16.1 Settings

To bring up the Recipe editor window, double-click ‘Recipe’ in the project workspace. You may also select [Tools] – [Recipe] or press the icon.

(1) Add Recipe Model

Press the icon to add a new recipe model.


Model Name	Enter a name for the recipe model in the text field. Duplicate names are not allowed.
Recipe Area Start Position	Recipes use a block of consecutive addresses on the connected PLC. Enter the starting address of this block in the ‘Recipe area start position’ field. A direct address or real tag name can be used. The address or tag data must be in Word or DWord (INT, UINT, Float) format. All address or tag data in the recipe must be of the same data type.
Data Number	‘Data number’ indicates the number of data items used in each group. You can assign between 1 and 10,000 data items.
Group Number	‘Group number’ indicates the number of “profiles” available for the recipe. A single group can include many data items, but each group stores different values for the data items. When a different group is selected, the entire data block will be set to the selected group’s values. You can use between 1 and 1,024 groups.
Handshake Use	The ‘Handshake Use’ option is enabled by default. This feature is used to verify the communication status while recipe data is being transferred. If you do not wish to use a handshake, uncheck the check box. In this case, you cannot use tags to monitor the communication status of a specific recipe transfer. ※ This option is supported in XpanelDesigner V2.53 and above.
Handshake	The Xpanel recipe system takes care of the handshaking process automatically. Because these tag values will be changed during recipe transfers, you should assign addresses that are not used by the PLC or by other parts of the Xpanel application. Only real tags can be used for the handshake process.
	Word	Enter an analog tag or address. This is used to control uploading/downloading. You may use a WORD (16-bit) or DWORD (32it).
	Bit	Enter a digital tag or address, This is used to check the state of uploading/downloading.
	Group Number	Enter an analog tag or address. This is used to store the current recipe group number by PLC request.
Automatically File Store On PLC Managed Upload	When you modify data values and then upload or download group data from a PLC, the Xpanel recipe group settings will be changed. Changes will remain in the Xpanel memory while the power is ON; they will be deleted when the power is turned OFF. This means that modified settings must be saved to a file in order to keep the changes. When this option is enabled, changes to PLC group data will be uploaded and saved to a file automatically.

(2) Edit Recipe Model

Press the icon to modify the selected recipe model. Alternatively, you can edit a model by double-clicking the model name.

(3) Delete Recipe Model

Press the icon to delete the selected recipe model from the project.

(4) Edit Group Name

Press the icon to modify the selected group name. Enter the new group name and press [OK] to apply the changes.

(5) Edit Data Name

Press the icon to modify the selected data (row) name. Enter the new data name and press [OK] to change the text.

(6) Upload Recipe Data from Xpanel

Press the icon to upload the recipe model data from Xpanel to XpanelDesigner. You may connect by USB or Ethernet to receive the data.

(7) Load Recipe Information from CSV File

Press the icon to choose a CSV file from the file directory and upload the recipe information to XpanelDesigner. To upload the information, a recipe model with the same name must exist in the current project.

(8) Save Recipe Information to CSV

Press the icon to save the selected recipe model as a CSV file. Specify the path where you want to save the file. If no path is specified, the file is stored in the current project directory. The file name will be specified with the model name by default.

※ The ‘Load Recipe Information from CSV File’ and ‘Save Recipe Information to CSV’ features are supported in XpanelDesigner V2.53 and above.