MTS TW Elite - Manual (Page 99)

Station Configuration File and Station Resources
Controller Resources
A station configuration may include only a portion of the resources available to the controller. The complete
inventory of resources available to your controller is defined by the hardware interface file (or .hwi file)
installed with your controller software. The .hwi file defines what internal components are available to your
controller, which controller slots they are installed in, and the rear-panel connectors through which they
are accessed.
When you connect to a station with TWE, the controller resources shown on the Resources tab pertain
only to the connected controller, and may not include all the resources in the hardware interface file.
Hardware Interface File and System Resources.
Note:
You use the Station Builder application (one of the applications included with MTS Series 793
Controller software) to define station configuration files by allocating some or all of the resources
listed in the .hwi file.
Resource Mapping
When you modify a test while the TWE application is connected to a controller and save it, the application
saves the resource map (how test resources align to controller resources) with the test definition. The
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