MTS Multipurpose Elite - Manual (Page 333)

Description Item
Suppress Cycle Counter—Select to prevent the channel counter
from being incremented when this activity is executed. When not
checked, the channel counter is incremented.
Click the green plus sign to open the Select Channels window,
and select the channel or multiple channels to use for the activity. Channel List
Select the type of feedback to use in the control loop for the
selected channel. Specify this for each channel you select. Control Mode
Note:
For MTS Criterion and MTS Insight systems, load and
strain modes are available only if you have purchased the
Advanced Rate Control license.
Specify two end levels that the command signal cycles between
for the selected control mode. Click the toggle button to specify End Level 1 and 2
a numeric value and unit of measure or a variable. Specify this
for each channel you select.
Specify the phase relationship of the wave form generated by this
activity from channel to channel. Click the toggle button to specify Phase Lag
a numeric value and unit of measure or a variable. If you have
selected only one channel, Phase Lag is disabled. Change this
for each channel.
Note:
Phase Lag is relative to the channel with the smallest
degree of phase. The phase lag of each channel is
referenced to the lower phase lag defined in the channels.
Cycle and Custom Waveform Stop
The following table shows how the MTS TestSuite application interacts with interrupt, hold, and stop
commands.
Cycle and Custom Waveform Stop Parameters
Description Behavior
Stay immediately at the current level. End
Control the functionality of an activity when the
parallel branch it is in is interrupted or directed to Interrupt
complete early by a separate parallel completion of
a branch. You can select two interrupt functions:
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