Software Flexibility and Programming

• Full Microsoft Windows application
• Program language is Microsoft Visual C++
• Development environment is Microsoft Visual Studio
• Windows XP Professional Operating System
• Multiple engine test applications
  • Production – test to limits
  • Quality Audit
  • Endurance
  • Engineering
• User has capability to easily change the following using editors
  • Test Specifications
  • Test Sequences
  • Test Procedures
  • Report formats
  • Test Cell Mapping (enabling/disabling)
  • I/O Configuration
    • Select/define data acquisition boards
    • Define I/O channels (analog, digital, frequency, temperature)
    • Assign parameters to I/O channels
    • Define serial data inputs
    • Select control and measurement devices
      • Load Banks
      • Dynamometer controllers
      • Power Analyzers
      • Fuel Measurement
      • Opacity
      • Serial communications ports
      • Other
    • Display location, color, GUI format (digital, gages, meters, lights, switches, trends)
    • System variables
      • Analog Inputs
      • Analog Outputs
      • Digital Inputs
      • Digital Outputs
      • Frequency Inputs
      • Thermocouples
      • RTDs
      • ECM parameters
      • System constants
      • General system variables

• Safeties (global or test procedure activated)
• PID control

                        Typical Editor Utility

• Plotting and trend charts
  •  Manual
  •  Automatic
  • Chart Recorder

• On line HELP
  • Uses the Windows Help feature to provide ComETS Test system oriented help