MTS Series 793 Application - Manual (Page 498)

MTS MultiPurpose TestWare®
Creating Profiles
Model 793.11 Profile Editor 498
Action and Counter Syntax
Observe the following syntax requirements when adding actions or counters to a
profile file.
• Actions and counters are defined by the keyword Action. This attribute may
be a constant value or a column of values.
• If the Action column is the last column in the file, the action value may be
left blank. If the Action column is not the last column, the user must specify
the empty string (“ ”) as a placeholder (any other string will be interpreted as
a unique counter name).
• If the string contains embedded spaces, then counter names must be
enclosed in quotes (“ ”) . If the name is one word, the quotes are not
necessary.
• Action names must be delimited by a left angle bracket (<) and a right angle
bracket (>). The Profile process will use these delimiters to distinguish
between event actions and counters. If the delimiters are missing, these
strings will be interpreted as new counters. If the delimiters are used for a
counter, the process will interpret the name as an event action. Neither of
these syntax errors will generate an error, but they may cause unexpected
results.
• The keyword ActionList= must be in the file header if any actions are
defined. It must include all event action names defined in the file; counter
names are optional. The names must be separated by a comma. This list
cannot exceed 256 characters without containing a space. MTS recommends
separating items in the list with a comma (required) and a space.
Example with counters
and actions
FileType= Block-Arbitrary
Date= Wed_Jul 05 15:11:32
ActionList= <DO on>, <DO off>, “Counter 1”, Counter2
Channels= 1
Channel(1)= Channel 1
Frequency= 1 Hz
Count= 1 segments
Shape= Sine
Level2= 0.0 mm