Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 552)

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development time, edit them at run time, and also create new data sets from tag values at
run time. You can write the data set values to tags, or write tag values to data sets.
The RecipePlus system can be used for manufacturing food and beverages, but it can also
be used for any application where you want to show, edit, download, or save multiple
values at once. For example, recipes are used in the petrochemical and pharmaceutical
industries. In the pharmaceutical industry, you could use recipes to design flexible
packaging, creating recipes that specify the number of tissues to put in a box or the
number of milliliters of shampoo to put in a bottle.
Summary of steps
These are the steps for creating a recipe system:
1. In the RecipePlus Setup editor, specify the run-time location for recipe files. The files
can be stored with the application or in a separate location. For details, see page 29-5.
2. In the RecipePlus Editor, set up ingredients, data sets, tag sets, and units. You can also
specify a percent complete tag and a status tag for the recipe. For details, see
page 29-6.
3. Create a display in the Graphics editor, containing a RecipePlus selector, table, and
buttons. For details, see page 29-10.
4. If desired, create key buttons in the same graphic display, to allow the operator to use
the selector and table without a keyboard.
For information about the buttons you can use with recipes, see page 29-12.
How the recipe system works
A recipe system consists of a recipe file and the graphic objects used to work with the
ingredients at run time.
RecipePlus selector
Use the RecipePlus selector to select the recipe file and unit to work with.
RecipePlus table
Use the RecipePlus table to show the selected recipe file’s ingredients, tag values, and
data set values. The operator can edit data set values in the table, unless you select the
View only option.
If desired, you can include a Compare column in the table, to compare tag values to data
sets at a glance. If you choose this option, FactoryTalk View shows an X in the Compare
column when the tag value and data set value for an ingredient differ. Ingredients with an
X are listed first.