Import from ASCII file
RAM Commander provides a facility to import failure rate table data from ASCII files. Each line in the ASCII file must have the following format:
Field name  | 
Type  | 
Width  | 
Values  | 
|---|---|---|---|
Part Number  | 
String  | 
User defined, maximum 31  | 
User defined  | 
Environment  | 
S-text  | 
3  | 
See values in Top item definition paragraph  | 
Temperature  | 
Integer  | 
User defined,  | 
numeric, from -273 to 1000 degrees centigrade  | 
FR or MTBF  | 
Floating point  | 
User defined,  | 
Any positive floating point number  | 
The fields must appear in the order noted above. The ASCII file name can have any extension, but defaults to a *.dat extension.
To import a failure rate table:
| 1. | From the Library menu, choose GPRD; the GPRD library opens. | 
| 2. | Choose "Import from ASCII" from the Library menu.. | 
| 3. | The FR Table Import dialog box opens: | 

| 4. | Enter values for field width and default values for environment and temperature, so that these values will be used as a default if no values are provided in the ASCII file that is being imported. | 
| 5. | Select Failure Rate or MTBF, depending on the type of data in your import file. | 
| 6. | Click OK. | 
| 7. | In the Open dialog box, select the ASCII file containing the data to be imported. | 
| 8. | Click OK. | 
RAM Commander imports the file directly into the GPRD library. Environment and Temperature fields without data are assigned the default values you set in step 4.