MTS Series 793 - Manual (Page 37)

Further, if you rarely reconfigure your Project settings, you do not require the functionality of the Project
Manager in your day-to-day testing routine.
If this situation applies to you, you can minimize interaction with the Project Manager simply by assigning a
default Project. Even though you will not be using Project Manager frequently, you will still benefit from the
data organization offered by Projects.
Note:
If you choose to set up your system this way, most of the procedures that follow in this section do not
pertain to you.
Multiple user, multiple Project environments
Imagine a facility in which you and other users share the same test system and use and reconfigure different
Projects frequently. In this environment, the Project Manager application is very beneficial, because it allows
you to:
• Set up custom Projects for everyone.
• Keep the data from individual Projects separate from one another.
• Quickly switch between and reconfigure Projects.
In this scenario, you might begin a typical testing session by starting the Project Manager application, accessing
your Project (and if desired, reconfiguring the Project Settings), and then starting the various Series 793
applications you need to set up and perform tests from the Project Manager toolbar. At the end of a session,
you might use standard Windows archiving tools to back up the data in your individual Project.
When used in this way, the Project Manager is a portal to individual Projects and a central location for starting
Series 793 applications.
Existing Series 793 users
The Project Manager (and the ability to create Projects) became available in version 4.0 of Model 793.00
System Software. If you are a legacy Series 793 applications user and want to use your system as you are
accustomed, assigning a default Project will allow you to open Series 793 applications the same way you did
before the Project Manager application was available. (Though you will still benefit from the separation of
controller, system, and user information inherent to Projects.)
About Initial Projects
All installations
The installation wizard automatically creates an initial Project (with the default name of Project1), and gives
you the option of assigning it as the default Project.
Note:
If you have never used Project Manager to assign a default Project but one is assigned (you notice
that you are not prompted to select a Project when starting Series 793 applications), this option was
probably selected during installation.
Upgrade installations
For upgrade installations, you have the option of copying all of your existing test design and test data files
from their original locations to the initial Project (the files are copied, not moved, so the original files will remain
in their original locations).
If you do not choose to copy your existing files, your initial Project will not contain test data.
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Project Manager