Chaining" Tab (Create Order) - Siemens SIMATIC BATCH Operating Manual

Context help references
14.1 Dialogs
● Actual quantity: The value of the assigned process parameter.
To display a value, an actual value reference is selected under the header parameters of
the master recipe in the "General" tab.
Current values are only displayed for completed, stopped and aborted batches.
Note
The following is displayed instead of the value:
● A dash when no actual value reference is specified
● A symbol when the following conditions are met:
● Start time: The required start time of the batch
● Batch ID: The batch ID is assigned by the system.
● Duration: This shows the runtime of the master recipe calculated for the individual step
times in the recipe editor.
● Area: The permitted area (lower limit / upper limit) of the quantity from the master recipe is
displayed.
● Start mode: You determine the start mode:
– Operation: The operator triggers the start of the released batch. This field can also be
– Immediately: A batch is started immediately once released.
– Time-driven: If this mode is selected, a start date and a start time can be specified in
● Description: Here, you can enter an explanatory text for the batch.
14.1.7.4

"Chaining" tab (Create order)

Displaying and configuring chaining
If configured, the chaining of the selected batch (predecessor, successor) is shown in this tab.
You can also create chaining for the respective batch in the "Planned" state. Select the start
mode and time. The chaining of a planned batch can be modified up to its release. If a batch
is chained, the chaining symbol appears at the batch in the BCC. Chaining settings you make
here will be applied in the "Set batch order" dialog. The chained batch (successor batch) never
starts automatically in process mode before the originally selected start time. Manual
intervention is possible, however.
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– A value was configured in the recipe.
– The status of the batch is not completed, stopped or aborted.
The symbol represents the "Waiting" for an actual value.
used in other modes. The system, however, ignores the information. Exception: Plant
allocation list - here this information is used to display a potential conflict.
the start time.
SIMATIC BATCH V8.2
Operating Manual, 02/2016, A5E35958174-AA