What is PhaseManager?

In

FactoryTalk Batch Equipment Editor

, create a phase class to represent a group of equipment that performs a minor processing activity in a manufacturing plant, and create a phase when a specific instance of a phase is added to a unit.

PhaseManager

is a collection of features in

FactoryTalk Batch

,

Logix Designer

, and an addition of capabilities in the

Logix 5000

family of controllers that extend the concept and definition of phases to the

Logix Designer

software and the

Logix 5000

family of controllers.

An equipment phase is a special program. A state machine built into the program manages the state of the equipment phase. The state specifies which routine the phase executes. The phase can be commanded to change states, and change the routine it is executing. Equipment phase programs have input and output parameters. Parameters can be configured as

Sequencing

parameters, marking these tags as requiring data to be supplied from an internal sequencer (

Equipment Sequence

Manager) or external sequencer (FTBatch).

PhaseManager

adds an equipment phase object to the

Logix 5000

family of controllers and gives the ability to create equipment phases in the

Logix Designer

programming software. Create or update equipment phases in

Logix Designer

by adding or modifying them directly in the project, or by synchronizing the project with an area model that contains

PhaseManager

phases. Likewise, create or update phases in the area model by synchronizing with a

Logix Designer

project file that contains

PhaseManager

equipment phases.