Edit Equipment Phase Parameters
The
Equipment Phase
Properties dialog displays Equipment Phase configuration information for the selected equipment phase. The Parameters tab allows you to edit parameter tags (that is, inputs and outputs) for the given equipment phase.
TIP:
Select the
icon to view the members of the

Equipment Phase
parameter. Note that for some of the Equipment Phase
parameters, you will need to cascade down more than one level to see all the members.Select the
icon to collapse the list.

To edit
Equipment Phase
parameters:- Select the row of theEquipment Phaseparameter that you wish to edit.
- Select theUsagetype from the list.
- SelectSequencing, if you want the program parameter to be seen by theFactoryTalk BatchServer.
- SelectBrowse
in the
Data Typecolumn to navigate to theSelect Data Typedialog and choose a data type. - In theBase Tagcolumn, enter the tag that you wish to use as an alias tag, or selectBrowse
to access tags using the tag browser.
- In theDescriptionfield, enter a description for theEquipment Phaseparameter.
- In theExternal Accesscolumn, select whether the tag has Read/Write, Read Only, or no access (None) from external applications such as HMIs.
- InOPC UA Access, select the level of access (Read Only, Read/Write, or None) that external OPC UA clients have to tags.
- SelectConstantto prevent executing logic from writing values to the associatedEquipment Phaseparameter. If a logic routine tries to write to a constant tag, the routine will not verify.
- Use theConnectionscolumn to view one connection associated with the program parameter.
- If you want to create a new connection, do this:
- Select a parameter.
- SelectNew Connectionin theNamecolumn in theConnectionsgrid.
- SelectBrowse
to navigate to the
Select Tagdialog from which you choose a tag.
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