Current Loaded Recipe Readout

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Current Loaded Recipe Readout
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  • HMI Model: cMT3072XH2
  • EasyBuilder Pro Version: V6.09.02.651

I am trying to get the “current recipe” display box to display the currently loaded program that was transferred to the PLC. Normally I would just use a tag/address with the loaded part recipe name in the PLC and get feedback from that, but unfortunately, I am using DH485 to talk to an Allen-Bradley SLC5/03 which I do not believe supports ASCII tags/addresses communication to the Weintek. And I cannot use an integer for a numeric equivalent like 1 = Recipe X, 2 = Recipe Y, etc. because I have about 20 machines that will all have essentially the same HMI program but will use different recipes per machine (And some recipes will have the same name, etc.). Is there an easy way to just display the last loaded recipe as the current recipe? Perhaps through a macro?

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Hi @mb_ppt,

The Rockwell DH485 driver supports tag import. And, it is possible to record the last recipe sent to the PLC and store it within retentive memory. However, to provide assurance as to what recipe was loaded, I would recommend that you transfer recipe data from the PLC as shown in this tutorial: Link

In this way, you can always perform an “upload” to guarantee what recipe parameters have been set on a specific PLC.

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