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Description
The Results Tool adds data generated from any tool to the results
window and sets up the upper and lower tolerances for evaluating that
data.
Using the Results Tool
Use the Inputs
page to setup the result. Drag a tool onto the inputs page and
use the dropdown menu to select which result from that tool will be
judged.
Setting the Tolerances
On the settings page the result can be given a name
that will display in the results window, and the tolerances for that
result can be setup as well.

On the Tolerance Page
e the Group number
can be set. The group number is useful to restrict the data that
is displayed on the Results Window. The group number allows the user to
place certain resluts into one group so that they can be worked with as
a group in other tools.
The Name setting determines what the result is called in the Result Window.
The Actual reading is the last measurement taken. This is useful when setting the Upper and Lower Tolerances.
The Nominal is the starting position for the Upper and Lower Tolerances. Typically the Nominal is the target measurement.
The Lower
setting sets the Lower Tolerance for the measurement. The value
entered into the "Lower" box will be added onto the Nominal. If
the Nominal is 5 and Lower is -1 then the Lower Tolerance will be 4.
The Upper setting sets the Upper Tolerance for the measurement. The value entered into the
"Upper" box will be added onto the Nominal. If the Nominal is 5 and Upper is 1 then the Upper Tolerance will be 6.
Once
the Upper and Lower Tolerances are set any measurement that falls
between will pass. Any measurement that falls outside the Upper
and Lower Tolerances will fail. By default when a measurement is
within the assigned tolerance the result displays in green on the
Result Window. When a measurement is not within the assigned
tolerance the result displays in red by default.
The Warning Col(%)
will turn the result yellow, by default, when the measurement is near
enough to the Upper or Lower Tolerance according to the defined
percentage. If the Warning Col(%) is set to 95 then the result
will display as yellow when it is within 5% of the Upper or Lower
Tolerance. The percentage is based on the size of the Tolerance.
If the difference between the Upper and Lower Tolerance is 20 and
the Warning Col(%) is 95 then the result will turn yellow when it the
measurement has a difference of 1 to the Upper or Lower Tolerance.
If the measurement is outside the Tolerance range but still
within the defined Warning Col(%) it will still be considered a failed
part and will not be given the warning color.
The Display Format
controls how many decimal points are displayed for the given result.
For example, %.3f will display three digits after the
decimal, %.1f will display 1.
The Display Bar, Display Limits, and Display Name all control how the result tool appears in the sequence. If none of these are checked the Results tool will appear blank.
NOTE this is typically set the int results characteristics view
The Logging menu determines whether all, none, or only those parts that passed will be logged.
When
"none" is selected the parts will still be shown to on the Results
Window, but no history will be kept. Every time another
measurement is judged by that results tool the result will be replaced
in the Results Window and lost. There can be no SPC data readout
when none is selected.
When "All" is selected a record is kept of all the measurements the result tool judges.
When "Passed" is selected only those parts that fall within the defined Tolerances will be logged.
When
"All With Time" is selected a time stamp will be added to each of the
measurements. Note: These time stamps will not be exported
with the data.
The Reset button clears the logged data from the system.
The SPC button launches the SPC property page for the given result.
Parameters 1:
This
section of the tool allows the user to dynamically change the results
and tolerances that were set on the tolerance page. On this page the
user can "drag and drop" values directly from the ROT or sequence into
the tool to change the tolerances. For example if the user needs to
change the Lower Tolerance they just "drag and drop" the tool with this
information into the Lower Tolerance box that is located within the
Results too's parameters page. All the values that are found in this
page were defined in the above section.
Parameters 2:
The
second Parameters page allows the user to set up the display themes for
within the results viewer. In this page the user can choose what and
how the results will display based on the parameters listed within this
section of the tool.
Parameters 3:
The Logging
options gives the user an oppurtunity to determine what type on
information will be logged. The options are none, all, passed, and time
stamped data, these are defined in the tolerance section above.
The Sample size determines how many samples will be averaged to generate one reading.
The Population size determines the maximum amount of values that will be saved.
The Statistics Process Control (SPC) section will give variable types of control data found.
Display
Format
How the number is display (passed to sprintf c function). The .n when n
represents the number of decimal places
Calibration
Scale Factor
Is the adjustment factor calulated when the Train button is hit