<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>We are in the final month review for the Part 2 & 3 drafts that were announced at MC2. We are working on the part 1, and various asset models that are coming out mid year for final review. We are using the DMDII projects to help smooth out the rough spots and fill the gaps. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">We are looking at Parts and Process around September driven by SPEC-OPS and O3. These will be concurrent with the release of the new MTConnect Agent that will support the new models in a more extensible platform.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Best,</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">W<br><br>Sent from mobile</div><div><br>On May 18, 2016, at 09:16, Thanh Huynh <<a href="mailto:Thuynh@okuma.com">Thuynh@Okuma.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Do you know when MTConnect version 1.4 will be released?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>William Sobel<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 18, 2016 9:58 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Martin Hardwick<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [step-manufacturing] Reminder: conference call today<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">To your point, we should target MTConnect version 1.4 since we have some relevant information that will be forthcoming. We are working on the parts and process components of the standard and we would like to use the various projects to
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would suggest we limit scope for the initial demos for O3. I don’t think there is adequate time to extend scope at this point – just my feeling.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On May 18, 2016, at 07:56, Martin Hardwick <<a href="mailto:hardwick@steptools.com">hardwick@steptools.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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Here is a draft for our testing schedule:<br>
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May - dry run machining results<br>
June - wet run machining results<br>
July - bad condition machining results (worn tools)<br>
August - bad condition machining results (incorrect setup)<br>
September - preparation for demonstration (concurrent video and sound streams)<br>
October - demonstration<o:p></o:p></p>
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All,<br>
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The conference call is this Wednesday at the regular times - 7AM Pacific, 10AM Eastern, 3PM UK and 4PM Europe. The contact details are repeated below for those of you who do not use an electronic calendar.<br>
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The proposed agenda is as follows:<br>
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1. Updates on the digital monitoring / validation service.<br>
2. Updates on the measurement service. <br>
3. Updates on the NC Generation service.<br>
4. Updates on preparations for the face to face meeting on June 14 and 15, and the demonstration on October 5th.<br>
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Martin Hardwick<br>
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7AM Pacific, 10AM Eastern, 3PM UK, 4PM Europe<br>
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Italy: +39 0 699 36 98 81<br>
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