MTS Series 793 Application - Manual (Page 332)

MTS MultiPurpose TestWare®
Time History Input Process
Data Acquisition Process Descriptions 332
Time History Input Parameter Descriptions
File tab
File Tab
I TEM D ESCRIPTION
Show Status Panel at
Run Time Displays the Time History Input Status panel during the test.
Create Trend
Response File Enables MPT to acquire and store trend response data. This data can be used
by the RPC application to show changes that occurred in the specimen over the
course of the test.
Directory Specifies the directory in which the response file (.rsp) will be saved. With this
Specify File Destination, you can specify a path for the response file. The Use
Specimen Directory selection saves the response file in the specimen
directory.
Response File
(file icon) The process stores digitized response test data in a response file (.rsp). If the
Directory selection is Specify File Destination, the Response File file icon
will be active. Click the file icon to open the Select response file window. Use
the window to select a current response file, save a new response file, and
specify the path.
Note This selection only appears when the Create Trend Response File
checkbox is cleared.
Trend Response Files
Root Filename Specifies the root of trend response file names.
Trend response files are stored in the same folder as the response file. When
the first response file is saved, it is named your root name000.rsp. Subsequent
response files are named your root name001.rsp, your root name002.rsp, your
root name003.rsp, and so on.
Note This selection only appears when the Create Trend Response File
checkbox is selected.
Sampling Rate Specifies the rate at which the controller samples response feedback.
Points per Frame Specifies the number of data points the controller samples per subdivision of
the digitized data.
Frames to Sample Specifies the number of subdivisions of the digitized data in which the
controller samples.
Sampling Time (Sec) Specifies the total time (in seconds) during which the controller samples data
from response feedback.