TG - How to create recipes on the NA5 HMI

Purpose

This guide explains the steps to create a recipe on the NA5 HMI using Sysmac Studio.

Problem Explanation/Objective

Customers need to create global variables first to be able to create a recipe in the NA5 HMI (Internal variables will not appear on the Recipe Editor) 

Supported devices

• NA5 HMI Series
• Sysmac Studio

Requirements

• Sysmac Studio software
• NA5 HMI

Procedure

1 - Go to the HMI Global Variables under Data: 

2 - Create the variables that will be "ingredients" on the Recipe template: 

3 - If the variable is not registered in the controller, you can right-click and select "Register to Controller":

4 - Click "Add or Update Variable". Then, go to the PLC Global Variable table to confirm that the variables were successfully created: 

5 - Go to Recipes and right-click to Add a new Recipe Template:

6 - Using the Add button, add all the "ingredients" for your recipe and assign each variable previously created. You can set an initial value and set maximum and minimum values: 

7 - Once the ingredients were created, open the recipe template using this icon: 

 8 - Using the Add button, add all the "Recipes"  to be used: 

9 - Double-click on each ingredient to change the initial values of each recipe: 

10 - Use the simulator to test (Use the Recipe Viewer HMI object to display all the data for the recipes):

Date/Revision History

First review 09/21/2024 V1.0

Author:

Karla Flores Avila, Technical Support Specialist

References

NA-series Programmable Terminal Software User’s Manual