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  1. Select Devices on the left side of the CFX Gateway window to view a list of all available devices.

    List of available devices


  2. On the right side of the window, select the Edit Device Edit Device button button next to the device whose equipment profile you want to create, edit, or duplicate.

    Edit Device dialog

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    Before an equipment profile can be saved, you must assign a name to it that is unique across all equipment profiles defined in the CFX Gateway.


  3. In the Edit Device dialog, select the Add Equipment Profile Add Equipment Profile button, Edit Equipment Profile Edit Equipment Profile button, or Duplicate Equipment Profile Duplicate Equipment Profile button button to add, edit, or duplicate an equipment profile for this device (for this example, we selected Edit).

    Edit Equipment Profile dialog

  4. Use the following table to determine the appropriate settings for this equipment profile. 

    Setting

    Description

    Production Transaction Mode

    • Start & Finish (default).
    • Finish Only.

    Units Per Transaction

    • An integer value greater than or equal to zero.
    • If set to zero, the unit count is acquired from the device and must specify whether to be acquired On (WIP) Start or On (WIP) Finish.
    • The default value is one.

    Max Recipe Count

    • Specifies the maximum number of recipes to be used for this equipment profile.
    • The default value is zero.

    Has Primary Identifier

    • If selected, must denote whether to be acquired On (WIP) Start or On (WIP) Finish.

    Has Unit Identifiers

    • If selected, must denote whether to be acquired On (WIP) Start or On (WIP) Finish.

    Has Position Identifiers

    • If selected, must denote whether to be acquired  On (WIP) Start or On (WIP) Finish.

    Has Stages

    • If selected, must identify the number of stages as an integer value greater than or equal to one.
    • The default value is one.



    Using these settings, the message properties you define for each CFX capability to be supported by a device are tailored to ensure that only the required properties must be configured:


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