Sending information to MINITAB via COM

Note: This topic pertains to the GainSeeker Charts and PC Collect modules.

For information on the SPC Data Entry module and legacy GainSeeker modules such as SPC Charts and Reports, DMS Charts and Reports, and Enterprise Dashboard, see Exporting data to MINITAB and MINITAB Charts.

 

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Requirements to send information to MINITAB via COM

Steps to send information to MINITAB via COM

  1. Right-click on the chart you want to send to MINITAB, and then point to Send to.

  2. Depending on the type of chart you began with, one of the following will be displayed on the right-click menu. Select the option available:

  3. On the Minitab Options window, choose Send information to Minitab via COM.

  4. In the Command name box, click the name of the command you would like to execute in MINITAB, or hold down CTRL and click several commands. It is also possible to enter additional MINITAB commands.

  5. For the command(s) you have selected, review the information listed under Command contents.  For each %NN parameter in your selected command, make sure that each corresponding option below the Command name box is set correctly.

Entering additional MINITAB commands

To enter additional MINITAB commands, click Edit commands.

You can use the syntax of existing commands as a model for inserting new command names and contents. Here is a simple way to determine the MINITAB commands for new charts:

  1. Send some GainSeeker data to MINITAB.

  2. In MINITAB, generate the new charts you desire from the GainSeeker data.

  3. In MINITAB, go to the Project Manager and click the History folder. This folder displays the MINITAB commands used to generate those charts.

When copying new commands from the MINITAB History folder and pasting them into the text file used by GainSeeker, you should replace the following portions of the MINITAB command with these GainSeeker placeholders:

portion of command:

use these placeholders instead:

column names

%C1 , %C2 and %C3

For information on defining these parameters, see the last step above.

text values

%T1 and %T2

For information on defining these parameters, see the last step above.

upper specification limit

%US

lower specification limit

%LS

subgroup size (SPC) / sample size (DMS)

%E

constant

%K

For information on defining this parameter, see the last step above.

other constants and statistical values

%SOn where n is one of the Statistics identification code numbers for SPC or for DMS

Example:  To reference the Target X from the standard, which is SPC statistic number 252, use the placeholder %SO252.

For example, if you copy the command string

CuSum 'Data' 'Row'; Target 0.5.

from MINITAB to GainSeeker, you should replace the following portions of this command:

portion of command:

use these placeholders instead:

'Data'

This value specifies which column contains data values.

If you define Column 1 (%C1) as Data, then you should specify %C1 for this value.

'Row'

This value specifies which column contains subgroup size information.

If you define Column 2 (%C2) as Row, then you should specify %C2 for this value.

0.5

This number represents the Target X for this measurement.

The SPC statistic number for Target X is 252, you should specify %SO252 for this value.

The resulting command string for GainSeeker to use when creating this MINITAB chart is

CuSum %C1 %C2; Target %SO252.