How PhaseManager works

PhaseManager

PhaseManager™

features work together to provide a seamless workflow that improves the designing, troubleshooting, and commissioning phases of the development life cycle. This discussion includes some background information about the components of

FactoryTalk Batch

systems and how

FactoryTalk Batch

terminology and concepts are implemented in

FactoryTalk Batch

and

Logix Designer

.

In a

FactoryTalk Batch

system using

PhaseManager

, the

FactoryTalk Batch

Server provides batch control, including recipe execution, allocation and arbitration of equipment, binding of resources, and generation of journals. Use

FactoryTalk Batch Equipment Editor

and

FactoryTalk Batch Recipe Editor

to configure the

FactoryTalk Batch

system. Use

Logix Designer

to program the phase logic code that defines the behavior of equipment phase states, including Running, Stopping, Aborting, Holding, Restarting, and Resetting.

PhaseManager

links a phase in

FactoryTalk Batch Equipment Editor

to a corresponding equipment phase and its phase logic in

Logix Designer

.