# Creating a Source Batch

1. Select a controller in the Plant structure workspace .

2. Go to the Sources tab.

3. Select Add, the Create new source configuration dialog window opens. Choose Batch from the drop-down menu then select Add.

4. Issue the Source Batch with a name

5. Set the Abort on new identifier to Yes if scanning a new identifier string should abort the previous scan.

6. Select the Identifier method (String for text, or Number for numerical strings).

7. Set Free order to On if the strings can be scanned in any order.

   Identifier strings can be made up of up to 4 different strings. When free order is set to No, the strings need to be scanned in a specific order for the system to recognize the string.

   An error may occur when Free order is set to On, and the lengths of the different strings are duplicated. The scanned sequence will then not activate a tightening program. To remedy this error, set Free order to Off, or adjust the string lengths.

8. Issue the string a Name and enter the length of the string. (For further information on concatenating strings, see Relevant Information in the User Guide).

9. Significant positions - the relevant positions in the string. (For further information on Significant Positions, see Relevant Information in the User Guide).

10. Saved positions - which positions are to be logged by the system. (For further information about Saved Positions, see Relevant Information in the User Guide).

11. Indicate which strings (in the String contains column) should be linked to which Batch sequence (in the Activates column). Select Add to add more strings.

Wildcards can be used when typing the "string contains". The wildcard(s) can be used at any position in the string. No Batch sequence is activated in case of an ambiguous matching result.

The wildcard is a . (period)

The Abort on new identifier controls how a second signal should be interpreted when a batch sequence has been activated and is ongoing.

If identifier numbers are used in the Batch sequence configuration , the input signal or the socket selector can be used to select a batch within a batch sequence.

The controller can be configured to select a batch sequence with input signal based on either an identifier number or an identifier string.

Relevant Information

- Assigning a Task to a Virtual Station
- Combining Identifier Strings
- Configuring Significant Positions to Read in Barcode String
- Saved Positions