Web handling apparatus monitoring system with user defined outputs

A method for providing operator defined monitoring of web handling apparatus conditions, comprising the steps of:

• detecting a plurality of web handling apparatus conditions;
• providing for operator selection of desired web handling apparatus conditions from the plurality of web handling apparatus conditions and for assignment of each of the desired web handling apparatus conditions to a respective operator selected output port to generate respective assigned conditions and corresponding assigned ports;
• providing for operator assignment of a corresponding mask corresponding to selected assigned conditions;
• providing for operator assignment to each assigned port of one of a plurality of output types;
• monitoring the assigned conditions and generating the output-type on the respective assigned port in response to detection of the assigned condition and the simultaneous absence of a corresponding mask.

Web press system monitoring apparatus for a web press system including at least one web printing press and associated auxiliary press apparatus having operator defined automatic monitoring of web press system conditions and operator defined responses to monitored conditions, comprising:

• a color to color register system which scans at least one moving web surface within the press system and detects a plurality of press system conditions;
• means for operator selection of desired press system conditions from the plurality of press system conditions;
• means for operator assignment of each of the desired press system conditions from the plurality of press system conditions;
• means for operator assignment of each of the desired press system conditions to a respective operator selected output port to generate respective assigned conditions and corresponding assigned ports;
• means for selective operator assignment of corresponding masks to selected assigned conditions;
• means for operator assignment of one of a plurality of output types to each assigned port to provide an assigned output type;
• means for monitoring each assigned condition and for generating an active signal for the corresponding assigned port in response to occurrence of the respective assigned conditions and in the absence of a corresponding mask assigned to the respective assigned conditions, and for deactivating the active signal in response to the absence of the respective assigned condition;
• means for generating the assigned output type on the respective assigned port in response to generation of an active signal for the corresponding assigned port and for deactivating the respective assigned port in response to deactivation of the active signal.