Tag Bindings
What a tag MEANS, and the reason this integration is configuration rather than code. "DB10.DBW4" is meaningless; bound as "good count for PRESS-02" it feeds OEE, confirmations and kanban without anybody writing a transformation.
Where to find it
- Module: Manufacturing
- Group: Equipment
- Section: Connected Plant
- Screen: Tag Bindings
Address in the console: /mfg/plc-bindings
List · 12 columns · 13 fields on its form · 2 of them required
What the list shows
These are the columns of the list, in the order they are drawn. Any of them can be sorted on, filtered on, hidden, or exported.
| Column | Kind | Field name |
|---|---|---|
| Controller | Code | controller_no |
| Tag | Code | tag_name |
| Address | Code | address |
| Means | Status | binding |
| Machine | Code | equipment_no |
| Parameter | Text | recipe_parameter |
| Chart | Code | chart_no |
| Loop | Code | kanban_loop_no |
| Cumulative | Text | is_cumulative |
| Last raw | Number | last_raw_value |
| Acts on its own | Text | auto_post |
| Active | Text | is_active |
The form
What is asked for when a record is created here. Required fields are marked; a choice drawn from a configuration list is one an administrator can extend without a release.
| Field | Type | Choices | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tag required | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| What it means required | Choice | good_count, total_count, reject_count, cycle_count, machine_state, running_flag, fault_code, cycle_time, recipe_parameter, setpoint, kanban_signal, meter_reading, spc_measurement, alarm | |
| Machine | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Work center | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Recipe parameter | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Control chart | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Kanban loop | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Counter only goes up | Yes or no | A cumulative counter has to be differenced, and it wraps. Both have to be declared or the first rollover posts a confirmation for four billion parts. | |
| Rolls over at | Number | ||
| State map | Text | How a raw state number maps onto a state name. Every vendor numbers them differently. | |
| Acts without a person | Yes or no | ||
| Active | Yes or no | ||
| Notes | Long text |
The rules that apply here
Everything on this screen obeys the platform rules rather than rules of its own. The ones worth knowing before you use it:
- Narrowing a list — search, conditions, sort, totals, export and saved views.
- What may be changed — the five grounds a record may not be edited on.
- Companies and business units — what the switcher above this list is doing to it.
- Creating a record — required fields, where choices come from, and how the number is allocated.
- Importing a spreadsheet — this screen accepts one, and it runs through the same rules as typing.