User Guide

PAMS
Technical Documentation
WinTesla User Guide
NHD–4
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Original 11/97
Setting up a macro
1. After completing a manual entry as normal but before saving the
record, select the
Macros button. This will bring you into the Macro
definition screen.
Figure 10. FaultLog – macro setup
2. Place the cursor over the next available Macro entry then select
Add
3. Give the Macro record a meaningful name and press OK. You
have now saved the repair data into a Macro for future use.
4. Use the
Delete function to remove unwanted macros
Now, when a similar problem is seen with another unit you can recall this
saved repair information into the units FaultLog record. If needed, the
FaultLog record can be edited after being recalled to customize the repair
before saving the FaultLog record.
There are a maximum of 10 Macro’s definable for each Product Code. If
an eleventh is required, it will be necessary to overwrite one of the
previous Macro’s.
The Macro definition file is called
macro.fl and will be found in the path
specified for the data validation files. If this path is a networked path all
operators connected to the network will be permitted to share a common
Macro list helping with reporting uniformity.
Help
An extensive help facility is available by clicking any screen or toolbar help
button and features convenient hypertext linking for easy navigation.