Yes. Ansur interfaces with CMMS programs available from Four Rivers Software and Maintenance Connection at this time. Fluke Biomedical provides an interface developer's kit for professional interface developers. Ask your CMMS provider if they have an interface to Ansur. Most CMMS providers in the USA have indicated that they are willing to create an interface if enough customers are interested.

You will find the "Ansur Test Library" in a folder named "Fluke". It is installed on your PC when you install the Ansur Executive. The "Ansur Test Library" contains general test procedures/templates. Each time a Plug-In is installed, the "Ansur Test Library" is updated with the test procedures that can be used with that Plug-In.

If you have received an Ansur test template (.mtt or .mts file) from another Ansur user as an e-mail attachment or on a CD or USB stick you can save the file(s) to the Ansur Test Library by navigating to your computer hard drive>programs>Fluke>Ansur Test Library and clicking the SAVE button. You can only open folders that are not restricted to the Establishment Name who created them.

Ansur creates a shortcut on the computer desktop called "Ansur Test Library". When the user double-clicks this shortcut, the Ansur Test Library is displayed. All of the ready-for-use test templates can be found in the Ansur Test Library, unless the user has created a test template and saved it in some other location. Navigate to the template desired, and double-click on that file. The test template will open in the Ansur Test Guide View, ready-to-use.

No. If you have received a license key(s) from Fluke Biomedical, you may continue to use it/them with new versions of Ansur and any Plug-Ins for which you hold license keys. If you do not have a license key and you have not placed an order with Fluke Biomedical for the Plug-In(s) available for the Fluke Biomedical and Metron-legacy instruments, please contact your local Fluke Biomedical sales representative or e-mail a request for quote to [email protected].

Yes, for the DUT information entries for sure. Ansur accepts input from standard USB barcode scanners supported by the computer's operating system (i.e., Windows).

When you modify a .mtt file (test template) or .mts file (test sequence) be sure to save it as a new version. Include in the Comments field the changes made in this version of the file. This requirement is there for your benefit and serves as a version-control function. If a Save action is attempted without incrementing the version, the file will not be saved, even though it appears to have been.

The IMPULSE 4000 firmware requires the display screen to be at the home-screen in order for communications to be established. On the IMPULSE 4000, press the ESC button (middle right on control panel) until the display shows IMPULSE 4000 MAIN MENU PAGE 1: Then run the test template. If you have other problems it is likely a loose or misconnected RS232 serial communications cable or an incorrect COM port selection on your computer.
This generally applies to all Ansur-compatible test devices. Be sure that the display menu is at the home position on the compatible test device.

When using a laptop + docking station, after completing a test in an Ansur QED 6 test template, a [Q] command is sent from Ansur and is received by QED 6, but QED 6 doesn't go to its main screen (Main Menu 1) interrupting the serial communications and therefore the QED 6 and Ansur test template hangs. It recovers only if the QED 6 is restarted.

As a work around, we have implemented the following in Ansur QED 6 Plug-in ver. 1.0.3 (available for download from the Fluke Biomedical website):

All electrical safety plug-ins are powering off and then applying the delay. This is to ensure a minimum time with power turned off before turning it on again, in addition to let the DUT stabilize after powering off.

This is also consistent with the way the Power On Delay is implemented. The DUT power is switched on and then the delay is applied, allowing the DUT to stabilize after powering it on.

If you want to perform any actions before powering on or off a DUT, you should use the "Stop Before New Power Configuration" and/or "Stop After New Power Configuration" options.