Creating a Stimulus Profile that Calls a Channel Referencing Sequence
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Creating a Stimulus Profile that Calls a Channel Referencing Sequence
Configure a stimulus profile to turn on the engine and measure how long it takes the engine to settle at various RPMs.
- In the Stimulus Profile Editor, click the Start Page tab.
- Click New Stimulus Profile.
- Save the sequence as Test Engine Set Points tutorial in the <Common Data>\VeriStand Projects\Engine Demo\Stimulus Profiles\Engine Demo Channel References directory.
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Add a setup step to call the sequence to turn on the engine.
- In the Steps palette, expand Real-Time Sequences and drag Real-Time Sequence Call into Setup.
- In the Property Browser, navigate to the Set Engine Power real-time sequence as the Filename.
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Under Parameters, click the OnOff
pull-down and select True.
Note You do not need to configure any channel mappings from the stimulus profile. The real-time sequence uses a channel reference to change the value of the EnginePower channel to the value specified by the OnOff parameter.
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Add main steps.
- Add a Real-Time Sequence Call into Main.
- In the Property Browser, navigate to the Measure Set Point Response real-time sequence as the Filename.
- Under Parameters, enter the Setpoint as 2500, Timeout as 60, and Tolerance as 100.
- Add another Real-Time Sequence Call to the Measure Set Point Response real-time sequence and enter the Setpoint as 6000, Timeout as 60, and Tolerance as 100.
- Add another Real-Time Sequence Call to the Measure Set Point Response real-time sequence and enter the Setpoint as 3000, Timeout as 60, and Tolerance as 100.
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Add clean up steps.
- Add a Real-Time Sequence Call into Clean Up.
- In the Property Browser, navigate to the Set Engine Power real-time sequence as the Filename.
- Under Parameters, click the OnOff pull-down and select False.
- Save the stimulus profile.
The stimulus profile code will look like the following image.

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