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Equivalent System

Description: Allows you to manually build a table that shows the failure times on the timeline of the equivalent system. This applies to developmental multiple systems data types only.

Field Format: [EQSYSTEM(Source Number)(Row;Column)]

Source Number is the associated data source number.

Depending on the data type and model you are working with, the Row and Column parameters will return the following information:
- For the Multiple Systems - Known Operating Times data type:
- - Row corresponds to the row number in the data sheet of the selected folio.
  - Column is an index value (from 1 to 4) that returns the following information:
  - - 1 = returns the system ID.
    - 2 = returns the failure time.
    - 3 = returns the mode classification (for the Crow Extended model only).
    - 4 = returns the failure mode (for the Crow Extended model only).
- For the Multiple Systems - Concurrent Operating Times and Multiple Systems with Event Codes data types:

- - Row corresponds to the order of the data points on the timeline of the equivalent system, as shown in its System Operation plot (i.e., row 1 = 1st failure, row 2 = 2nd failure, etc).
  - Column is an index value (from 1 to 4) that returns the following information:
  - - 1 = returns the number that is specified in Row.
    - 2 = returns the failure time.
    - 3 = returns the mode classification (for the Crow Extended model only).
    - 4 = returns the failure mode (for the Crow Extended model only).

- For the Multiple Systems with Dates data type:
- - Row corresponds to the order of the data points on the timeline of the equivalent system, as shown in its System Operation plot (i.e., row 1 = 1st failure, row 2 = 2nd failure, etc).
  - Column is an index value (from 1 to 5) that returns the following information:
  - - 1 = returns the number that is specified in Row.
    - 2 = returns the failure time.
    - 3 = returns the date of failure.
    - 4 = returns the mode classification (for the Crow Extended model only).
    - 5 = returns the failure mode (for the Crow Extended model only).

Remarks:

The Source Number must be either 1,2,3 or 4.

The Row and Column values must be greater than 0.

Example:

[EQSYSTEM(1)(2;2)]

Returns:

Note that this value will vary depending on the source data set.