4. Getting Started

4. Getting Started

4.1 Accessing the web interface

Open a browser on any device in the plant network and navigate to:

http://<device-ip>:8000

No client software is required. The interface is responsive and can be used on desktop PCs, panel PCs and tablets.

4.2 Signing in and user roles

Access levels build on each other. Every level includes the permissions of the levels below:

Level	Password	May access
Basic	no	Scoreboard only (intended for wall displays)
Operator	yes	+ Production Timeline, live Bottleneck view, Notifications
Supervisor	yes	+ all Analysis views, AI Assistant, Line Config
Admin	yes	+ System configuration, Users, Reports, Backup, SMTP, Version, License

If you navigate to a page your role does not permit, you are redirected to the Scoreboard.

4.3 Navigating the user interface

The sidebar on the left is the main navigation:

Scoreboard: large-format live overview (chapter 5.1)
Production: Production Timeline with state controls (chapter 5.2)
Bottleneck: live bottleneck analysis (chapter 5.3)
Notifications: system and production notifications(chapter 4.5)
Analysis (expandable): OEE History, Bottleneck History, Production Analysis, Downtime, AI Assistant (chapter 6)
Line Config (expandable): Program, Product, Counters, Cycle Stations, Sensors, Takt, Downtime (chapter 7)
System (expandable): System, Backup, Users, Reports (Templates / Blocks / Layout), SMTP, Version (chapters 8–9)

Menu entries are only shown if your role permits them.

4.4 Changing the display language

Pinetek Insight is available in English and German. The language is a system-wide setting; it applies to the entire web interface and to generated PDF reports.

An administrator changes it under System → System → Language (chapter 9.1).

4.5 Notifications

The system raises notifications for events that need attention, e.g. disk-space warnings or production events. Open them via Notifications in the sidebar.

Each notification has a level: Info, Warning, Error or Permanent.
Filter by status: All, Unconfirmed, Confirmed, Permanent.
Select one or more notifications and press Confirm to acknowledge them. An optional note can be stored with the confirmation (applied to all selected entries). The confirming user and time are recorded.
Permanent notifications represent persistent conditions and stay visible while the condition lasts.

Unresolvable warnings (e.g. low disk space) should be reported to your administrator.