RINGby Ringwood

The software, screen by screen

Every screen of the Ring command center

A full walkthrough of the running application — the dashboard, the live plant floor, batch and temperature control, the reporting suite, and every setup screen. Captured straight from the current build.

Captured from the current build, shown in the app’s built-in Simulation Mode with synthetic live plant data — not a real plant.

Command center Plant floor — live tanks Batch & temperature control Shift management Reports & analytics Setup & configuration First-start wizard Help & onboarding

Command center · 2

Command center

One glance tells the operator whether the plant is healthy — green is normal, red needs attention.

System dashboard — Ring screen — System dashboardThe plant-floor command center: active batch, live KPIs, alarms and every tank on a single screen.

Process & alarms — Ring screen — Process & alarmsLive alarm list with first-response guidance — what each alarm means and what to do first.

Plant floor — live tanks · 5

Plant floor — live tanks

The real-time process picture: every storage, mix and use tank with live level, temperature and batch status.

Make-ready tank — Ring screen — Make-ready tankThe mixer with live batch progress, the running recipe step, and the full step table.

Storage tank group — Ring screen — Storage tank groupAll storage tanks side by side — fill level, temperature, formula and agitator state, live.

Use tank group — Ring screen — Use tank groupThe downstream use tanks feeding the corrugator: live temperature, active formula and component status for each — level is intentionally not shown here.

TVC overview — Ring screen — TVC overviewTotal-Volume-Control tank status and the temperature-control link to every storage tank.

Viscometer — Ring screen — ViscometerOperator viscosity readings against the calibrated alarm band, with recent history.

Batch & temperature control · 3

Batch & temperature control

Start batches and drive temperature control from purpose-built, touch-friendly screens.

Batch start — Ring screen — Batch startPick a formula and target, review, and start a batch — with gentle confirmations.

TVC control — Ring screen — TVC controlPer-tank temperature-control setpoints and live heating/cooling status. Shown from a write-enabled build; hidden until write-enable.

Use tank (MF 1) — Ring screen — Use tank (MF 1)A dedicated live view of an individual use tank and its valves and pumps.

Shift management · 3

Shift management

Digital shift handover replaces verbal and paper notes — nothing gets lost between crews.

Shift control — Ring screen — Shift controlCurrent shift, timings and crew — the hub for shift-based reporting.

Handoff notes — Ring screen — Handoff notesFree-text end-of-shift log so the next crew starts fully informed.

Handover summary — Ring screen — Handover summaryA read-only recap of the shift: batches run, alarms seen, and what's still running.

Reports & analytics · 16

Reports & analytics

A full reporting suite — including the money and equipment-effectiveness (OEE) reports the old system never had.

Batch history report — Ring screen — Batch history reportQuery any date range and export a formatted batch report, or send it straight to a printer.

Usage report — Ring screen — Usage reportIngredient and material usage over a chosen period.

Alarm history — Ring screen — Alarm historyThe full, searchable alarm record — preview, print or save as PDF.

Alarm analytics — Ring screen — Alarm analyticsWhich alarms fire most often, and how quickly they get acknowledged and resolved.

Insights — Ring screen — InsightsProduction, cost, yield and plant-health at a glance, with forecast and stock warnings.

Inventory report — Ring screen — Inventory reportIngredient inventory snapshots over time.

Formula report — Ring screen — Formula reportThe full recipe for every formula — steps, ingredients and preset amounts.

Shift consumption — Ring screen — Shift consumptionWhat each shift consumed and produced, for cost and performance comparison.

Data-entry report — Ring screen — Data-entry reportCustomisable per-screen data-entry logs over any date range.

Tank cleaning board — Ring screen — Tank cleaning boardCleaning status per tank — clean, due, or overdue — so nothing slips.

Tank history (process historian) — Ring screen — Tank history (process historian)Recorded temperature and fill-level history per tank, sampled every minute.

Alarm ↔ batch — Ring screen — Alarm ↔ batchEach alarm linked to the batch that was running when it fired.

Batch queue board — Ring screen — Batch queue boardThe planned production queue — what's running and what's next.

Downtime / OEE — Ring screen — Downtime / OEEDowntime events by reason and an equipment-effectiveness (OEE) view of plant performance.

Alarm summary — Ring screen — Alarm summaryA rolled-up summary of alarm activity for the period.

Database export — Ring screen — Database exportOne-click export of the underlying data — opens straight in Excel.

Setup & configuration · 10

Setup & configuration

Supervisor-level configuration for the plant, recipes, alarms, costs and connectivity.

Plant profileCommissioning profile for the plant — export and import in one place.

Email & alerts — Ring screen — Email & alertsRecipients, test send and delivery log for automatic email escalation.

Costs — Ring screen — CostsIngredient prices, currency and downtime rate — the inputs behind the money reports. Shown from a write-enabled build; hidden until write-enable.

Legacy RS-360 import — Ring screen — Legacy RS-360 importBring your tank, ingredient, and recipe names across from the old system (RS-360).

Alarm playbook — Ring screen — Alarm playbookFirst-response guidance per alarm — meaning, first check and who to call.

Data-entry setup — Ring screen — Data-entry setupCustomise the operator data-entry field labels per screen.

Formula edit — Ring screen — Formula editEdit recipe steps, ingredients, amounts and mix times.

Inventory edit — Ring screen — Inventory editMaintain ingredient inventory levels. Shown from a write-enabled build; hidden until write-enable.

Tank & group names — Ring screen — Tank & group namesName every tank and group so operators see plant-specific labels.

Tag Inspector — Ring screen — Tag InspectorA standalone diagnostics window for commissioning: paste any PLC tag to see its live value, type, and a live/dead verdict against the manifest. Shown in its default, empty state.

First-start wizard · 4

First-start wizard

A 12-step guided setup runs the first time Ring starts on a station, before the dashboard ever loads.

Welcome to Ring setup — Ring screen — Welcome to Ring setupStep 1 of 12: a plain-language rundown of everything the wizard will cover, with a standing reminder that nothing writes to the PLC yet.

Connect to the PLC — Ring screen — Connect to the PLCStep 4 of 12: enter the controller's address, or click Scan network for PLCs and let Ring find it automatically — the scan only listens, nothing is sent to the PLC.

Read-only safety mode — Ring screen — Read-only safety modeStep 5 of 12: read-only is the confirmed, recommended default — turning it off to allow PLC writes is a deliberate, clearly-labeled choice.

You're all set — Ring screen — You're all setStep 12 of 12: a full recap of every choice made during setup, with an optional one-click backup before opening the dashboard for the first time.

Help & onboarding · 3

Help & onboarding

Built-in help and a manuals library, so operators are never stuck.

Manuals library — Ring screen — Manuals libraryThe plant's original manuals, on-screen and searchable.

Alarm legend — Ring screen showing Dutch and English alarm text side by side — Alarm legend (Dutch/English)Every alarm in both languages — the plant's original Dutch text beside the English translation.

Contact & support — Ring screen — Contact & supportOne click to the people who can help.

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