Instructions for operation

This chapter provides a detailed description of the operational steps. Each role should follow the usage process guide to review the corresponding sections and conduct the operations.

Create inspection plans and spot check tasks

Business supervisors need to first make overall equipment check plans based on the actual situation of the equipment and create inspection plans or spot check tasks for equipment inspection.

Prerequisites

The necessity and prerequisites for equipment inspection are the equipment’s digital twin and the scene that contains the equipment’s digital twin. Before creating an inspection plan or spot check task, you need to prepare a scene that includes the equipment’s digital twin. For more information on how to create digital twins and scenes, please refer to FactVerse Designer User Manual.

Create a check template

Inspection templates are the foundation of inspections and spot checks, and FactVerse Service Platform provides two methods for creating templates: manually create a template and import a template.

Here is a simple example of manually creating a template. For more information on creating check templates, please refer to FactVerse Service User Manual.

1. (Optional) Use DataMesh Studio to create and upload the scenario files needed for the inspection. For more information on creating scenarios, please refer to the DataMesh Studio User Manual.

2. Log in to the FactVerse Services Platform.

3. (Optional) On the Digital Twin > Resources page, upload supplementary resources such as photos, videos, PDF files, etc., for additional explanations.

4. On the Equipment Check > Check Template page, click the New button to create a new check template and bind it with the scenario file from step 1.

5. Creating inspection steps: In the template’s detail page, create inspection steps for the template and add reference materials for this step (the materials uploaded in step 3), specify the scene scope of this step in the scenario, and set normal and exception options (optional).

6. Repeat step 5 to create other inspection steps.

Create an inspection plan

Based on the equipment type, users can choose to create inspection plans for multiple diverse types of equipment or multiple same type of equipment. Using the creation of inspection plans for multiple diverse types of equipment as an example.

Steps

1. Add a scene: Add the required scenes on the Equipment Check > Inspection Plan page of the FactVerse Services platform.

2. Create an inspection plan:

a). Click the “New” button above the inspection plan list.

b). In the New window, fill in the inspection plan name and click Next.

c). Configure the inspection method: inspection points, inspection templates corresponding to the points, whether the step is critical and the projects must be documented.

d). Add devices: Select the digital twin of each device that needs inspection for the current scenario and choose whether to enable barcode scanning for the plan task.

e). Configure personnel and scheduling for the plan.

Create a spot check task

When a user needs to perform equipment inspections, such as individual equipment checks or inspections of multiple identical devices, they can create inspection tasks. The steps to create an inspection task are as follows:

1. Add a scene: Add the required scenes on the Equipment Check > Spot Check page of the FactVerse Services platform.

2. Create an Inspection Task:

a). Click New above the spot check task list.

b). In the New window, enter the spot check task name and click Next.

c). Add spot check equipment: Click Add devices, select the device required for this spot check, and configure whether to scan the code to start the scheduled task. The task will be divided into multiple tasks based on the selected devices, and you can choose one or more identical devices. One device corresponds to one spot check task.

d). Set the spot check method: Choose a check template for the spot check and configure whether the step is critical and the projects must be documented.

3. Click Next, configure the personnel and scheduling, and click Confirm to complete the creation of the spot check task. The spot check task’s cycle is different from the inspection plan and can be selected as “No Period.” “No Period” means the task is dispatched only once.

Execute inspection tasks

After configuring inspection plans and spot check tasks on the FactVerse Services platform, log in to the Checklist client to initiate task execution. For specific login instructions, please refer to the Log in chapter. This chapter illustrates the execution of the inspection task as an example.

View device details

After business managers have set up inspection plans and spot check tasks on the FactVerse Services platform, the responsible inspection personnel log in to Checklist to begin executing the tasks.

Before starting the tasks, inspection personnel can view device details to understand the task status for the device today and in the past three days, enabling them to conduct a more accurate and thorough inspection. The specific steps for viewing device details are as follows:

1. Click on the home page’s Scan button, scan the QR code on the device, and access the device details page.

2. In the device details page, review the device’s task status.

3. Click the back button “<” to exit the device details page.

Starting a task

The specific steps for starting a task are as follows:

1. Log in to DataMesh Checklist.

2. Click on the homepage task card:

a). If the task is created on the FactVerse Services platform without enabling scan the code to open, you will directly enter the task operation interface.

b). If scan the code to open was enabled, you will need to scan the QR code to initiate the task. Align the scanning frame with the device’s QR code, and if scanned correctly, you will be directed to the task operation main interface.

Handling scan exceptions

If you scan an incorrect QR code or if more than 90 seconds pass without scanning, the scan will fail, and you will see the following prompt:

You can check if the device’s QR code is correct and then click “Rescan” to scan it correctly and proceed to the task execution interface.

You can also click “Continue” and click “Yes” in the prompt box, to proceed directly to the task.

Execute a task

The specific steps for inspectors to perform inspection tasks are as follows:

1. Log in to DataMesh Checklist.

2. Start the task and enter the task’s operation interface.

3. Perform the task for point 1. If it is an inspection of the same type of equipment, perform the inspection for the first device.

4. Task Recording:

a). If the inspection task is not associated with a scenario or other resources, or if you are already awfully familiar with this task, you can directly record the task and mark the device’s status.

b). If the inspection task is associated with resources such as photos, videos, and PDFs, you can click to view the resource, follow the instructions for this step, and record it.

c). If the inspection task is associated with a scenario, you can perform the following operations:

i. Click on the scenario to enter scenario operation mode. By default, it enters 3D mode, click on mode switch button to switch to MR mode.

ii. Adjust the scenario’s position, please refer to the Scenario operation interface for adjustment methods.

iii. Play the scenario or click on the scene page to view the inspection instructions for that step.

iv. Follow the instructions to inspect the device.

v. After inspection, choose the recording method and make a record.

vi. Mark the device’s status. If the device is normal, click the symbol, choose the reason for normalcy, and click Confirm. If the device is abnormal, click the  symbol, choose the reason for abnormality, and click Confirm.

vii. After recording, it will automatically proceed to the next step. In case of exceptional circumstances where the device cannot be inspected, you can click the Skip button in the upper right corner to skip that device inspection. The step list will indicate that the abnormal device has been skipped.

viii. Follow the above process to execute all steps after Inspection Point 1 or the first device.

5. After recording is completed, it will automatically proceed to the next step. In case of exceptional circumstances where the device cannot be inspected, you can click the Skip button in the upper right corner to bypass the inspection of that device. The step list will provide a prompt indicating that the device has been skipped due to an anomaly.

6. Execute all the steps for point 1 or the first device.

7. After completing the inspection steps for a point or device, you will automatically move to the inspection of the next point or device. If there is a requirement to scan and start the task again, you will need to scan to start the task again. Click on the scenario file in the resource area in the task operation interface to enter the scenario’s operation interface.

8. Complete the remaining point or device inspections. When all inspections are completed, click the Stop button  to exit the scenario mode. Check the step list to confirm that all steps are completed.

9. Click the return button < on the task operation interface to complete the task execution.

10. Wait for task upload feedback: Successful and unsuccessful uploads will be displayed in the message list.

a). Click the return button < on the task operation interface to complete the task execution.

b). Wait for task upload feedback: Successful and unsuccessful uploads will be displayed in the message list.

Offline tasks

When the network condition is poor or there is no internet connection, under certain conditions, you can perform offline tasks. The conditions for executing offline tasks are as follows:

a. Log in to DataMesh Checklist in an environment with an internet connection and enter the task bucket interface. The system will automatically download task information at this point.

b. Do not log out of the account; simply close DataMesh Checklist if necessary.

c. In an environment without internet access or with unstable network and signal, open DataMesh Checklist. The system will automatically log in based on the last entered account credentials and take you to the task bucket interface. It will prompt with “Resource loading failed, click to reload”. At this point, you can proceed to execute inspection tasks in offline mode.

To execute offline tasks:

1. Click on the locally cached tasks and perform offline tasks following the normal operational steps.

2. After getting online and refreshing for upload, if the current task is found not assigned to you, the task card will have a red background.

3. If, upon refreshing, you discover that the task for the current device is no longer assigned to you, a message will prompt: “Current device has been reassigned to another personnel. Please confirm and proceed to check the next device.” Click Confirm to proceed directly to the next device or conclude the current task.

4. After the inspection is completed, the records will be saved locally, awaiting a network connection or stable internet access to connect to the server and upload the inspection records.

View records and statistics

From the FactVerse Services platform, business supervisors or managers can view task execution status, make annotations, download task records and equipment statistics records, and make temporary personnel scheduling.

View, download and annotate check records

The check records refer to the detailed information of the inspection and spot check operations and results recorded during the patrol inspection and spot check tasks. Business supervisors and managers can view, download, and annotate the status records of patrol inspection and spot check tasks in different scenes.

To view, download and annotate records:

1. Click Equipment Check > Check Records to enter the Check Records page.

2. Click the icon to set the table display and select the content you want to display. In the search box, you can enter the content you want to search for.

3. You can filter check records by name, type, inspector, and state.

4. Device anomaly recording. Device anomaly recording includes the following four situations.

a). Duplicate Checks: The task was assigned to another person, but due to being offline at the time, the task bucket could not load, and both the original task executor and the new task executor performed the task, resulting in task duplication. In this case, this prompt will appear.

b). Abnormal QR code scanning of device: When an issue arises during the device scanning process to initiate the task and the executor choose to continue the task, this exception prompt appears.

c). Skipping device checks: When a device check is skipped, this exception prompt appears.

d). Devices are marked as abnormal: When a device is marked as abnormal during inspection, this exception prompt appears.

5. You can click the icon  to download check records.

6. Click the details icon  on the right side of the list to enter the check record details page. The details page displays basic information and step recording.

7. Under the step recording, click the Export button to export the check record as well.

8. Click the expand button next to the device name to view the inspection details for each step.

9. You can click to view and download photos and videos under the material column.

View device statistics

Device Statistics display the inspection status of various devices in the selected scene. Supervisors and managers can view the device state, check counts, and device-related task information for the chosen date.

The device statistics page provides the following information and operations:

• Scene Management (Add, Delete): By switching scenes, you can view the status of devices in different scenes.
• Calendar: View the device state on different dates.
• Download device statistics record: By clicking the download icon , you can download statistics records including dates, scenes, device names, state, and check counts.
• View personnel status: By clicking the personnel icon , you can view the state of all personnel in the department. The status is displayed as either “Idle” or the name of the current task on which they are working.
• View device state: You can view the state of devices on the selected date.
  • Normal: No anomalies found in all completed checks.
  • Abnormal: At least one anomaly found in all existing checks.
  • Checking: Someone is currently working on a task execution.
  • Unchecked: No checks have been conducted today.
• View check count: You can view the number of inspections conducted on the selected date.
• View device records : View inspection details for all tasks related to a specific device on the chosen date. You can click the icon to make temporary scheduling for pending tasks. You can modify personnel and time. The time can only be set for today and beyond. Temporary scheduling is a one-time action and will not affect the original schedule of subsequent inspection and spot check tasks.