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mapp Services (B&R)
Also known as: B&R mapp Services
German: mapp Services
In B&R Automation Studio, mapp Services is a group of ready-made software components of the mapp Technology framework that provide cross-cutting machine functions, such as alarm handling, user management, audit trails, recipe handling, data recording and backup, configured rather than programmed.
- Maintenance
- Vendor product
In one sentence
mapp Services is a group of B&R mapp Technology components for cross-cutting machine functions like alarms, users, audit trails and backups.
Example
Instead of programming its own alarm system, the machine builder configures the alarm component from mapp Services and displays the alarms on the HMI.
How it applies
- Engineering: Software engineers configure the components in Automation Studio and connect them to the application, which reduces custom code for recurring functions.
- Operation: Operators work with the resulting functions, for example alarm lists, user logins and recipe selection on the HMI.
- Maintenance: Services such as backup and alarm history help technicians restore a machine and analyze faults.
- Documentation: The machine documentation describes the functions as the operator sees them, not the vendor component names. Writers should ask engineering which components are used, because alarm texts, user roles and audit trail behavior come from their configuration. An audit trail function supports, but does not by itself establish, compliance with data integrity requirements.
Keep in mind: Product names, the scope of the mapp components and their features change between releases. Check them against B&R's current documentation.