MTS Series 793 Application - Manual (Page 484)

MTS MultiPurpose TestWare®
Profile Editor
Model 793.11 Profile Editor 484
About segments The first segment in a row begins at the current level and travels to level 1.
Subsequent segments in the row travel from one level to the next.
About cycles
The first cycle in a row begins at the current level, travels to level 1, then travels
back to level 2. Subsequent cycles in the row travel from level 2 to level 1 and
back to level 2. If a row has a cycle count of 0.5, the cycle begins at the current
level and travels just to level 1.
Phase Profiles
Like a block-arbitrary profile, a phase profile can also control multiple channels,
and may consist of a group of single segments or blocks of repeating segments
(cycles) for each channel. Each segment is defined with the same components
(shape, time base, count, and amplitude) as a block-arbitrary profile.
However, unlike a block-arbitrary profile, phase profiles can specify a phase lag
in each row of the channel grid. The phase lag of each row in a channel is
referenced to the lowest phase lag defined in the profile. In other words, each row
in each channel is checked to find the lowest phase value. Then each channel
uses that value as the phase reference for playing out that row. The segment
shape, time base, and count must be the same for each channel. Each row of
channel 1 data defines these characteristics for all channels in a phase profile.
Row 0
1
2 3
1
2 3 4
Row 1