Step 4.5. Enter Recipe Map Properties

Procedure

  1. Select a recipe map using either of the following methods.
    • Click a map in the RecipeConfig window left pane.
    • Click the map's name that identifies its column in the RecipeConfig window right pane.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • Click Edit>Properties on the RecipeConfig window menu bar.
    • Click the right-mouse button; select Properties on the Popup menu.
    • Press Alt+Enter.

    The Map Data dialog box opens.

  3. Enter and review the following.
    Map Name (Read-only) Name of the selected map.
    Description Descriptive phrase to help identify the map.
    Map Point CIMPLICITY point ID that the map name will be written to when a Recipe is downloaded or uploaded. Note: The point ID may be:
    • May be unqualified or fully qualified.
    • Must be a text point of sufficient length to hold the map name.
    Status Point CIMPLICITY Point ID that the status will be written to while a Recipe is downloaded or uploaded. Notes
    • The point ID can be unqualified or fully qualified.
    • The way the status is reported depends on the point type, as follows.
    • An analog or float type point provides a numeric percentage (0-100%) that will be written to the point while the recipe is downloaded or uploaded.
    This point can then be used to animate an object on a CimView screen.
    • A text point provides a status message that will be written to the point.
    Be sure to use a TEXT_80 type point so that the status message can be displayed in full.