RecipeHelper

NuGet package: Beckhoff.TwinCAT.HMI.Plastic.RecipeHelper

Available: from version 12.6.0

Beckhoff.TwinCAT.HMI.Plastic.RecipeHelper is a NuGet package that can be used in a TwinCAT HMI project in addition with Beckhoff.TwinCAT.HMI.Plastic.Controls package. The RecipeHelper package adds additional functionalities to TwinCAT HMI Recipe Management Extension such as

• Easy setup of recipe structure for application.
• Automatically adding set value symbols to recipes that are used with Plastic controls.
• Temporary recipe storage and allowing option to undo any changes to original recipe.
• PLC handshake for safely changing recipe on a machine.
• Handshake with PLC to reactivate the last recipe on a startup.

The RecipeHelper package provides a set of JavaScript functions that works with the existing TwinCAT HMI Recipe Management Extension, please check more information at: Twincat HMI recipe management.

Access to recipe config

If user authentication is active, you must explicitly enable the access to the recipe configuration for the desired user groups. Please check the link for more information about user access to RecipeManagement.Config.

Without read-write access to the RecipeManagement.Config symbol the RecipeHelper functions will not work as expected.