Command area

The Command area contains buttons used to command batches. As the view in the Information area changes, the command buttons also change. Only buttons that represent valid commands for the current filter are enabled.

The following are descriptions of each command button:

Start/Restart:

This is a toggle button. Starts or restarts a batch that is currently on the Batch List, based upon its current state.

Hold:

Holds a batch that is currently running.

Stop:

Performs an orderly termination of a currently running batch.

Abort:

Performs an emergency termination of a currently running batch.

Resume:

Continues processing on a batch that is paused in Semi-Auto mode.

Manual/Auto:

This is a toggle button. If the batch is in the Auto mode, the button displays.

Manual:

If the batch is in the Manual mode, the button displays

Auto

. Manual mode allows you to control the execution of the remaining steps in the current batch. Auto mode gives control of the running batch to the

FactoryTalk Batch

Server.

Semi-Auto/Manual:

This is a toggle button. If the batch is in the Semi-Auto mode, the button is labeled

Manual

. If the batch is in the Manual mode, the button is labeled

Semi-Auto

. Manual mode allows you to control the execution of the remaining steps in the current batch. Semi-Auto mode allows you to control the execution of all filter steps in the current batch.

Add:

Adds a batch to the Batch List.

Remove:

Removes a batch from the Batch List.

Comment:

Allows you to add a comment to the electronic batch record for the current batch.

Clear Failures:

Clears all failures.

Disconnect:

Allows you to disconnect an unusable equipment module from the Batch Server.

Acquire/Release:

Allows you to take or release ownership of the selected resource.

Reset:

Resets the selected resource to the Idle state.

Zoom In:

Increases the zoom percentage, increasing the size of the objects in the Information area.

Zoom Out:

Decreases the zoom percentage, decreasing the size of the objects in the Information area.

Refresh:

Refreshes the display in the Instruction view.

Show Past/Hide Past:

This is a toggle button.

Show Past

displays all of the control steps completed for the current batch.

Hide Past

hides the past steps.

Show Future/Hide Future:

This is a toggle button. Show Future displays all of the control steps to be executed for the current batch. Hide Future hides the future steps.

Reactivate Step:

Used with the

Show Past

button to reactivate any past control step that has not been reactivated, is in a phase that is currently in the RUNNING state, and does not have a pending reactivated step.

Bind:

Binds a unit procedure or operation to a particular unit.

Step Change:

Allows you to change the current active step, enabling you to re-run a previous step, or if appropriate, skip a step.

Details:

Opens a dialog box allowing you to review the batch header data, modify parameter data, and enter report data.

Timer Complete:

Forces a Timer step to complete.

Timer Reset:

Resets the ELAPSED_TIME in a Timer step to 0 (if the Timer step is configured as a COUNT_DOWN timer the REMAINING_TIME will be reset to the setpoint value).

Table/SFC:

This is a toggle button.

Table

displays the current batch in table form.

SFC

displays the current batch in Sequential Function Chart (SFC) form.