MUA Manager

The mua_manager application helps you in entering and editing information related to MUA (Measurement Uncertainty Analysis). MUA information is spread across several locations and this application pulls them all together.

The following definitions form a glossary for this application.

To retrieve uncertain information from PAM, certain information needs to be loaded into the PAM system. PAM needs to know the mapping between a measured keyword and an MUA instance name. Then when a retrieval on that keyword is requested PAM will be able to map a retrieval keyword with an instance name.

The various pieces of information coordinated by this application are:

Some CyFlex labels have a corresponding calibration table. Others do not. For labels with a calibration tahle, the MUA instance name would be stored there. For labels without a calibration table, the instance name would be stored in the mua_specs file.

When the program starts up it presents a dialog with the default spec files that it will access. These are "inpt_specs.TC", "pam_specs.TC" and "mua_specs.TC" where "TC" is the test cell number. You may select either "Accept" or "Change". If you select "Change" another dialog will be displayed allowing you to select other versions of these spec files.

The program then displays the main table which has a series of records showing label, PAM and MUA information. These records may be filtered several ways.

The "To PAM" check box may be used to control whether the label will be sent to PAM or not. If checked, either the label must already be a valid PAM keyword or a valid PAM keyword must be specified. If a value is not being sent to PAM, there is little reason to specify an instance name for it.

The "Instance Name" column of the table may contain 3 things. It could be blank indicating that the label has no MUA instance name associated with it. It could be a black instance name which indicates that it is stored in the mua_specs file. It could be a blue instance name which indicates that it came from a calibration table.

Right clicking on the "Instance name" column will allow you to enter or edit the instance name. If the label for the selected row does not have a calibration table then a dialog will appear to allow selecting an instance name. If the label has a calibration table, a dialog will appear indicating other channels which also use this calibration table. Entering an instance name will cause all of the other labels to acquire this instance name.