Equipment Phase Properties - Parameters Tab fields

Purpose

View or edit the name of the parameter.

Select a Local tag or an Input, Output, InOut, or Public parameter. Use this column to switch to another valid usage type.

Select this option to designate the tag as a sequencing parameter.

Only Input and Output parameters can be used by an

Equipment Sequence

. Sequence Manager and

FactoryTalk Batch

communicate with the

Equipment Phase

through parameters with the Sequencing attribute selected.

Choose from the list of data types.

The ALARM_ANALOG, ALARM_DIGITAL, AXIS_CIP_DRIVE, AXIS_CONSUMED, AXIS_GENERIC, AXIS_GENERIC_DRIVE, AXIS_SERVO, AXIS_SERVO_DRIVE, AXIS_VIRTUAL, COORDINATE_SYSTEM, MESSAGE, MODULE, and MOTION_GROUP data types do not support arrays. Only use these data types in controller scope, except for:

If the tag has a

Usage

of Input or Output and

Sequencing

is selected, the tag must have one of these

Data Type

:

Choose the browse button to navigate to the

Select Tag

dialog and select the tag to make a connection.

Select to accept edits. If all attributes are valid, the modified attributes save for the current

Equipment Phase

and the dialog closes.

OK

and

Apply

are not available if the dialog contains invalid data.

Select to cancel edits and close the

Equipment Phase

Properties

dialog.

Select to apply edits and continue editing in the

Equipment Phase

Properties

dialog. Applying edits runs the same validation as selecting

OK

.