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.