PI Batch and PI-BatchView

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PI Batch and PI-BatchView

• Jon Peterson Jack Aude
• OSI Software, Inc.

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Unit Table

• Create Units in the PI-BAUnit Table
• Unit Name
• Active Tag
• Batch ID Expression
• Product ID Expression

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Batch Table

• Batch Monitor populates the Batch Table
• Batch ID, Product ID, Start Time, End Time
• Alias Tags back to the Units
• Allows comparison between Batches on different
  Units

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Alias Table

• The Unit/Alias Provides the Tag(s)

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Alias Table

• PIBatch provides the Start and End Times

Start
End
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Creative Aliasing

• Define Collections using the PIBAAlias Table
• Allows a hierarchy to the Units
• Operations
• Phases
• Recipe
• Unit Procedure
• Sensors
• Manual Inputs
• Comments
• Events

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Creative Aliasing

• Batch Tree Control

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Creative Aliasing

• Batch Reporting

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Creative Aliasing

• Advantages
• It Works
• Active X Controls and applications via Devnet

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Creative Aliasing

• Disadvantages
• Looks at Unit Batches only
• Aliasing is cumbersome

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PI-Batch Post SDK

• Exposed
• Modules
• Batch
• Unit Batch
• Sub Batch

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Demo
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PI-Batch Post SDK

• Advantages
• Flexible
• Objects (no PICONFIG)
• Challenges
• Full Client Support
• New Class of Interface