MTS Series 793 Application - Manual (Page 397)

Temperature Control Process
MTS MultiPurpose TestWare® External Control Process Descriptions 397
How to Define a Temperature Control Process
1. Drag the icon from the Process Palette to your procedure table.
2. Click the process icon in your procedure table or in the navigation pane.
3. Click the Channels tab.
4. Move all the channels you want to program with this process to the
Included list. Move all the others to the Available list.
5. Click the Command tab.
6. Set the rate type (Time, Rate, or Frequency), set the units of measurement,
and then type a value.
7. In the Dwell Period box, set the units of measurement for the dwell period,
and then type a value.
8. In the Channels list, click each temperature control channel in succession.
9. In the End Level box, set the units of measurement for the end level, and
then type a value.
10. In the Control Tolerance box, type a value.
11. Optional—In the Monitor Signal list, click the channel you want to monitor
temperature feedback on (this signal should be from an independent
temperature sensor).
12. Optional—In the Monitor Tolerance box, type a value.
13. Repeat steps 8 through 12 for each temperature control channel.
14. Click the General tab.
15. In the Name box, type a name for this process. (You can also name the
process in the procedure table.)
16. Select the Process Enabled check box. (If this box is cleared, the process
will not run.)
17. In the Execute Process box, type number of times you want the process to
run.
18. Optional—In the Counter Type list, click a counter type.
19. Optional—If you enabled a counter, type a Counter Label.