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Using normalized dimensions to define control modes
You can use any of these normalized dimensions to define a control mode in a station configuration. If you
do this, and then attempt to play out a profile that also uses a normalized dimension, MPE will treat it as a
standard dimension when you define a Profile activity.
Example
Suppose you create a station configuration that uses volts as a dimension for a volt control mode, which is
associated with a conditioner that is connected to a displacement sensor with a full-scale displacement of
±200 cm.
Next, you create a profile in which you select the volts dimension to define end levels.
Then you start MPE against the station configuration, add a Profile activity, and select the profile you have
created.
On the Channels panel, you select a profile channel, and note that volts is available in the Control Mode list,
and that the Level Multiplier control shows 100%.
In this scenario, if the first end-level values in the profile are 1 V and 9 V, they will be played out as 20 cm
and 180 cm. If you change the Level Multiplier value to 50%, MPE would play out these values as 10 cm
and 90 cm.
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6.0 Creating Advanced Tests