Start (Control Menu); Stop (Control Menu) - Siemens SIMATIC BATCH Operating Manual

14.2.3.12

Start (Control menu)

With this command, you start a released batch. Batches with the Start mode "Immediate" and
"Time-driven" are started automatically but they can also be started with this command.
Note
You cannot start a batch if it is chained to another batch and this predecessor batch has not
yet started or been completed (depending on the chaining mode)!
14.2.3.13

Stop (Control menu)

Overview
With this command, you abort a batch before its planned end.
The command executes only after you confirm the prompt for confirmation.
Within the framework of the prompt for confirmation, you have various options to stop a batch
with the following buttons.
● "Stop batch"
● "Stop batch (except conti.)"
Note! Steps in continuous operation are not stopped!
The batch changes to the status "Stopped".
When batches are stopped, all the units occupied by the batch are released once again.
You cannot continue a stopped batch.
Note
If a batch does not contain any recipe steps in continuous operation, only the default prompt
for confirmation appears.
Function of the "Stop batch" button
When you click this button, you stop the batch including all recipe steps in continuous operation.
Function of the "Stop batch (except conti.)" button
When you click this button, all recipe steps and their equipment phases are stopped except
for equipment phases of recipe steps running in continuous operation. These are initially not
stopped until the end of the batch.
SIMATIC BATCH V8.2
Operating Manual, 02/2016, A5E35958174-AA
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14.2 BCC menu commands
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