Setting Up The Equipment Module With Sfc Types - Siemens SIMATIC BATCH Operating Manual

Result: After reading in the type description in the BATCH configuration dialog with the
"Generate" button, the control strategies you edited in this way are indicated by a red flag and
displayed under data types.
7.1.4.7

Setting up the equipment module with SFC types

You create SFC types and their instances in the CFC charts for SIMATIC BATCH using SFC/
CFC standard tools. SIMATIC BATCH does not need to be installed.
Configuring an SFC instance
Below, you will find a recommended order for creating an SFC type (equipment phase) and
an instance in the CFC chart.
Creating an SFC type in the SIMATIC Manager (component view)
1. Select the "S7 Program" object in the Component view.
2. Select the menu command Insert > Insert new object > SFC type.
3. Select the new object "SFC type".
4. Select the menu command Edit > Object properties.
5. The "Properties SFC Type" dialog box opens.
– Under Name, change the phase/operation type name (batch type).
– You can also enter the required number for the FB number and the name of the block
– Change to the "Options" tab.
– Under Category, set the version "EOP" or "EPH" and whether this operation type/phase
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type is allowed as an operator instruction.
Note
The "EOP" or "EPH" setting is necessary to generate the type description in the BATCH
configuration dialog. Only SFC types of one of these two categories are read into the
batch process cell in the BATCH configuration dialog using the "Generate batch types"
function.
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