Create recipe files

Recipe files define recipe units that pair sets of data values with sets of tags so that operators can write the values to the tags in one operation. When you create a recipe file, you define the ingredients that make up the recipe, whether they are number or string type, whether there will be maximum and minimum value limits, what the data values for each ingredient will be, and what tag each value will be written to. You create a recipe unit by associating a data set with a tag set.
Use the
RecipePlus
 editor to create and edit recipe files. An HMI project can include multiple recipe files.
To create a recipe file
  1. Open the
    RecipePlus
    editor using one of these methods:
    • If the
      RecipePlus editor
       folder is empty, double-click the
      RecipePlus editor folder
      icon; this creates a new recipe file and opens the editor on that file.
    • Right-click the
      RecipePlus editor folder
       icon and select
      New
      from the
      Context
       menu; this creates a new recipe file and opens the editor on that file.
    • From the
      File
       menu, select
      New > RecipePlus
      ; this creates a new recipe file and opens the editor on that file.
    • Right-click an existing recipe file in the folder and select
      Open
       from the
      Context
       menu.
    • Double-click an existing recipe file in the folder.
  2. Define the recipe file in the General,
    Ingredients
    and
    Units
     tabs of the
    Properties
     dialog box.
    TIP:
    Multiple instances of the
    RecipePlus
    editor can be open at one time; however, only one instance of any recipe file can be open at any one time.
    When the
    RecipePlus
     editor is open, the menu bar at the top of the
    FactoryTalk View Studio
     frame will include two additional menus:
    Edit
     and
    Recipe
    .
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