MENTOR 12 USER’S MANUAL
SECTION 3: ADVANCED CONTROL – Page 63
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To select the binary output state during the actual execution of the Ramp
(once the time marked for Initial State has elapsed) press the red button
marked “Fault State”. You will see that you may not select anything on the
power outputs, which are deactivated for selection and that you can only vary
the state of the binary outputs.
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To select the trip signal that will stop the ramp,
press the white button marked “trip” and select the
binary inputs you wish to use.
The Ramp will thus be configured and ready to be executed
immediately. Observe that the information about the number
of steps (increases) and the total duration of the function (in
milliseconds) appears in the lower right-hand corner of the
window. These data are automatically calculated from the
initial, end, increase and step duration values.
Execution
The execution of the configured ramp starts when you press
the key marked “Execute” on the configuration screen,
skipping to the execution screen. Here a window is displayed
where you can see how the ramp is executed. The scale of
the elected magnitude is presented on the y-axis and the
time scale on the x-axis. Both scales and their divisions are
automatically calculated and cannot be edited by the user.
When the selected trip condition occurs, the test stops, the
power outputs disconnect after the selected switch time and
a yellow-colored vertical line appears on the execution
screen, indicating the moment when the trip occurred.
Furthermore, on the bottom of the screen of the results
window, the following test results appear:
