Batch Recipe Editor

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Using Batch Recipe Editor

The Batch Recipe Editor component is installed with the Batch Procedure module.

In Batch Recipe Editor:

  • Author recipes
  • Modify recipes

To learn how to author recipes, see Batch Recipe Authoring.

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Adding Batch Recipe Editor in Ignition Designer

  • In Ignition, with a Perspective View active in the Project Browser, go to the Perspective Component Palette and add the Recipe Editor component to the design space.

No additional configuration is required to start adding. See below on this page for more information.

Using Your Custom Phases

Warning

Built-In Phases are available in Recipe Editor by default. To use your custom phases, complete these steps:

Editing Phases in Batch Recipes

Warning

Updates to phases are not automatically reflected in Batch Recipes.  To update a Batch Recipe with phase changes, open the Batch Recipe and save it. Doing this pushes the phase-configuration updates to the Batch Recipe. 

Keep in mind: The changes effected are additions of parameters and removals of parameters.  However, if a value to a parameter is changed in the Batch Recipe, the value from the Phase will NOT update the value of the same phase in the recipe.

Using Batch Recipe Editor

This is where you do the visual development for recipes and recipe templates.


Clicking the config icon brings up the recipe header information. 

Batch Recipe Manager provides four main areas:

TOOL BAR


These tools can be used for recipes and templates depending on the active tab.

Plus icon: Use to add a recipe or template. 

Naming Convention

Warning

Recipe class and recipe names as well as template class and template names must be unique.

Sync and Save: Sync parameters to one or more formulas.


Pencil icon: Use to edit a recipe or template. Select and click the edit icon.

Trash icon: Use to delete a recipe. Note: You cannot delete a Recipe or Template Class with children recipes or templates.

Export icon: Use to generate an XML file to save as a project asset.

Import icon: Use to bring in an XML file to build unit classes.

Import as a Recipe: make the Recipe tab active

Import as a Template: make the Template tab active.

Eye icon: Show/hide columns 

There are 2 tabs:

In the TEMPLATES tab, you can create a Unit Procedure Template or an Operation Template. You can organize templates into classes.


In Batch Recipe Editor:

 

Design Space

Using the tools, phases, and templates in the Palette, build a recipe.

See Recipe Authoring.


Design Toollbar

Back Arrow: Leave the recipe without saving changes.  

Gear: Access the Recipe Header information, including receipe parameters.

Checklist: Validate the Recipe structure and logic.  This must be done before the recipe can be executed.

SyncNSave:  Sync any changed phases and parameters, validate, and save  the recipe.

Checkmark: Save the recipe without validating it.

A linked Operation or Unit Procedure shows two actions on the block:

  • Sync Template. Tooltip: Sync to "<template name>" (v<applied> applied, v<latest> latest).
  • Break link. Tooltip: Break link.

Select Sync Template. The dialog shows the step name, template name, applied version, and latest version. For an operation it says: “This will replace the operation with the latest template version and save the recipe.” For a unit procedure it says: “This will replace the unit procedure with the latest template version and save the recipe.”

Sync Template is unavailable when:

  • The applied version already matches the latest version.
  • The recipe has unsaved changes. The dialog says: Save the recipe to enable Sync Template.
  • The template being edited has unsaved changes. The dialog says: Save the template to enable Sync Template.
  • The master template cannot be found. The dialog says: Template missing; break link to edit.

Unit Class rule, added in 3.81.13 SP5 and 4.83.3 SP5: Sync Template succeeds when the template Unit Class is the same as the recipe Unit Class, or is a parent of it at any depth. The recipe keeps its own Unit Class. A sibling, ancestor, or unrelated Unit Class is rejected with Template unit class does not match the recipe unit class.


Break link is permanent. After the link is broken, later edits to the master template are not applied to that block.

Full rules and the setup example are in Templates.

Palette

Access logic controls, built-in and user-defined phases, as well as templates in the palette.

   

     


Recipe header information


Name: The name given to the recipe

Recipe State: Enum list of recipe states that can be used to control editing

User Version: system increments this number on save

Quantity: Can be used to scale recipes. Note: Unit of Measure (UOM) for materials is added to the Material In resource parameter. 

Description: Recipe description


Using Batch Components

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