ATS 2140-M Series, Instruction Manual

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Appendix B: Glossary
B.1 Prompts that may appear during Setup and Running a Test
Apply Load: The load is applied to the specimen.
Cal/Ver: The frame is having the extensometer calibrated, verified, or checked.
Disable: This state makes sure that if the termination was due to a temperature alarm that the specimen
did not actually break.
Fault: A hardware fault has occurred on the frame.
Idle: The frame status is idle.
Initial Load: Sets the initial drawhead or elevator position before ramping the furnace.
Loading 2: No action, except to take the frame offline. Used by the test load control.
Load Invalid:
The load control has been unable to maintain the load within the 1% limit for over five
minutes.
Manual: The frame is in manual control.
Pre Start up: The frame is requested to start; all parameters are downloaded to the frame controller.
Post Test: The test is complete and ready to be removed.
Ramp: The furnace is ramped from the current temperature up to the setpoint. When at least one of the
thermocouples is within the minor limit, the soak state is entered.
Remove: The frame controller is waiting for the host to upload the final test data before the specimen is
removed.
Restart: The system is restarting the test after a power failure.
Run: Normal running state of the test.
Shutdown: Entered at the termination of a test. Stops all frame motion and stops the furnace.
Soak: Furnace soak state.
Start-up: Refers to frame status.
Start-up Delay: Test start-up was delayed.
Terminate: This state is entered when a test is terminated by the operator.
Unload: The load on the specimen is removed.
WF Power: A power failure has just occurred and the system is waiting for the hardware to reinitialize.