Batch archiving

A batch archive normally is used in plants, where no cyclic production exists. I.e. there are no strictly defined time flows in the production. As an example we can take a bottling plant (different products, different production quantities and therefore times).

Compared to a usual archive a batch archive has two differences:

Defined start and stop time of the archive (Generally: not cyclic)

Defined batch name

We create a batch archive, which records the values of our temperature sensors for certain production cycles. The name of the batch is given by the variable Batch name.

Create a new string variable with the name Batch name (data-string, internal driver).
Set the property Internal variable/Remanence of this variable to Remanent.
Set the property Addressing/String length to 20.

So zenon remembers the last value of this variable even if the Runtime is closed.

Select the entry Archive new.

The following dialog box opens.