MTS Series 793 Application - Manual (Page 150)

MTS MultiPurpose TestWare®
Procedure Has Been Modified and Run Against the
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Currently loaded
procedure
MPT unlinks the MPT specimen from procedure “def.000” and link it to
procedure “abc.000.” If you do this and run the test, the MPT specimen contains
information (test data, log entries, and so on) from different procedures
(“abc.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 assigned to
the MPT specimen
MPT replaces the procedure currently in memory, “abc.000,” with the procedure
linked to MPT specimen, “def.000.” This version of procedure “def.000” does
not include the modifications present when it was last run against the MPT
specimen. It is the version last saved by the operator.
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 the procedure “def.000” as it
was last run against the MPT specimen.
This version of procedure “def.000” includes the modifications present when it
was last run against the MPT specimen. MPT automatically saved a copy of the
modified procedure to the mpp file when the test was last run.
The “modified” flag means MPT noted a difference between the version of the
procedure saved by the operator and the version that MPT saved to the mpp file
when the test was run. This means the procedure was modified but not saved by
the operator when run against the MPT specimen. MPT automatically saves the
modified version in the mpp file when the operator presses the Run button on the
Station Controls panel. This selection lets you retrieve the modified version of
the procedure as it was run against the MPT specimen.
Restore procedure
state to
Since the MPT specimen was last run against the modified version of “def.000,”
you can choose the state to which it restores. In this case the saved state is Done,
so selecting the saved state brings the procedure back to its done state, which
includes information such as counter values as they were when the test was
complete. Clicking 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 wanted to resume the test at (or close to) the
point of interruption, you would choose this selection.