SorterOS — Operations
Exporting what the machine sorted
How-to guideEvery piece the machine classifies is recorded. Download the list as a CSV to use as an inventory.
Each classified piece is saved as a record: the part, the colour, how confident the identification was, and the bin it was sent to. Three Export CSV buttons in the UI turn those records into files you can open in a spreadsheet.
Every piece, one row each
Open Records, and click Export CSV next to Pieces. You get one row per piece with:
- the part number and name, and the colour number and name
- the part and colour confidence
- the bin it went to (
bin_x,bin_y,bin_z) - when it was seen and when it was recorded
- the run it belongs to
- a link to the picture used to identify it
To count how many of each part you have, group the rows by part_id and color_id in your spreadsheet.
The button exports everything. To export only part of it, add filters to the address /api/pieces/export.csv in your browser: run_id, status, part_id, color_id, date_from and date_to.
Pieces the machine could not identify are in the file too. Filter on classification_status equal to classified before you total anything, or your inventory will count pieces that have no part number.
What is in the bins now
Open Bins and click Export CSV. This lists the pieces currently sitting in the bins, with the layer, section and bin each one is in, and the profile it was sorted under. It reflects the bins as they are now, so emptying a bin changes the next export.
Snapshots on the same page saves the bin contents at a moment in time. Each snapshot can be exported the same way, so you can keep a record before you empty the bins.
Daily totals
On Records, Export CSV on Daily activity gives one row per day: seconds powered, seconds spent sorting, and the number of pieces seen, classified and distributed. It covers the last year.
Which one to use
- How many of each part have I sorted? The Pieces export.
- What is in this bin right now? The Bins export.
- How much has the machine run? The daily export.