MTS Series 793 Application - Manual (Page 245)

Cyclic with ALC Process
MTS MultiPurpose TestWare® Command Processes 245
How to Define a Cyclic with ALC 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 navigation pane.
3. Click the Channels tab.
4. Move the channels that you want to use to generate the cyclic command
onto the Included list. Move the other channels to the Available list.
5. Click the Command tab.
6. In the Segment Shape list, click the segment shape.
7. Select Time, Rate, or Frequency, and set the units of measurement, and
then and type a value.
8. Select the Count check box. Set the units (cycles or segments), and then
type the number of times the cyclic command is to repeat. For continuous
cycling, clear the Count check box.
9. In the Adaptive Compensators list, click ALC.
10. Optional—If desired, select the Do Not Update Counters check box.
11. Optional—If you want to define a relative end level, select the Relative
End Levels check box.
12. Select a Channel.
13. In the Control Mode list, click the desired control mode or right-click to
assign a control-mode variable.
14. Select the units for the end levels, then type values for End Level 1 and End
Level 2.
15. Type a Phase Lag.
16. Repeat steps 12 - 15 for each channel you want to command with this
process.
17. Click the Matrix tab and type a Compensation Matrix Name.
18. Optional—Select Enable Frequency Compensation.
19. Choose whether you want the application to verify the loaded matrix
parameters.