About this guide – MTS TW Elite User Manual
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About This Guide
The MTS TestSuite TW Elite Test Design Guide contains the information you need to begin customizing
templates with the TW Elite (TWE) application. It includes the fundamental concepts of using the TWE
application with MTS control software to create and run tests.
This guide does not explain every TWE application feature. Its goal is to introduce the most important
features of the application in the context of customizing tests.
Summary
Introduction: Provides an overview of the TWE interface. In this section, you will open the example test
included with the TWE application. The example test was created to run in simulation and includes test
run data. This section describes the basic parts of the interface with the example test loaded.
Examine the Example Test: Examines the example test supplied with the system in detail. Understanding
the example test reveals application capabilities and design principles you can apply to your own tests.
Design Guidelines: Provides design guidelines for TWE tests in general.
Modify the Example Test: Provides a tutorial for how to modify the example test with typical enhancements
using the design guidelines, tips, and best practices.
Working with MTS FlexTest Resources: Provides information for mapping test resources to MTS FlexTest
controller resources.
Considerations for Servohydraulic Systems: Provides information for using TWE with MTS FlexTest
controllers for use in servohydraulic test systems.
MTS TWE for TestWorks 4 Users: Provides information to help users of MTS TestWorks 4 transition to
TWE.
Information pertaining to MTS TW Express
MTS offers a companion application to TW Elite named TW Express (TWX). TWX cannot be used to create
or modify tests; it can only run existing tests. In cases where this manual refers to functionality shared by
both applications (such as running tests), the term "TW application" is used.
Information pertaining to MTS Insight and MTS FlexTest controllers
The TWE application can be used with MTS Insight controllers on electromechanical systems and with
MTS FlexTest controllers on servohydraulic systems. The information in
(p.
25) and
(p. 81) is based on the example test supplied with the system which
runs on the MTS Insight controller in simulation. Information pertaining to systems used with MTS FlexTest
controllers is provided in
Working with MTS FlexTest Resources
(p. 95).
For More Information
(p. 25)
(p. 81)
Working with MTS FlexTest Resources
(p. 95)
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