Option 1.1. Create a New Recipe Group

A recipe group includes your entire configuration in a single RecipeConfig window.

The configuration includes:

Parameter attributes.

Recipes.

Maps.

You may define one or more Recipe Groups, depending on your application. Each Recipe Group that you create and save is stored in a file with an .rgp extension.

Do the following to create your new recipe group.

Open a new recipe group.

Define the recipe group.

Name the recipe group.

  1. Open a new recipe group.

Open a new RecipeConfig window to open a new recipe group.

You can open a new window from the Workbench.

If a RecipeConfig window is already open:

  1. Select the Group folder.

  2. Do one of the following.

1

Click the New button on the RecipeConfig toolbar.

2

Click File>New on the RecipeConfig menu bar.

3

Right-click the group; select New on the Popup menu

4

Press Ctrl+N on the keyboard.

A message may open if you have unsaved data in the current, asking if you want to save the data.

  1. Select whether or not to save the data.

Result: The current window closes; a new untitled RecipeConfig window opens.

  1. Define the Recipe group

  1. Select the Untitled group.

  2. Do one of the following.

1

Click Edit>Properties on the Recipes menu bar.

2

Click the right mouse button; select Properties on the Popup menu.

3

Press Alt+Enter.

The Recipe Group Data dialog opens.

  1. Enter the following.

Group Name

(Read-only) Untitled displays before the RecipeConfig window is saved.

Description

Description of the Group.

Group Point

Name of a CIMPLICITY Point ID to write the Group Name to when a Recipe is Downloaded or Uploaded.

The Point ID may be unqualified or fully qualified.

The Point ID must be a Text point of sufficient length to hold the group name.

  1. Click OK.

Result: The Recipe Group Data dialog box closes.

  1. Name the Recipe group

The name you use when you save the RecipeConfig window is the name that is assigned to the group.

  1. Do one of the following.

Click the Save button on the RecipeConfig toolbar.

Note: The Save button is enabled after you open the Recipe Group Data dialog box.

Click File>Save on the RecipeConfig menu bar.

Press Ctrl+S on the keyboard.

A Save As dialog box opens.

  1. Enter a name for the group.

  2. Click Save.

Results

The Group is saved as an .rgp file.

The name given to the group replaces Untitled at the top of the tree.

The new group name displays in the Group Name field in the Recipe Group Data dialog box.

More information

Step 1. Select a recipe group.