Automatic Select of Raw Material when changing Recipe in BLX

Modified on 2020/05/20 14:54 by MKR Categorized as How to, QCX BlendExpert Mill V8
== Automatic change of Raw Material with change of Recipe ==



It is possible to setup BLX so there will be an automatic change of Raw Material when ever there is a change in Recipe.

If a recipe is selected where the right Raw material isn’t selected, then BLX will stop!

Therefore, it is important that Recipe and Raw Material is combined either by having all feeder and raw materials in the Raw material list under the controller configuration (see figure 1 below) or ensure that whenever a recipe is change the right raw material is selected under the feeders.

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Figur 1: Controller configure tool. with different recipes and raw materials

Now this can be automated so whenever there is a recipe change BLX will also active the right raw material.

This is how to set it up:

* Need calculator program:
** SelectRawMaterialFromRecipe.
* If it is a new BLX system this program will be part of the BLX Common and be available.
* If it is an older system, it will not be available and there are two options:
** Get hold of it from someone else (ask on teams if someone has it)
** Or build the program in Calculator (see figure 2)
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Figur 2: Calculator program for automatic selection of Raw Materials when changing recipe. Here it is made for 20 Values but this can be what ever is required.



* There needs to be created an instance of the calculator for each feeder that needs the automatic change.
*
* Example (Figures are below the text)
** Open Calculator
** Go to the first Feeder that needs the program running
** Select “New program instance” (figure 3)
** Give it a name: for example: “SelectRawMaterialFromRecipe” (figure 4)
** Select right program: “SelectMaterialFromRecipe”
** Selection should be set as: “As Link” (figure 5)
** and insert: the “RecipeSelector” (can be found under BLX PS_Mill Status
** Now find each Recipe Selection Mask number and the corresponding Selection Mask number for the Raw materials: So ValueOnSelection is the recipe and then is the corresponding Raw Materials set as a constant. See figure 6.
** Now the New Calculations point have to be set into the BLX configuration under SubsectionMergerMergerfeeders: Replace for each feeder the IORawMaterialSelection
** Now try to change recipe in BLX and see if the corresponding Raw Material is selected.








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Figur 3: Create new program instance under the right feeder



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Figur 4: Create new instance



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Figur 5: New Program instance created. Now set Selection "As Link"

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Figure 6: This is an example of how to set up the SelectMaterialFromRecipe. When Recipe is SelectionMask 0, then it will use the Raw Material with Selection mask 2.
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