Custom Unattended Process Model Based Upon Duration of Test

I am looking to develop a test system that:
Runs the Batch Process Model
Displays a Custom UUT Serial Number dialog once upon start
This dialog will also display the desired test duration and various instrument settings
Loops on the MainSequence for a fixed amount of time OR Loops on the main sequence for a fixed number of iterations
This should be implemented in the process model
Does not display any pop-up dialogs during testing
The goal is for the test to run "unattended"
I started with a copy of the Test UUTs process model, but wanted to get some advice on how others would design this system.
A few questions:
What is the best method for implementing the looping on the MainSequence for a fixed amount of time in the process model?
What is the best method for avoiding pop-up dialogs from occurring during the test?
Thanks!
CLA, CTA

Put the call to MainSequence inside of a While loop. Use Seconds() to get current time, store in variable and then measure difference between subsequent calls to Seconds() and that variable to determine if your timeout has been met. You can also increment a counter in this loop as well.
Use custom PreUUT, PostUUT, ProcessModelPostStepRunTimeError and ProcessModelPostStepFailure callbacks. All TestStand-based popups occur in those four areas. There are examples of handling run time errors and failures in the TestStand example folder.
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Ken Little wrote:
> Hey everyone - I've got a general "could this be done" kind of question.
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> We would like to add on to the vendor purchasing view to include "valid" material groups. This would then have what material groups could be purchased for which company code for that vendor. Then in the purchase order creation / modification we would like to be able to validate this purchase order against this vendor / company code / material group combination.
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> Obviously with enough custom code this could be done. My question is whether it could be done without out introducing too much custom code - how would you construct such a solution to this problem?
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> Thanks!   Ken Little
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