Maple Systems MAPware-7000 - Manual (Page 193)

MAPware-7000 Programming Manual 193
1010-1040, Rev. 02
Recipes
Recipes are preconfigured values that are either uploaded from the PLC into the HMC or
downloaded from the HMC into the PLC. The advantage of using recipes is in batch processing
applications in which a series of unique values or set points are required to produce or perform
an operation. If there are several different batches or recipes, then the recipe features makes it
easier for the plant floor operator to select which recipe they need for the current job,
downloaded the preset values to the PLC from the HMC with the press of a button, and start the
job.
There are several steps required to set up a recipe using the MAPware-7000 software:
1. Configure the tag registers that will be used for the source registers (registers that are
used to store the preset values) and the target registers (register that receive the preset
values when the operator presses a button on the HMC7000 screen). Use the Tag
Database to configure these registers.
2. Configure a screen that is used to enter the preset values into the source registers.
Preferably, the source registers should be registers that reside in non-volatile memory
(i.e. R registers in HMC memory).
3. Create a Transfer/Upload Recipe button and configure the target and source tag
addresses and how many consecutive register to transfer/upload.
Transfer Recipe
The Transfer Recipe button is used to copy predefined constant values from a consecutive set of
internal HMC memory tag addresses to a set of PLC memory tag addresses. Up to 100 values
can be transferred per button created.