Creating and Running Stimulus Profiles

The Stimulus Profile Editor allows you to create and run tests, called stimulus profiles, and to log and analyze data. You can save and reuse stimulus profiles, which contain Stimulus Profile Editor settings, such as stimulus generator mappings and the locations of any calibration files and header VIs you have added. You can add the following two types of Stimulus Profile Editor to the Tools menu:

• Stimulus Profile Editor—Using the Stimulus Profile Editor, you define a stimulus profile with a sequence of steps that control the channel with which you connect the steps. A stimulus profile has a .nivstest file extension.
• Stimulus Profile Sequence Editor—Using the Stimulus Profile Sequence Editor, you can automate running a batch of stimulus profiles. A batch stimulus profile has a .bt1 file extension.

Creating and Running a Stimulus Profile

Complete the following steps to create and run a stimulus profile.

1. Add the Stimulus Profile Editor to the Tools menu.
2. In the Workspace window, select Tools»Stimulus Profile Editor.

   Note  The name of this menu item might differ depending on how you named it in the Tools Properties dialog box.

3. Complete the following steps to select a header VI.
   1. On the Header page, click the Browse button next to the Header VI Path field to display the Open dialog box.
   2. Select a header VI and click the OK button to close the dialog box.
4. Complete the following steps to select a model calibration file.
   1. On the Calibration Files page, click the Add Cal. File button to display the Select Calibration File dialog box.
   2. Select a .m file and click the OK button to close the dialog box.
5. Complete the following steps to configure a sequence of steps that control the channel you specify for each stimulus generator.
   1. On the Profile page, click the Add Mappings button to display the Select Generator Mapping dialog box.
   2. Select a channel in the configuration tree and click the OK button to close the dialog box.
   3. Click the Add button and select functions from the pull-down menu to add steps.
   4. Configure each function by selecting the name of a function and using the configuration page that appears to the right of the Generator Steps.
   5. Click the Warning button to display the Stimulus Profile Warnings dialog box. Use this dialog box to view a list of incorrectly configured functions. A step with incorrectly configured functions cannot run.
   6. Repeat these steps for each stimulus generator you want to configure.
6. Configure data logging on the Logging page.
7. Click the Run button to run the stimulus profile.

Creating and Running a Stimulus Profile Batch

Complete the following steps to create and run batch stimulus profile.

1. Add the Stimulus Profile Sequence Editor to the Tools menu.
2. In the Workspace window, select Tools»Stimulus Profile Sequence Editor.

   Note  The name of this menu item might differ depending on how you named it in the Tools Properties dialog box.

3. Complete the following steps to select a header VI.
   1. On the Header page, click the Browse button next to the Header Subpanel field to display the Select Header Subpanel VI dialog box.
   2. Select a header VI and click the OK button to close the dialog box.
4. Complete the following steps to add stimulus profiles to the batch.
   1. On the Batch page, click the Add Stimulus Profile button to display the Select stimulus profile file(s) to add dialog box.
   2. Select one or more stimulus profiles and click the OK button to close the dialog box.
5. Complete the following steps to edit a stimulus profile you add to the batch.
   1. On the Batch page, select the stimulus profile you want to edit.
   2. Click the Edit Stimulus Profile button to display the Edit Setting dialog box.
   3. Use the Edit Setting dialog box to edit the stimulus profile.
   4. Click the OK button to close the dialog box.
6. Click the Start button to run the batch.

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