MTS Series 793 Application - Manual (Page 228)

MTS MultiPurpose TestWare®
Signal Based Command Process
Command Processes 228
Signal Based Command (SBC) Lookup-Table File Requirements
File format The SBC process supports tab-, comma-, and space-delimited text files that
contain lookup tables. The lookup-table file must follow the format shown below.
• The file can contain any number of lookup tables.
• Each table can contain up to 257 rows (two rows minimum).
• The header information, column layout, and keyword spelling must exactly
match the example shown below. No additional text is allowed.
• The number of tables designated in the header (Tables=) must match the
number of tables in the lookup-table file.
Important The bold entries are required keywords that
must be typed exactly as shown.
FileType=SBC_Lookup_Table
Description=Gear Angle vs. Gear Load Command
Tables=2
Table(1)=Landing_1 (100%)
Lookup Command
deg kN
125 15.224
120 15.483
115 15.334
... ...
5 64.054
0 67.613
Table(2)=Landing_2 (50%)
Lookup Command
deg kN
125 7.612
120 7.742
Defines the units used for the
lookup signal and the resulting
command output.
Note
The unit value must be
defined in the Unit
Assignment Test Editor
and must match the
units defined in the
configuration file.
Table(X)=
defines the table number and the
title that appear in the Lookup
Table list in the SBC process
Mapping tab.
Tables=
defines the number of tables
in the lookup-table file
(2 in this example).
Lookup column
defines various lookup-signal values.
Command column
defines the resulting command value
for each lookup-signal value.