MagTek InSpec 9000 - Manual (Page 46)

InSpec 9000 Encoded Card Tester
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PERFORMANCE CHARTS
To select and interpret a Performance Chart perform the following steps:
1.
From the main screen, select View then Performance Charts.
2.
From the display, select the first of the three bars (each bar will display “all”) which will
be card stock. From the list, select the stock or “All”.
3.
Select the second bar and the Encoding System (the Tester) or “All”.
4.
Select the third bar and the shift or “All”. The fourth bar is for status.
5.
Select Daily Summary or Individual Cards.
6.
Select Amplitude, Bit Size, Sub Size, or Start Sentinel.
7.
Select Track 1, 2, or 3.
8.
Select the Start and End Dates and Times. (Select and type in new dates or times.)
9. Select
Graph.
10.
After a short pause, the performance bar chart should appear on the screen.
11.
If a printout is desired, press the Print button. A dialog box appears with “Use Screen
Layout” and “Layout for Printer”. If the “Screen” is chosen, the printout will contain the
same information but usually be smaller than if “Layout” is chosen. Screen is the factory
default. The default printouts will both be landscape; that is, the wide part of the page
will be horizontal.
INTERPRETING PERFORMANCE CHARTS
When interpreting performance charts, the observer looks for trends. Compilations of daily
summaries or individual cards may reveal problems with the process of producing cards, or
encoding them, or the card stock, or the encoder, or even the Tester itself (cleaning for example).
The operator should report these trends to the supervisor, the technician or other appropriate
personnel. It may be helpful to print the screen to illustrate the trend.