Drop-down menus and icons provide a means of setting up tests, calibrating equipment, arranging the live display, performing each test, and saving tests to disk. Each channel window displays peak, live, and rate values. When transducer values exceed the x or y axis limits, values are automatically rescaled. The setup menu entries describe test methodology. There is no limit to the number of setups that can be stored to disk.
Operators can repeat a previous test by recalling the appropriate stored test setup.
Additional menus provide for the entry of report headers, user-label fields, specimen identifications, test numbers, sample breaks, thresholds, analyses, and specimen geometry and dimensions. Other menus are provided for defining x-y plots, selecting active channels, and, as an option, tuning the automatic servo control parameters. The program offers five calibration tables per analog channel. Each calibration table can consist of up to five calibration points, allowing for multiple load cells, extensometers, or multiple ranges on a load cell or extensometer. The standard version includes three input channels for measuring loads, crosshead and piston positions, and strain.