MTS Series 793 Application - Manual (Page 147)

Procedure Has Been Run Against the MPT
MTS MultiPurpose TestWare® Working with MPT Specimens 147
The MPT specimen now contains information (test data, log entries, and so on)
from two different procedures (“def.000” and “abc.000”). Choosing this selection
prevents you from recovering status information stored in the specimen about the
execution of “def.000.”
Procedure assigned to
the MPT specimen
If you choose this and then run the test, MPT unlinks the MPT specimen from the
procedure that it was last run against, “def.000,” and link it to procedure
“ghi.000.” The MPT specimen now contains information (test data, log entries,
and so on) from different procedures (“ghi.000” and “def.000”). Also, choosing
this selection prevents you from recovering status information stored in the
specimen about the execution of “def.000.”
Procedure snapshot
from last run
This is the default selection. If you choose it and then run the test, MPT replaces
the procedure currently in memory, “abc.000,” with procedure “def.000” as it
was last run against the MPT specimen. This selection dissociates the MPT
specimen from the procedure you linked to it with the MPT Specimen Editor,
“ghi.000.”
When the operator clicked the Run button on the Station Controls panel to run
“def.000” (as it was last run on the MPT specimen), MPT recorded the current
state of the procedure and stored it in the mpp file. So even though you linked a
new procedure to the MPT specimen with the MPT Options Editor, the mpp file
contains a copy of the procedure as it was last run against the MPT specimen,
called a snapshot.
Restore procedure
state to
You can choose the state to which the specimen is restored. In this case the saved
state is Done, so selecting the saved state brings the procedure back to its done
state, and includes information such as counter values as they were when the test
was complete. Selecting Reset brings the procedure back to its starting point,
with counters set to zero.
The Saved state information is stored in the mps file. If the test had been
inadvertently interrupted and you wished to resume the test at (or close to) the
point of interruption, you would choose this selection.