MTS Series 793 Application - Manual (Page 218)

MTS MultiPurpose TestWare®
External Command Process
Command Processes 218
How to Define an External 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 other channels to the Available list.
5. Click the Scaling tab.
6. If desired, select Enable Ramp. In the Ramp Time box, set the units of
measurement, and then type a value.
7. Optional—In the Adaptive Compensators list, click a compensator.
8. Optional—If you want the external command to use a different setpoint than
the one specified in Station Manager, select the Change Setpoints check
box.
9. Optional—If you want the external command to use a different span than
the one specified in Station Manager, select the Change Spans check box.
10. In the Channel list, click your desired channel.
11. In the Control Mode list, click your desired control mode.
12. If you selected Change Setpoints, define the new setpoint value and units
in the Setpoint box.
13. If you selected Change Spans, type a span value for the external command
in the Span box.
14. If desired, select Enable Soft Stop.
15. Repeat steps 10 - 13 for each channel you wish command with the External
Command process.
16. Click the General tab.
17. In the Name box, type a name for this process. (You can also name the
process in the procedure table.)
18. Select the Process Enabled check box. (If this box is cleared, the process
will not run.)