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5. If necessary, click to expand the Traces panel. Then click the Signal List icon (...) next to the Y Signal
property.
6. Select Ch 1 External Command and click OK.
Note:
By default, time is the parameter used for the X-axis, which is desired for the sample test.
7. Click to expand the Y Axis panel.
8. Select the Minimum check box, and set the value to -3 mm.
9. Select the Maximum check box, and set the value to 10 mm.
10. On the Traces toolbar, click the icon that adds a trace on a new axis.
11. The Add Trace window opens with the New Y Axis already selected by default. Click OK.
12. Click the Signal List icon and select Ch 1 Displacement on the new Y axis.
13. Click to expand the Y Axis panel.
14. Select the Minimum check box, and set the value to -7 mm.
15. Select the Maximum check box, and set the value to 10 mm.
16. For Trace Time, enter 5.0 sec.
5.3.10.0 Set MPE Application Command Settings
This task assigns command behaviors for the test with the MPE application. You assign the transition times
for command behaviors with the Station Manager application. When you run the test and apply simulated
external commands to your station, these settings define command behaviors for start, stop, hold, and resume
operations.
1. Click Test Definition in the Explorer panel.
2. Click Command Settings.
3. Enter the following:
MPE Application Command Settings Properties
Effect Value Property
Defines the command behavior when
you use the Start, Stop, and Hold Stay at Level At Hold/Resume
Ramp to
Mean At Start/Stop buttons on the MPE application Test
panel after the test begins. You set
transition times with the Station Manager
application.
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5.0 Creating Tests