Cable processing machine monitoring with improved precision mechanism for cable processing

A method (2000) for controlling cable processing on a plurality of cable processing machines (CPM1 to CPMn) communicatively coupled via an intermediary system (200), the method comprising:

• digitally receiving (2100), through an interface component which is digitally interconnected with the intermediary system (200) solely by digital data communication, at the intermediary system (200), location data (LD1, LD2, LD3) for a plurality of operators (10, 20, 30) wherein the location data of each operator describes a physical location (x, y) of the respective operator, the location data determined by at least one location sensor (12, 22, 32);
• digitally receiving (2200), at the intermediary system (200), from each cable processing machine the technical status data (TS1 to TSn) of the respective cable processing machine wherein the technical status data for each cable processing machine is based on at least one physical parameter (P1, P2, Pn) indicating a capability of the respective cable processing machine for executing a cable processing step;
• identifying (2300), by the intermediary system (200), based on particular technical status data (TSI) of a particular cable processing machine (CPMI) a need for restoring a particular capability of the particular cable processing machine (CPM1) for executing a particular cable processing step;
• digitally generating (2400), by the intermediary system (200), an operator request (OR1) with voice instructions (VI-1) for a particular operator (10), the operator request (OR1) based on the identified need, the technical status data (TS2 to TSn) of the other cable processing machines (CPM2 to CPMn), and the location data (LD1, LD2, LD3) for the plurality of operators (10, 20, 30);
• digitally forwarding (2500) the operator request (OR1) to a wearable audio output device (11) of the particular operator (10), and the particular operator (10) being one of the plurality of operators (10, 20, 30) for which location data (LD1, LD2, LD3) was received by the interface component (210;
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• digitally receiving (2600), at the intermediary system (200), from the at least one particular cable processing machine (CPM1) a technical status data update when the particular capability for executing the particular cable processing step is restored;
• providing a technical status evaluator (202) configured to identify, based on particular technical status data (TS1) of a particular cable processing machine (CPM1) a need for restoring the particular capability of the particular cable processing machine (CPM1) for executing the particular cable processing step;
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• a request composition component (203) configured to generate the operator request (OR1) with voice instructions (VI-1) for the particular operator (10), the operator request (OR1) based on the identified need, the technical status data (TS2 to TSn) of the other cable processing machines (CPM2 to CPMn), and the location data (LD1, LD2, LD3) for the plurality of operators (10, 20, 30) wherein the technical status evaluator is further configured to select a cable processing machine based on a highest priority value, and the highest priority is determined by the technical status evaluator based upon at least 1) a priority of the cable processing machine (CPM2 to CPMn) in need for restoring the particular capability, and 2) a skill profile of the plurality of operators (10, 20, 30) stored in a skill database (204).

A cable processing control intermediary system (200) for automatically controlling cable processing of a plurality of cable processing machines (CPM1 to CPMn), the cable processing control intermediary system (200) comprising:

• an electronic interface component (210) being digitally connected for communicating with the cable processing control intermediary system (200) solely by digital data communication, and the interface component (210) being configured to:
• digitally receive location data (LD1, LD2, LD3) for a plurality of operators (10, 20, 30), wherein the location data of each operator describes a physical location (x, y) of the respective operator, and the location data determined by at least one location sensor (12, 22, 32);
• digitally receive from each cable processing machine (CPM1 to CPMn) technical status data (TS1 to TSn) of the respective cable processing machine, wherein the technical status data for each cable processing machine is based on at least one physical parameter (P1, P2, Pn) indicating a capability of the respective cable processing machine (CPM1 to CPMn) for executing a cable processing step;
• digitally forward an operator request (OR1) to a wearable audio output device (11) of a particular operator (10), and the particular operator (10) being one of the plurality of operators (10, 20, 30) for which location data (LD1, LD2, LD3) was received by the interface component (210);
• digitally receive from a particular cable processing machine (CPM1) a technical status data update once a particular capability for executing a particular cable processing step is restored;
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• at least one computing component (220) being digitally connected to the interface component (210), the at least one computing component (220) comprising:
• a technical status evaluator (202) being configured to identify, based on particular technical status data (TS1) of a particular cable processing machine (CPM1) a need for restoring the particular capability of the particular cable processing machine (CPM1) for executing the particular cable processing step;
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• a request composition component (203) being configured to generate the operator request (OR1) with voice instructions (VI-1) for the particular operator (10), the operator request (OR1) based on the identified need, the technical status data (TS2 to TSn) of the other cable processing machines (CPM2 to CPMn), and the location data (LD1, LD2, LD3) for the plurality of operators (10, 20, 30);
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• the technical status evaluator (202) operating according to a set of rules which are configured to determine a priority value for the received technical status data (TS1 to TSn) based upon at least 1) a priority of the cable processing machine (CPM2 to CPMn) requiring serving and 2) a skill profile the plurality of operators (10, 20, 30) stored in a skill database (204) configured to store skill profiles of each of the plurality of operators.