MTS Series 793 Application - Manual (Page 18)

MTS MultiPurpose TestWare®
Application Overview
About MultiPurpose TestWare 18
Application Overview
About MTS MultiPurpose TestWare (MPT)
MTS Model 793.10 MultiPurpose TestWare is an advanced test design
application available to MTS 793 Controllers.
With MultiPurpose TestWare, you can:
• Create complex test designs that include command, data acquisition, event
detection, and external control instructions.
• Generate programs based on profiles created with a text editor application, a
spreadsheet application, or the Model 793.11 Profile Editor application.
• Acquire and monitor real-time trend or fatigue data.
About MPT Test Procedures
With MultiPurpose TestWare, you create test procedure (.000) files. A test
procedure contains two types of information:
• Process information, which defines your processes (command, data
acquisition, signal monitoring, and so forth) and the sequence in which each
process runs.
• MPT application information, which includes test unit and dimension
assignments, the behavior of hold and resume functions, the data file format,
and so on.
To create procedures
You create procedures by linking together processes that represent individual test
activities, such as ramping the actuator or acquiring peak/valley data.
To run procedures
You run test procedures with the run, stop, and hold controls on the Station
Controls panel in the Station Manager application.
For more information
For information on how to create a procedure, see “Creating a Practice Test
Procedure” on page 153.
For more information about how to run test procedures, see “How to Run a
Procedure” on page 48.