The MID Wizard
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Changing the Summary View
Before going on to see how to edit an existing Input Definition Table, one that you’ve
built previously and saved to disk, there’s one more menu to look at.
The
Summary
menu has two commands:
By MCA
and
By Inpu
t, which change the
order in which the information in the Input Definition Table is displayed.
By MCA
means that the first column of the table will display the MCA type that is being used
for each entry. If you choose
By Input
, the MCA and Input columns will be reversed
in the display and the Inputs will be sorted alphabetically.
You can choose either method, but in the case of systems with a large number of
inputs,
By Input
is an easier display to understand than
By MCA
.
Using the Definition Tables
Now that the MCA Input Definition has been stored and loaded into the MCA
Runtime Configuration Database, it can be ‘opened’ by the Acquisition and Analysis
application to acquire and analyze data.
The MID Wizard
The MID Wizard helps you set up simple Input Definitions quickly and easily. It
allows you to create a MID definition in a few simple steps and immediately load it
into the runtime database, however there are some selections through the MID
Wizard that are not accessible.
By default, the MID Wizard does not include a Sample Changer device into an Input
Definition. Only the MID Editor can include the Sample Changer device into an
Input definition. Please refer to the Sample Changer on making a sample changer
selection.
If your Input Definition is more complex than the MID Wizard was designed to
handle, you'll have to use the MID Editor to create your definition. It is covered in
detail starting in the MCA Input Definition (MID) Editor.
Using the MID Wizard
To use the MID Wizard, open the Genie 2000 folder and select the MID Wizard
executable file (
MidWiz.exe
) or from the Start menu select
Programs | GENIE-
2000 | MID Setup Wizard
to start the definition process.
Note: At any time you can click
Next
to proceed to the next screen, click
Back
to
return to the previous screen or click
Cancel
to exit the wizard. You can also
access the help topic for each screen by clicking on the
Help
button.
