MTS Multipurpose Elite - Manual (Page 102)

Comments MPE Activity or
Term MPT Process or
Term
• The MPE activity supports data entry rules and enhanced
validation that the MPT process does not support.
Functionally equivalent with the following differences: Run External
Application Start Application
• MPT has more placeholders available when specifying the location
of the application to run or the parameters passed to the
application.
• MPT has a prompt for restart option that asks the operator how
to restart.
In MPE, the test designer must decide if the activity should restart
the application or proceed as if the application completed.
• MPT has no mechanism to know if the application succeeded. In
MPE, the return status from the application can be returned in a
variable.
The MPE activity covers all the major functionality of the MPT process.
In addition, the MPE activity has the following enhancements: Send E-Mail Send Mail
• In MPE, the server setup is centralized in Preferences menu >
Configuration > E-Mail.
• In MPE, the values of variables can be inserted into the text for
most of the properties.
The MPT process can set calculation parameters and calculation
variables. Set Calculation
Parameter Set Controller
Value
MPE only supports calculation parameters and model parameters. It
does not support calculation variables.
Functionally equivalent. In addition, the MPE activity allows the
station's Time and Running Time signals to be zeroed. The MPT
activity does not support this action. Auto Offset Auto Offset
The MPE runtime displays cover the requirements of the MPT action. Data Acquisition
and Runtime Plots Data Display
102 Multipurpose Elite Test Design Guide
8.0 Appendix A: MPE for MPT Users