Siemens SIMATIC BATCH Operating Manual page 776

Context help references
14.1 Dialogs
● Modifiable (procedure, step): The parameter should be changeable during batch control. If
the recipe step is currently being processed there will be no reaction to the parameter
modification. The modified parameter will only become effective when the step is processed
again.
Note
Effects of parameter references
The following behavior applies in the case of parameter references (source or target
interconnections):
● If parameters are designated as "Modifiable", the operator is permitted to enter new
● If parameters are designated as "Not modifiable", the operator is not permitted to enter
● If parameters are designated as "Not modifiable" and are interconnected with a source,
● Effective immediately (step of type EPH, EOP, operator dialog): Parameters can be
changed during batch control. If the recipe step is currently being processed, a changed
parameter value will become effective immediately; in other words, it is transferred from
the running recipe step in the control recipe directly to the controller, where it takes effect
in the executing block. This option can also be set for parameter references.
● Hide parameters: If you select this check box, the value of the parameter is not displayed
or the parameter row does not appear in the table.
● Equation: Configure arithmetic expressions at transitions and recipe parameters of recipe
unit procedures (RUPs), recipe operations (ROPs), and recipe phases (RPHs) to calculate
setpoints from parameters from the next highest recipe level and constants.
● Visible externally: If you select the check box, the parameter will be output to the batch via
the API command "GET_PARAMETER" without interconnection to the recipe header,
regardless of the recipe structure.
Only with operator instructions
● Setpoint modifiable: If the check box is activated, the setpoint can be changed in the
operator instruction. The setpoint is the expected diagnostics value that the operator enters
when the operator instruction appears for batch execution. The expected event (setpoint)
can be changed in the control recipe.
● Process value modifiable: When the check box is selected, the operator can enter the
diagnostic value as a process value in the operator instruction in the batch execution. If the
check box is cleared, the process value is displayed but it cannot be changed.
● Hide parameters: If the check box is selected, the values are not visible and cannot be
changed.
New (in the dialogs for recipe procedure, RUP, ROP sequence, formula category):
You can create new parameters of the following types: user-defined enumeration type, floating
point, integer, and string.
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values.
new values.
parameters nevertheless assume modified values of the source. If the operator enters
a new value on a parameter interconnected with a source, the parameter reference is
resolved. Resolved parameter references remain resolved in the subsequent course of
the recipe.
SIMATIC BATCH V8.2
Operating Manual, 02/2016, A5E35958174-AA