I have a database that was supplied to me by my customer. On several pieces of equipment he had built a Fault Frequency Set defining 4-5 defect frequencies. If I am in Plotdata and hit the "L" key to list the applicable fault frequencies my screen locks up. I have to X out and restart Plotdata. I went back in and checked to see if there was anything that looked suspicious with how the FF Set was defined and all appears to be in order.

My questions is this, if all I received from my customer was the *.RBM file, am I missing a critical component that tells my database where to find the FF Set? BTW......all of the frequencies that are defined are in the CSI Warehouse and not in a user file.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Jim

Sounds like operator error

Does it do it for all points in the same rbm file? How about other rbm files? I'm pretty sure everything should be in the rbm file to work with.

Also, check the global parameters in plotdata to see what your analysis options are. I usually stick with 'Combine All Sources.'

Jim,

There are at least two files that you must have. The.rbm file and a._rb file (not absolutely sure about the extension and can't check right now. I'll get back on that one.) I usually copy 3. One of them is in the custdata folder and the others are in the database specific folder in custdata. I think it is a .dbz file.

I'll psot more when I can get to my laptop.

I thought the dbz file was where the all-powerful wizard dumped its info. It's just an mdb file in disguise. Not sure about the _rb file.

In the rbm file (via ODBC) there are actually two tables named FaultFreqSet (contains the set ID and the set description) and FaultFreq (contains the descriptions, modifiers and component IDs).

Now that I think about it some more, maybe DBfix would have found something like a bad reference or something.

Who knows, maybe it's another undocumented feature.

Patrick,

"...undocumented feature."

I like that one.

I through up the white flag and went ahead and did it the old fashioned way......single line entry for each fault frequency I had.

Thanks for the help!

Have a Great Weekend

Jim

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Originally posted by Danny Harvey:
Patrick,

"...undocumented feature."

I like that one.

Wish I could take credit for it. Actually got that from a CSI support guy back in the days of suffering through 4.2, 4.3, etc. They had many 'features' back then.

Hey, conanthebarb, you still lurking?