10.4 SensorCategory Enumeration

This enumeration indicates the category of a specific sensor which further defines its area of application.

The SensorCategory enumeration is defined in Table 30.

Table 29 – SensorCategory Items
Name Value Description
MachineHealth0The sensor is mainly relevant to indicate the current AM machine’s health.
MaintenanceTracking1The sensor is mainly relevant to track serviceable components
ProcessMonitoring2The sensor is mainly relevant to monitor the production operability.

Its representation in the AddressSpace is defined in Table 31.

Table 30 – SensorCategory Definition
Attribute Value
BrowseNameSensorSeverity
IsAbstractFalse
References Node Class BrowseName DataType TypeDefinition Other
Subtype of the 0:Enumeration type defined in OPC 10000-3
0:HasPropertyVariable0:EnumValues0:EnumValueType []0:PropertyType
Conformance Units
AdditiveManufacturing Monitoring - Process
AdditiveManufacturing Monitoring - Health