Windmill launches enhanced Test Sequence software
Windmill Software
Test Sequence software
Windmill Software has released the latest version of its Test Sequence software product, which is able to automate measurement and control tasks by running a text file of commands.
No programming knowledge is required to use the software.
Test Sequence supports a range of hardware devices and transducers.
In addition, the new version features a variety of new commands, making Test Sequence even more powerful, according to the company.
For example, it can now loop several times through a command sequence; check if a condition is true and act accordingly; wait until a specified amount of data has been collected; show instructions to a user; and let a user manually adjust analogue outputs.
Test Sequence understands a total of 47 commands, all specifically for data acquisition and control.
Combining these commands lets Test Sequence perform proportional integral derivative (PID) control; watch for alarms and take appropriate action; send key presses to other Windows programs such as Excel; start and stop data logging according to conditions or the time of day; change the speed of sampling when alarm thresholds are crossed; and ramp values up and down over time.
Test Sequence runs under Windows 7, Vista, XP, 98 and 95.
It requires a Windmill 7 hardware driver, which enables Test Sequence to work with almost any RS-232, RS-422, RS-485 or Modbus device.
Test Sequence also handles USB and Ethernet hardware monitoring thermocouples, pressure transducers, strain gauges, real-time devices and pH transducers.
The new version of Test Sequence is currently reduced from GBP195 to GBP50.
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