MTS Series 793 Application - Manual (Page 198)

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Profile Process
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Profile Process
About the Profile Process
The Profile process generates a command based on a profile file (or just profile
for short) created with a text editor, spreadsheet application, or the MTS Profile
Editor application. The MPT application supports Block-Arbitrary and Phase
profile formats.
A profile is basically a spreadsheet that defines a particular command segment
(or a series of segments) in each row. As the controller plays out the profile, it
starts by playing the segment or cycle defined in the first row, then the second
row, then the third row, and so forth.
Note A single profile often contains the command content of an entire
procedure.
When you create a profile, you must define the segment shape, end levels values,
time between end levels, and count for the command in each row.
User-defined actions
and counter names
The profile process supports counters and user-defined actions. Counters appear
on the MPT control panel when the process is running and are incremented after
the corresponding row in the profile has played out.
User-defined actions defined with the Station Manager application are triggered
after the corresponding row in the profile has played out.
Counters and actions are specified on specific rows (with specific syntax) in
profiles.
Special consideration
when running phase
type profiles
While running a procedure containing a phase profile, if you stop and unlock the
procedure, the resulting cycle counts on the dependent channels may not be exact
when you resume the procedure. The profile process determines where to restart
based on the master channel. If the other channels are on a different segment
because of phase differences, the Channel Counters on the MPT control panel
will be different by that amount.