User`s guide

Test Sequencing Chapter 10

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Storing and Retrieving Logged Data

This exercise shows how to use the To/From File objects and

To/From DataSet objects.

Lab 10-4: Using the To/From File Objects with Logged Data

1 Open the seqdat2 file and delete the data line to the display.

2 Select Flow ⇒ Repeat ⇒ For Count and place it to the left of the

Sequencer. Change the For Count number to 3, and connect

its data output pin to the sequence input pin on the

Sequencer.

3 Enlarge the work area vertically and place the AlphaNumeric

display near the bottom. Select Data

⇒ Collector and place it

in the left work area. Connect the Sequencer Log pin to the

Collector data input pin. Connect the For Count sequence

output pin to the Collector XEQ pin.

The Collector will create an array of records of records from

the Sequencer. Using the WRITE CONTAINER transaction in

the To File object you can write any VEE data container to a

file quite easily.

4 Select I/O ⇒ To ⇒ File and place it to the right of the

Collector. Select I/O

⇒ From ⇒ File and place it below the To

File object. Add an input terminal to the To File object and

connect the Collector output to it. Connect the To File

sequence output to the From File sequence input pin.

Connect the From File data output to the display.

Check Clear File At PreRun & Open in To File, and configure a

WRITE CONTAINER a transaction. Configure a transaction

in the From File object like the following: READ CONTAINER

You can use the default data file for storage.

5 Run the program. It should look like Figure 218.