Operator
Interface
The WMA Operator interface is a set of
displays designed to provide ease of use by the test stand
operator in normal stand operating mode and to provide tools for test stand troubleshooting by
skilled trades. The following presents a quick overview of
some basic features:
User Defined Displays
The ability for a test engineer to design custom displays for
use by the test stand operators is a key feature in the WMA
Operator Console. A variety of graphically rich gauge and
text displays are available for use. Displays can be set
as "standard" or changed "on-the-fly" by the
test sequence.
Gauges reflect the analog inputs, outputs, and discrete stats
of the real-time I/O. In addition, set points and limits
may be added to each display.
Built In Status Reporting
The current state of the machine and its
operational status is always visible from all screens, whether
the stand is testing, waiting for a part or faulted. All
test stands retain test data for a configurable period of time
(i.e. 3 months). All test data is available for localized
stand reporting. Reports available include Top N Reject (shown
below), Variable Trend and Variable Histogram Report.
For more detailed reporting capability across stands see our Data
Warehousing page.
Maintenance Tools
For regular maintenance, wizard style tools are available for
automatic and manual (deadweight) calibration (shown
below). These tools are designed to minimize operator
error with automatic reasonability checking and other
features. Analog I/O can be displayed in engineering units
(both Metric and English), voltage an in counts. The
display is capable of both corrected and raw display.
Decimal, Hexadecimal and Binary values can be selected as
well.
Ad Hoc I/O Control Tools
A variety of controls exist to allow a maintenance person or
test engineer to perform ad-hoc testing of I/O. Individual
screens can be created so the user can focus only on the I/O
directly related to the task. Controlled Analog Ramping is
available for multiple concurrent tasks.
