Re: [foxboro] RBatch II Help
- From: "Douglas G. Lloyd" <DGLControls@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:12:16 -0400
Robert,
Since no one else seems to be jumping on this, I'll give it a shot...
You can assign "multiple unit types" to a single phase, but it is the first
unit type that the phase actually runs on. The other unit types (up to 3)
need to be booked before the phase will run and get passed to strings
SN0005, 6, & 7 of the phase for information only.
So, I think that this short circuits your second question.
Symbolic unit names are used if more than one unit of the same type needs to
be booked for the batch. I've long since lent my RBatch documentation out
and don't have a good reference in front of me. But this might give you a
clue about your compilation error.
The best way to get detailed compilation error information is to go
underneath the RBatch II interface and fire up the original configurator
scripts. Here's an excerpt from an old email to a client with the procedure
to see details of recipe configuration errors:
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On the host AW, run the RBatch configurator as follows
cd /usr/rbatch/bin
rb_cfg APPLICATION_NAME
[APPLICATION_NAME is the configuration name for the application].
This will give you an RBatch configuration menu list. To see the available
useful engineering commands, type:
@h
The most useful commands will be:
@cu
@co
@ca
@cu will re-compile the "unit_cfg" database, i.e. the Unit Database.
@co will re-compile the "oper_cfg" database, i.e. all Phase Database
@ca will recompile the Unit Database, Phase Database, plus all Recipes
Any errors encountered in the re-compiles will be spelled out in a text
message with a line reference. The line reference is to the actual ASCII
file that the RBatch package creates the executable binary files from. The
unit_cfg and oper_cfg files are in /usr/rbatch/appl/APPLICATION_NAME and the
ASCII recipe files are in /usr/rbatch/appl/APPLICATION_NAME/rcp. View these
files with a text editor to find out what the error message is pointing to.
But, don't edit these files! They will just get written over by the RBatch
II graphical front end when changes are made.
By the way, the password for using the @ engineering commands is most likely
"gnomes".
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To get the required recipe function of selecting one of multiple paths,
you'll need to use the "SELECT PATH" feature or one of the other fairly
limited RBatch features available to dynamically modify the recipe path.
I'm not sure how automated this process can be. I believe that "SELECT
PATH" requires operator interaction. Possibly someone else on the list
still has their RBatch documentation handy?
Regards,
Doug Lloyd
DGL Controls
-----Original Message-----
From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Robert Woolard
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 11:43 AM
To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [foxboro] RBatch II Help
My client is using RBatch II and I have some questions regarding getting a
recipe to behave.
1. I see that I can assign multiple unit types to a single phase, but when
I compile a recipe with this phase I get an error about not enough symbolic
names. What are symbolic names and how can they be useful?
2. If I have a phase assigned to two unit types, will the recipe run the
phase if either of the two unit types is currently booked? We have a point
in the recipe where either a washer or a reactor is booked, and we need a
phase to run to select which path to run - one path is for the washer and
the other is for the reactor. I was hoping that a phase assigned to both
the washer and reactor unit types would run for either booked unit.
Thanks,
Bob
--
Robert W. Woolard
Sequential Automation Consultants
601 Croton Rd.
King of Prussia, PA 19406
http://www.seqauto.com
bwoolard@xxxxxxxxxxx
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