Wonderware InBatch 8.0 Premier Edition Enhancements

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2 Strana 2 Table Of Contents General Enhancements Character String Variables...3 Configure System to Support 2 or 3 Recipe Levels...3 Configure System to Disable Retain Recipe Approvals when Syncing...3 Process Modeling...3 Enumeration Data Type...3 Update Model Database Confirm Dialog...3 Unit of Measure for Process Variables...3 Train Attributes...3 Train Information Interface...4 Material Management Enhancements...4 Material Characteristic Data Types...4 Recipe Management Enhancements...4 Unit Procedure Level in Recipe...4 Recipe Unit Procedure Library...4 Cut, Copy & Paste...4 Sort Formula Parameters...4 Improved Printing...4 Phase and Phase Parameter Descriptions...5 Validate All Recipes...5 Synchronize All Recipes with Model...5 Download Phase Type...5 Batch Management Enhancements...5 Improved Performance...5 Procedure Execution Jumps...5 Automatically Switch to Semi-Automatic Mode after Phase Abort...6 View & Adjust Allocation Queue...6 Batch Information Server...6

3 Strana 3 Introduction The purpose of this document is to describe the major InBatch Premier Edition version 8.0 enhancements. General Enhancements 80 Character String Variables Process Variables designated as type String now support 80 character string values. Configure System to Support 2 or 3 Recipe Levels A System Variable setting that enables either 2 or 3 levels in the Recipe procedure is provided. The default setting is 3. System Variables are set using the Environment Editor, Edit pull down menu selection. Configure System to Disable Retain Recipe Approvals when Syncing A System Variable setting than disables the capability to retain recipe approvals when syncing recipes to the process model is provided. System Variables are set using the Environment Editor, Edit pull down menu selection. Process Modeling Enumeration Data Type Enumeration sets can be created and assigned to process variable. For example, COLOR is an enumeration set. The value of 1 represents the color White, the value 2 represents the color Blue, etc., etc. The COLOR enumeration set can be assigned to the process variable, probably of the same or similar name, Color, and when used in the system the operator will see and use the string attribute of the enumeration, White, Blue, etc. The control system uses the integer representation of the string, 1, 2, 3, etc. Enumerations provide users/operators with the textual descriptions of process variables and allow the control system to use a corresponding numerical value. Update Model Database Confirm Dialog Whenever a user does Update Runtime Model Database or Update Configuration Model Database from the Environment Display a dialog is displayed to confirm the action and allows the user to continue to reject the action. The dialog indicates the time and date stamp of the configuration database and the runtime database. Unit of Measure for Process Variables A table of 16-character Units of Measure can be created, maintained and assigned to Process Variables in the system. Units of Measure need only be entered once in the system and are assigned to process variables using a pull-down list. Train Attributes The capability to define train attributes with units of measure is provided. Two train attributes, Capacity and Production Rate, are pre-defined system attributes. Users can also add their own train attributes. Train attributes are used by external scheduling programs.

4 Strana 4 Train Information Interface An interface is provided so that external applications can access train information and their attributes. This information to access train information is provided through the Recipe Automation Server. Material Management Enhancements Material Characteristic Data Types The capability to define Material Characteristics of data type String, Boolean, Integer, in addition to the previously supported Real data type, is now provided. Recipe Management Enhancements Unit Procedure Level in Recipe All three levels of the recipe procedure as defined by ISA S88.01, i.e. Unit Procedures, Unit Operations and Phases, are supported. Recipe Unit Procedure Library The capability to save configured unit procedures to a library, to retrieve and insert a unit procedure from the library to a recipe procedure is provided. Cut, Copy & Paste The capability to select, cut or copy and paste a configured recipe unit procedure, operation or phase in a recipe procedure is provided. The selected element can be pasted in the recipe again and again. Sort Formula Parameters The Formula Inputs, Formula Outputs and Formula Process Variable editors now provide a sorting capability for their list of parameters. The list of formula inputs, for example, can be sorted by material id, material name, quantity, etc. by selecting the title of the column in the list. Improved Printing Print Recipe Procedure Only The option to print only the recipe procedure without parameters is provided. Transition logic is included in the printout. Recipe Print Preview NT Only The capability to preview a recipe printout is provided. Gray Background Option Switch for Procedure Printout The user can turn on or off, using a radio button, the gray background of a procedure printout.

5 Strana 5 Tabular (Non-Postscript) Reports: Tabular (non-postscript) reports are now available for printing of all aspects or a recipe including: Header, Formula, Equipment Requirement and Procedure. Landscape or Portrait Orientation Tabular reports can be configured to print in landscape or portrait orientation. Phase and Phase Parameter Descriptions Phase Descriptions and Phase Parameter Descriptions are displayed in the Recipe Editor and in Batch Display and Batch View. Validate All Recipes A facility is provided in the recipe editor to validate all recipes in the recipe database against the process model. The capability is accessed from the Recipe File pull down menu and is enabled by selecting the Validate Only option button on the Validate and Synchronize dialog. The facility provides a display of the results. Synchronize All Recipes with Model A facility is provided in the Recipe Editor to automatically update all recipe phases with the process model phase. This capability is useful when a phase is modified in the process model, e.g. a phase parameter is changed or added, and the phase is used in one or more recipes. Previously, each recipe had to be opened and the phase manually synchronized with the model. Now, there is a facility that automatically updates all recipes that use the phase to reflect the changed or added parameter using the default value, defined in the model, as the assigned recipe value. The capability is accessed from the Recipe File pull down menu. Several selectable options allowing the user to acknowledge each recipe before update, to skip the recipe or to retain recipe approvals are provided. The facility provides a display of the results. Download Phase Type A new phase type, Download, has been added. Download type phases function exactly as do Manual phases with one exception they do not require operator acknowledgement for the phase to execute. Download (as do Manual) type phases do not require phase control and status handshaking. Batch Management Enhancements Improved Performance The Batch Manager (Batch Engine) has been enhanced to improve batch client responsiveness when executing recipe that have phases with large numbers of parameters. Several other performance improvement enhancements have been to key areas. Procedure Execution Jumps The capability to restart execution of a recipe procedure after a jump forward or backwards in the recipe procedure during or prior to the execution of a batch is supported. Appropriate limitations based on the equipment allocated to the batch shall be imposed.

Strana 6 This capability has some limitation, especially when used in batches that have multiple units allocated in a split-batch type scenario.

6 Strana 6 This capability has some limitation, especially when used in batches that have multiple units allocated in a split-batch type scenario. Therefore, read the manual carefully before using this capability. Automatically Switch to Semi-Automatic Mode after Phase Abort The capability to automatically switch batch execution mode from automatic to semiautomatic when a running phase is aborted is provided. The capability is a configurable option to Batch Manager and can be disabled using the Environment Editor. View & Adjust Allocation Queue Batch View incorporate a view that allows a user to evaluate the batches that are queued up for a unit and to adjust the queue as necessary. The user must have the proper security privileges to access this capability. Batch Information Server The batch history and reporting solution is now referred to as the Batch Information Server. The Batch Information Server utilizes Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 as the batch history database technology, Crystal Report Pro 8.0 as the reporting technology and Microsoft IIS as the web server technology. The Batch Information Server provides a Web Based Reporting solution where either Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x or Netscape 4.08 browsers can be used to schedule, print or view reports. Standard batch report templates are provided as a starting point for users. It is the responsibility of the user, using the report templates as a starting point, to modify or enhance the report templates to meet their reporting and output format requirements. Distributor firmy Wonderware Corporation pro Českou republiku a Slovenskou republiku

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