Vessel
- Is any source or destination required by EMs or Piping.
- Exists primarily in the CM controller but also has an interface in the EM controller.
- Has 0 or 1 parent Unit.
- References up to 3 associated instruments (Level, Temperature and other).
- References up to 30 associated incoming, outgoing and process CMs.
- Contains up to 16 tags or logic expressions (These expressions use custom logic in the CM controller with the aliased CMs and Vessels).
- May have a base material that it always contains when not empty.
- An EM will select 0 or more vessels as its source and 1 or more vessels as its destination.
- Has the following status:
- RTS – Ready to begin sending material
- CTS – Clear to continue sending material
- RTR – Ready to begin receiving material
- CTR – Clear to continue receiving material
- CMsOK – All associated CMs are in Auto and not Faulted
- Level
- Temp
- Accepts the following commands:
- CTS – Parent Unit is Clear to Send
- CTR – Parent Unit is Clear to Receive
- CMProgReq – Request all associated CMs to Program Mode
- AllStop – Command all associated CMs to stop