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Version: 24.2 (stable)

Recipe Management

Recipes are sets of parameters stored in the HMI that can be transferred to the PLC for fast, error-free production changes.

With the Recipes View HELIO offers a built-in solution for recipe management in your HMI, enabling operators, service technicians, and administrators to efficiently store, load, and manage complex configurations for industrial machines.

Setting up Recipe Management requires just a few clicks since we can build upon the data model that setup for your HMI in the Connect & Control Your PLC section.

Guides​

Step 1: Define Your Machine's Recipe Types​

  1. Open the Recipes view in the HELIO IDE.
  2. Click on the "Add Recipe Type" button and choose a name for your type.
  3. Define the PLC parameters for your recipe type using the HMI Data Tree.
  4. Add variables to your recipe type as needed.

Step 2: Define What Goes in a Recipe​

Step 3: Let Users Save and Load Recipes​

  1. Create a new page in your HMI and add the Recipe Management control.
  2. Configure the page to manage a specific Recipe Type.
  3. Set up buttons or header cells to trigger the "Save Recipe" action.

Step 4: Control Access To Recipes​

  1. On the Recipe Management page, click on the "Save Parameter" button.
  2. Choose to enter a new name for your recipe or select an existing one to override it.
  3. Review and confirm your changes.

Step 4: Leverage Dynamic Properties​

  1. Identify properties on your pages and elements that have the "Dynamic Property" superpower.
  2. Change their type to display information about the currently loaded recipe, such as its name or description.