Configuration Maintenance Utility program

Overview
The Configuration Maintenance Utility program is a very powerful tool that is the cornerstone of AcquiData’s Support Services program. Provided to all Testream/CS installations under the terms of this program, the Configuration Maintenance Utility program makes it easy to add to your Testream/CS system or to change any aspect of it as you may require. Full flexibility and full control over the entire system are yours.

Add test properties
It’s easy to add new test properties to an installed system at any time: you name the test, define the units of measure, decide where this new property should appear on data acquisition screens, etc. You can link your new test property to an instrument’s output for automatic collection, or define it as a keyboard-entered test.

Create new data acquisition screens
With this tool you create the ‘look’ of each Interface Application (IA) program data acquisition screen. You decide which tests you want to group together on one screen, the column statistics you want the IA to calculate, the movement of the cursor from column to column, etc. You select the elements you want Testream/CS to capture from your test instrument’s output string: it’s as simple as ‘point and click’.

Link your Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) into Testream/CS
It’s easy….with the Configuration Maintenance Utility you can define a path from the test method you’ve created in Testream/CS to the location on your network where your SOP documents are stored. A tab on the IA display provides the tester with immediate access to your instructions on proper test procedures, calibration activities, or any other information important to the proper functioning of your lab.

Expand your Testream/CS installation to other labs
Labs that test different types of samples will typically create different sample identifiers. For example, a production test lab may identify their samples with a reel number and/or a product code. A coating lab might identify its samples with a formulation number. A research lab may define its sample IDs by project number, sample number, and department number. With the Configuration Maintenance Utility program, you can easily build into Testream/CS multiple sample ID definitions, so the investment in one system can be applied to multiple laboratories.

Quickly change data export characteristics
If you are exporting data from Testream/CS to another information system, it’s imperative that the data definitions in both systems be the same. With the Configuration Maintenance Utility, you have full control over management of that data definition process.

Figure 1. Configuration Maintenance Utility program screen print
Test lab personnel may group multiple properties together on one data acquisition screen so as to match the work flow of the lab. Properties may be defined as ‘manual entry’ tests, or ‘automatic’. If ‘automatic’ is chosen, the user simply selects the desired driver from the list of test instrument drivers delivered with the system.

System Requirements
The Configuration Maintenance Utility program requires Testream/CS versions 6.3 or higher. Contact sales@acquidata.com for more information.