Time Distance – A/D Factor
Overview: Computes
Acceleration/Deceleration factors and rates based
on supplied information.
Entry into Module:
This
module of the program is normally entered by clicking on the REC-TEC
block in the upper left of the REC-TEC Window causing the drop-down menu
to appear. Place the cursor on the Time
- Distance block and click on Acceleration – Deceleration Factor on
the sub-menu to initiate this module.
Under
certain circumstances, the user may choose to use the Files block instead
of the drop-down menu approach.
Selecting any file with an .ADF extension in the Dialog box
accessed from either the Open Single File or Open Multiple Files
block opens this module.
Selecting
AutoLoad [ON] from either the Setup Menu or the AutoLoad Icon
on the upper right side (third line) of the REC-TEC Window automatically
loads the scenario that was on the screen when the module was closed, either
individually, or when the program was closed.
With AutoLoad [OFF] on the main REC-TEC Window, modules
will start without loading a file.
Data Entry:
This
module contains four data entry blocks within the leftmost frame:
·
Speed (Initial)
·
Speed (Final)
·
Distance
·
Time
Entry of specific (known) data in the data boxes sufficient
to generate an answer causes output information to appear in the Output
frame. As the input data is changed,
the output data is automatically updated without the need to tell the program
to update the output.
Output:
The output from this module consists of an
acceleration/deceleration factor and rate expressed in both the primary and
secondary output configurations as selected in the Setup > REC-TEC
menu.
Options:
Several Command Buttons appear in a frame located at
the lower right corner of the module Window.
The Command Buttons allow the user to engage options including
the option to Open and Save the data required to generate the
scenario shown on the screen at the time the file was saved.
·
Open .ADF File – Calls up a Dialog box, which Opens any
pre-existing .ADF file and displays the output results.
·
Save .ADF File – Calls up a Dialog box, which Saves data on
the screen to files with any user-selectable filenames. This is independent of the automatic saving
as “LastFile.ADF” of the data at the close of this module or the close
of the program.
·
Formulae – Opens a word processor (set by the user in Setup)
with a file showing the basic formulae used in this module of the program. While the user may add to or modify the information
in this file, it does not change the formulae imbedded into the program.
·
Formulae* - Toggles a frame displaying the formulae for
computing the unknowns in this module.
In addition to the basic formulae, the frame shows intermediate steps
with the actual input data shown in the computation.
·
N – This button toggles a graphical number pad on the screen
that can be used to enter data into the input boxes without using your keyboard
number pad. This may be useful for
presentations as data entry can be accomplished using a wired/wireless mouse.
·
Finite Difference Analysis
Menu – Calls up a frame that permits the
user to input the minimum and maximum values for selected input variables. The resulting analysis computes the
uncertainty level for the specified range of the input variables.
For a more in-depth description of Finite Difference
Analysis, see the Finite Difference Analysis Section of this Manual – Press
[F2] from any Active module of the program.