MTS Series 793 Application - Manual (Page 71)

About Transition States
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The amount of time the test remains in a state also results from the time you have
specified on the Station Manager Command Options tab:
• If you select a Ramp option for Command Hold Behavior or Command
Stop Behavior in MPT, the Ramp Times you specify in Station Manager
Command Options are used. When you click Hold or Stop while a test is
running, the test assumes a transition state during the ramp. If you click Run
to resume the test, the test also assumes a transition state during the ramp.
• If you select a Taper option for the Command Hold or Stop Behavior, the
Taper Times you specify in Station Manager Command Options are used.
When you click Hold or Stop while a test is running, the test assumes a
transition state during the taper. If you click Run to resume the test, the test
also assumes a transition state during the taper.
• If you select a tapered waveform in a Cyclic Command, Profile, or Profile
with ALC process in MPT, the Begin/End Times you type in Station
Manager are used. Those tapers appear only at the very beginning and the
very end of the waveform generated by these processes. These tapers do not
occur in a transition state because they are considered part of the test (the
tapered cycles are counted).
The following diagram shows a test with a Sine Tapered waveform, Ramp to
Mean on hold, and Taper to Zero on stop. It also shows each of the program states
within the test: