Table 1. PT Recipe Main Menu Items
Item | Description |
Recipe Name |
A 21-character recipe name may be entered by pressing the Enter button in the Recipe column and then typing the name. |
Active |
The recipe that is active, or is the current recipe is displayed as Active. Only one Recipe can be an active Recipe. |
CONFIG |
Use this function key to display the Recipe configuration menu which allows you to specify the storage and the backup/restore locations for the recipes. It also allows you to specify the I/O to be used for recipe changes via a PLC. |
SET_ACT |
Use this function key to make a recipe the current or active Recipe. The word “Active” will appear in the right hand side column. Simultaneously, PickTool will read the recipe data from the storage device's (see PT Recipes CONFIG menu for a description of storage device) \picktool\recipeN where N is the current Item or the cursor-row number. PickTool will also do an automatic SND_ALL and synch data in all the controllers. Every time the user executes the SET_ACT function, PickTool sets the “Current recipe' numeric register with the current recipe id. Users can use the current recipe id in their TP programs to implement their customizations or special procedures they need for that recipe. R[111:Cur Recipe ]=1 |
WR_XML |
Based on the current data setup in PT Conveyor, PT Gripper, PT Tray, PT Robot, PT FStn, PT CStn, PT Sensor and PT LBG menus, PickTool creates a set of XML files in the storage device's \picktool\recipeN where N is the current Item or the cursor-row number. |
BACKUP |
Based on the current file device – MC:, USB1: or any other file device setup in the File menu, PickTool backs up all the Recipes to the selected file device. For example, if the file device is MC, then PickTool will backup data to MC:\picktool\recipe1.. MC:\picktool\recipeN where N= number of defined recipes. |
RESTORE |
This is the reverse of the backup operation. PickTool will restore the Recipe data that was backed up from the selected backup/restore file device. PickTool expects the directory structure \picktool\recipe1 .. \picktool\recipeN to exist on the file device. After the data is read, PickTool synchronizes data in all the controllers automatically. |
DELETE |
DELETE: Deletes the current recipe data. |
Table 2. PT Recipe CONFIG Menu Items
Item | Description |
Storage Device |
This is the device where the Recipes are created and stored by default. Choices for storage device are FROM (FR:), Memory card (MC:) and USB device (UD1:). The Storage Device cannot be the same as the Backup/Restore Device. The default storage device is FROM. |
Backup/Restore Device |
This is the device where the Recipes are backed up to when you invoke the BACKUP function key in the PT Recipes main menu. Also, PickTool will expect the recipes to be on this device when the RESTORE function is invoked from the PT Recipes main menu. The Backup/Restore Device can be a Memory Card (MC:) or a USB device (UD1:) or None. It cannot be FROM (or FR:). The Backup/Restore Device cannot be the same as the Storage Device. The default backup device is Memory Card. |
PLC Recipe change DI |
Specify the DI set by the PLC that would enable the recipe changeover to occur via the handshaking protocol in PTPLCREC.TP. That is the program that will be run when the DI goes high. If the DI port number is set to zero, then PLC Recipe changeover function will not be enabled. A power cycle of the controller is required after you set or change the the DI. The PLC should initiate recipe changeovers only when production is not running. |
PLC fault report DO |
Specify the Digital Output that would report whether a fault occurred during PLC recipe changeover. If the DO goes high after the recipe change is initiated, then a fault occurred, else no fault occurred. If the DO port number is set to zero, then this output will not be used by PickTool. |