Maintain Manual Entry Test Limits Screen

You can create sets of Test Limits which you can then call upon in the Manual Entry screen. Selecting the "Maintain Manual Test Limits" option from the "Maintenance Menu" which will bring up the screen shown below. See Also Manual Entry Screen

This will significantly speed up the inputting of Manual Test Results and setting their Pass or Fail Status. You should check the current regulations to ensure you are conversant with the current Pass and Fail limits recommended by the relevant electrical bodies.

If you leave a column blank then when you select the Test Limit scheme the setting will not be updated. Above is shown 2 examples for Class I Portable and Class II Protable appliances. You can create up to 20 different schemes and name them according to the type of tests that you carry out.

You can only enter values in the Electrical Test Limit fields, e.g. 1.00 you cannot put any alphabetic characters.

 

Ok

Close the Maintain Manual Entry Tests Limits screen saving your changes.

Cancel

Close the Maintain Manual Entry Tests Limits screen discarding any changes you have made.

New

Creates a new test scheme. You must complete the description field for each scheme you create. No two schemes can have the same name. The units for each test are the same as displayed on the main screen, for example Insulation is in M Ohms.

Delete

Deletes the currently highlighted scheme.

Find

Searches the list of schemes for a particular description or value. See Also Find In Grid

 

Technical Note!

The Manual Entry Test Limits are stored in a plain text file SimplyPats Manual TestLimits.ini stored in the C:\Program Files\SimplyPats 6\ folder which can be edited with a text editor if you desire. Make sure you dont add quotes " to any descriptions, or you may find you have problems when editing the test limits again.

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(This Topic Last updated 05/11/2008)