Manual

5-28 Programming
5.9.8 Creating a Maintenance Procedure
When creating a new maintenance procedure, you should first define it in the Maintenance Manager,
setting the name, time period, section, and key. See 4.18 Maintenance Manager.
A maintenance procedure is created like any other procedure, however an Ini File Write instruction must
be included in the Main Pattern (Figure 5-31). This instruction writes the key and the time and date stamp
to the ECW.ini file. The section and key properties of this instruction must be the same as the section and
key names entered in the Maintenance Manager.
Figure 5-31 Ini File Write Instruction
To display a window containing a message and/or a picture describing the maintenance procedure steps,
include a script instruction in the procedure. Script Instructions have properties of Image, Pause Message,
and Window Caption (Figure 5-32). As each step is completed, the operator clicks on the
OK to move to
the next instruction.
Figure 5-32 Script Instruction
ECXP includes a maintenance program for cable tensioning. The Main Pattern has only two instructions.
See Figure 5-30. The first instruction calls the Tension Procedure, which in turn calls the Exercise Cable
Procedure. The second instruction is the Ini File Write Instruction.
When creating a new maintenance program, you may load the program Tension Century 94X.ECW and
save it as a new program with
File > Save Product Program As instruction. Then edit the procedure
instructions as needed.