module
Sensor dashboards; measurement history; spec field parameterization; spec param warning thresholds
Workflow category
Process monitoring; quality compliance; equipment maintenance
Topics covered
Creating sensor dashboards; measurement history and editing; spec field parameterization; in-spec/valid vs. out-of-spec/invalid statuses; alerts
vs. warnings; setting warning thresholds
vs. warnings; setting warning thresholds