MTS TW Elite - Manual (Page 119)

Terminology Differences
TestWorks 4 and MTS TestSuite Terminology Differences
Definition MTS
TestSuite TW
Term Definition TestWorks 4
Term
The physical part being tested. Specimen The physical part being tested. Specimen (1)
A single instance of running a
template (a template is similar to a Test Run A single instance of running a
method. The data and results of Specimen (2)
method, see Template below). The a specimen are stored inside a
data is stored in a test file with a copy
of the template. sample file, along with other
specimens that have been
tested under this sample name.
A file that contains test run data (if
test runs were performed), and
includes a copy of the template. Test A file that contains the data for
a group of specimens. It includes
a copy of the method. Sample
A file that contains all of the MTS
TestSuite TW settings necessary to
perform a specific test. Template A file that contains all of the
TestWorks 4 settings necessary
to perform a specific test. It Method
includes settings for the user
Templates cannot be edited directly.
When you open a test from a
interface, machine control,
testing procedures, and
calculations.
template, MTS TestSuite TW creates
a test which contains an editable
copy of the template.
If the template is user-defined, you
can edit the copy of the template in
the test and overwrite the original
template by saving it with the same
name (Save As Template function).
MTS-defined templates are
write-protected. If the template is
MTS-defined, you can edit the copy
of the template in the test, but you
must save it with a unique name and
create a new template (Save As
Template function).
Channel functionality is broken into
three parts; the data stream from the Signal A hardware channel is both the
stream of data from the Channel
controller is a resource; the container
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