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A customer from United Australia using 10.0 SP1 is asking:
"When using the WriteGroup function in the ManagerToolkit, if any of the tags are equipment variables, these are not seen by the Cimway manager. The single Write variable does work with Cimway."
I know the "WriteGroup" functions (I guess it's another way of describing the Recipe functions) aren't even properly documented yet in the released toolkit manuals, that's why I'm asking here. Can the problem he's facing be explained or is it because the Recipe functions aren't even completed yet?
Posted : 26/08/2013 9:26 am
Hello,
There is no function called "WriteGroup".
It exists 2 kinds of methods to write a group of variables in one shot:
- SetDataSet
- SendRecipe
In the first case, it only override the internal value in PcVue, it never send the value to the devices. That's why it has to be use only with internal variables. Moreover, it has an effect only if the function is executed on the server whose producing the variable. If it's executed on a client station, then the value will not change.
On the other side, the SendRecipe function work fine with communicating variable, as it has exactly the same behaviour as the standard recipes in PcVue.
Well, first check with your customer which function he is using.
I attached a small sample using recipe funcions I made for one of my customer. Unfortunatelly, comments are in french.
Posted : 26/08/2013 1:53 pm
Yes, I know there's no such thing as "WriteGroup", just that there are a bunch of functions that are equivalent to that. Also the topic subject limit was too short to fit anything else. :dry:
I will pass on this information and ask him which one he is trying to use. I can machine translate the French comments and text on my own, it usually converts well.
Posted : 26/08/2013 2:36 pm