Appendix A Glossary
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control recipe
A type of recipe, which through its execution, defines the manufacture
of a single batch of a specific product.
control strategy
A user-defined grouping of phase and report parameters associated
with a single phase. Organizing parameters into separate control
strategies allows phases to assume multiple roles without generating
unnecessary phase I/O.
container recipe
A recipe that contains one or more steps assigned to a specified
operation-level recipe or unit procedure-level recipe retrieved when
using the Find Recipe References option.
coordination control
A type of control that directs, initiates, or modifies the execution of the
procedural control and the utilization of equipment entities.
data server
A data server provides runtime information to the FactoryTalk Batch
Client or the HMI software. This information comes from the PLC or
PCD.
DCS (Distributed Control System)
A Distributed Control System (DCS) is a control device. Logic
(programs) contained in the DCS read or write to the inputs or outputs
of the field devices. A DCS is sometimes referred to as the process-
connected device (PCD).
dedicated resource
A resource used by only one step at a time inside a recipe structure.