The InstructionType provides all the information required by the glass machine to perform the job. In case of an assembly job, it contains all necessary steps for the mounting of the unit. For a glass cutting process the cutting plan is provided. The InstructionType is formally defined in Table 24.

Table 24 – InstructionType Definition

Attribute

Value

BrowseName

InstructionType

IsAbstract

false

References

Node Class

BrowseName

DataType

TypeDefinition

Other

Subtype of the BaseObjectType defined in OPC 10000-5, i.e. inheriting the InstanceDeclarations of that Node.

0:HasComponent

Object

Plan

0:FileType

Mandatory

0:HasProperty

Variable

PlanFileFormat

FileFormatType

0:PropertyType

Mandatory

Plan contains the instruction for the job. In case of a programmable machine, it contains the program code.

PlanFileFormat defines the file format of the plan. This is used to ensure compatibility between the plan and the machine.