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Customize your NEXYGEN MT Applications
NEXYGEN software packages have been engineered to offer solutions
for the most common force measurement and materials analysis applications.
However when you need to perform custom testing or if you simply
want to modify your NEXYGEN test setup to perform additional functions
not part of the standard setup, we offer the ONDIO application
builder software. ONDIO software is based upon the VBScript programming
language. ONDIO software presents detailed attributes for your
standard NEXYGEN MT package. It presents
configurable parameters in three steps: Test Parameters, Primary
Script and Secondary Script:
STEP 1 - Establish your Test Parameters
ONDIO software interfaces with your NEXYGEN test setup and provides
additional attributes that can be used for your test. These attributes
include:
- Direction (compression or tension)
- Preload
- Auto measure sample height
- Known height
- Area
- Break
- Break not expected
- Break when load drops sharply
- Auto zero
- Auto return
- Extra results
These attributes help to further define your NEXYGEN setup with
very specific test parameters.
 STEP
2 - Define How Your Machine Operates at Startup and at the End
of the Test
The primary script is used to define how your NEXYGEN application
will operate at the start and end of the test. It determines how
the machine moves when readings are taken and what results are
presented. The advantage of using VBScript is that the language
is intuitive and easy to learn. The STAGE command helps define
how the machine will move and can be established based on extension
or load. ONDIO software recognizes parameters in [brackets] and
the units associated with the parameter. If the parameter is incorrect,
ONDIO software will identify the problem in your script to help
in troubleshooting.
The RESULT command identifies the column heading to be used as
the values for the specified result type. Results can be recorded
based on the load limits or extension you establish or can be determined
by calculations or combinations of results such as the sample modulus.
You can create loop counters for cycling testing, calculate stage
limits and create "Progress" routines so that you can
determine how far your long test is in completing the entire test
setup. You can also create preconditions that prompts the user
to take manual action prior to the test being allowed to continue.
You can even compensate for typical testing factors, such as a
pause by the machine during a relaxation measurement.
STEP 3 - What to Do with Your Results
Secondary scripting defines how your results will be used. The
secondary script can be used to post "markers" at specified
points on your trace to denote key characteristics. Markers can
be defined based upon load, extension, work and time. The secondary
script includes a built in Modulus which can be used to determine
the steepest gradient and draw a tangential line along the trace.
You can also use a secondary script to cause your NEXYGEN test
to react at the break point of your sample. For example, you can
specify to record the "LoadAtBreak", "ExtnAtBreak" and
the "WorkAtBreak".
ONDIO software can also be used to expand the data acquisition
functionality of your NEXYGEN application. ONDIO software can operate
with an interface card for reading analogue or digital signals.
This allows you to:
- Conditionally collect analogue data from an input channel
- Terminate a drive stage when either an analogue or digital
signal falls below a user-defined threshold
- Automatically convert the input voltage to the required unit
(eg. extensometer output converted to extension)
- Change the state of a digital output (switch equipment On/Off)
Features:
- Expands your NEXYGEN MT applications
- Simple and intuitive using VBScripting language
- Automated Syntax Checking
- Advanced results calculations
- Preconditions
- Automatic scaling of results
- Doesn't require previous programming experience
- Ideal for complex testing involving
- Multiple stage testing
- Cycle testing
- Tests involving load rate and load hold stages
- User defined results calculations
- TickIT Certified
System Requirements (minimum):
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