MTS Series 793 Application - Manual (Page 197)

Dwell Command Process
MTS MultiPurpose TestWare® Command Processes 197
How to Define a Dwell Command Process
1. Drag the icon from the Process Palette to your group or procedure
table.
2. Click the process icon in your group or procedure table, or in the navigation
pane.
3. Click the Channels tab.
4. Move the channels that you want to use to generate the command onto the
Included list. Move all the others to the Available list.
5. Click the Command tab.
6. Select Time or Frequency, set the units of measurement, then type a value.
7. Optional—If you do not want channel counters to increment when this
process runs, click Do Not Update Counters.
8. In the Channel list, click your desired channel.
9. In the Control Mode list, click the desired control mode or right-click to
assign a control-mode variable.
10. Repeat steps 8 and 9 for each channel you wish to control.
11. Click the General tab.
12. In the Name box, type a name for this process. (You can also name the
process in the procedure table.)
13. Select the Process Enabled check box. (If this box is cleared, the process
will not run.)
14. In the Execute Process box, type the number of times you want the process
to run.
15. Optional—In the Counter Type list, click a counter type.
16. Optional—If you enabled a counter, type a Counter Label.
17. Set the desired Start and Interrupt signals for the process in the group or
procedure table.