Monitor and Control Operations

The Batch Display is used by operators to monitor and control the processing of batches. The Batch Display main dialog box provides the functionality described in the following list. More detailed information on many of these features is described later in this section.

You can:

• View a list of all active batches in the schedule at any time. An active batch is any batch that has a status of Ready, Run, Held, Done, or Aborted.

• View a list of all phases for the selected batch.

• View the recipe procedure for each batch. The recipe procedure shows the status of each phase.

• Control batches with the following buttons: Start, Hold, Restart, and Abort.

• Control phases with the following buttons: Start, Hold, Restart, and Abort.

• View and control current Phase Status, Parameters, and Instructions.

• Enter Comments associated with a phase or with the batch.

• View and Acknowledge external documents.

• View Interlocks for each phase.

• View a list of Transition Logic Questions and answer the questions.

• View a Message Line that shows operator commands.

• View Transition Logic Status.

• Force Transition Logic.

• Edit phase parameter values when a batch is active.

• Edit phase parameter values when a batch is not active (Phase Parameter Editor dialog box).