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PATS - Getting Started (latest version assumed)
How the software behaves when test results from a PAT tester are downloaded depends very much upon how the software was set up prior to download.
System Administration (screen 5 from Main menu) is where system options and other information that the PATS software requires. Setting these options prior to downloading will make the initial use of the software easier.
SCREEN 5.4 SYSTEM OPTIONS
Set up the Communication with Test Instrument screen as per the values in the Data Input/Output section of the PAT Operating Instructions Booklet. See also the Download Information Sheets. Page Down for further options.
If you intend to use the multi-site facility i.e. you will be testing at multiple sites or you wish to group the appliances you are testing into sites, then set multi-site option to yes. The sites you test at will have to be registered in the Sites file on screen 5.5.1.
Normally you would test at one site, then download to the PATS s/w. If you intend to test at more than one site prior to downloading i.e. the tester will hold test results for more than one site, then the usercode option should be set for site use. This means that the usercode which is input at the end of each test on the Tester will be assumed to be a site code. The sites that you intend to test at, will need to set up in the Sites file on screen 5.5.1. The PATS s/w will check this file whenever a site is referred to. The usercode input into the Tester will have to match the site code in the Sites file.
The usercode can also be used to record the name of the person carrying out the testing. The persons whose initials will be input into the Tester usercode, will need to be registered in screen 5.5.3.
CREATING EQUIPMENT RECORDS
The normal situation would be that prior to downloading test results from the Tester, Equipment Records (which contain information on appliances to be tested) would be created in the Equipment Register screen 1 (or 1.1 of PATS+). The test results will appear in the History file of the Equipment Record after downloading.
However, there is an option available in screen 5.4 System Options, which will automatically create the outline of a record in the Equipment Register for results which are downloaded and there was no record. This option is useful for initial testing on the first visit to a site.
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There will be information that the Tester will not hold that will be required for the record on the PC e.g. Test code, Description, Location, Serial Number. You should make a note of this information when testing appliances which do not have records already in the Equipment Register. This information will be required when you create or complete the Equipment Record.
With the PAT2000i tester the 4 lines of text at the end of each test can be used to record Description, Location and Serial Number for use by the software when creating Equipment Records. These text lines should be defined on the Use of Usercode screen of section 5.4 prior to use with the tester.
If you download test results, and this option was not set and Equipment Records had not previously been created, then the test results will go to screen 3.5 Review and correct history (after update) (which is a screen where test results which the PATS s/w doesn't know what to do with end up, they are marked NOF). At this screen you can select a result and Create a Record for it.
TESTER RE-CALIBRATION PROMPT
There is a feature available whi
