We'll be using some pretty fancy screwdrivers to torque fasteners in our manufacturing operations.

You can program these screwdrivers with various torque/angle/speed profiles that can have multiple segments and controls.

Each of these programs is assigned a "parameter set" ID number (PSet) inside the torque tool's software/database. The PSet is an integer (a text string would work as well).

I would like to specify the appropriate PSet for a given fastening operation, so that our MES can set the torque tool to use the right Pset for that operation.

What's the right way to model this?

We think that using a Resource Parameter Plan that points to a capable resource's Resource Parameter is the right way to model this, but perhaps there are other models that are appropriate or more effective.

So far, we've made a Resource out of the screwdriver within Plant Layout Design and created a Resource Parameter List and Resource Parameter which are associated with the Resource. 

An issue with text/integer Resource Parameters?

It seems that we cannot have a text or integer type Resource Parameter have free-form value input in the Resource Parameter Plan. The text or integer type Parameters must have a specified list of allowable values.

So we're not able to simply type in text into this field.

Is this the intention for those field types? That text and integer types need an enumerated list of values? Clearly, we could just keep updating the Resource parameter with an ever-growing number of values, but that seems unsustainable.

Other thoughts?

Are there other places we could store or author that value so that our MES can use that value to set the tool programming?