MIL-STD-334 Displayed Messages For Automatic Test EquipmentThis standard sets uniform requirements for written or graphical information delivered to users of automatic test equipment ATE by computer-controlled output devices. Such devices include, but are not limited to, cathode-ray tubes, plasma displays, liquid crystal displays, printers, and plotters. This information, herein called displayed messages, may be directive and/or informative in nature. Displayed messages are included within the definition of official equipment publications.

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MIL-STD-334B(TM) w/Change Notice 2

CONTENTS

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1.          SCOPE .......................................................................................................................................... 1

1.1                                  Purpose ................................................................................................................ 1

1.2                                  Application .......................................................................................................... 1

2.          APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS ..................................................................................................... 1

2.1                                  General ................................................................................................................ 1

2.2                                  Government documents ....................................................................................... 1

2.2.1                               Standards.............................................................................................................. 1

2.3                                  Non-Government publications............................................................................. 1

2.4                                  Order of precedence............................................................................................. 2

3.          DEFINITIONS............................................................................................................................... 2

3.1                                  Definitions ........................................................................................................... 2

3.1.1                               Automatic test equipment (ATE)......................................................................... 2

3.1.2                               Displayed message............................................................................................... 2

3.1.3                               Engineering support data (ES) data ..................................................................... 2

3.1.4                               English language test document (ELTD)............................................................. 2

3.1.5                               ICD       ................................................................................................................ 2

3.1.6                               Maintenance allocation chart (MAC) .................................................................. 2

3.1.7                               Operator ............................................................................................................... 2

3.1.8                               Supplemental data (SD) ....................................................................................... 2

3.1.9                               Target audience.................................................................................................... 3

3.1.10                             Technical manual (TM) ....................................................................................... 3

3.1.11                             Test program (TP)................................................................................................ 3

3.1.12                             Test program instructions (TPI)........................................................................... 3

3.1.13                             Test program sets (TPS) ...................................................................................... 3

3.1.14                             Test program set documents (TPSD)................................................................... 3

3.1.15                             Unit under test (UUT).......................................................................................... 3

4.          GENERAL REQUIREMENTS ..................................................................................................... 3

4.1                                  Style and format................................................................................................... 3

4.1.1                               Style      ................................................................................................................ 3

4.1.2                               Format  ................................................................................................................ 3

4.1.3                               Format standardization ........................................................................................ 3

4.2                                  Content coverage ................................................................................................. 3

4.3                                  Usability by the target audience........................................................................... 4

4.4                                  Task complexity................................................................................................... 4

4.5                                  Relationship to other technical documentation.................................................... 4

4.5.1                               Referenced documents......................................................................................... 4

4.5.2                               Training materials................................................................................................ 4

4.5.3                               Source Data and Documentation ......................................................................... 4

4.5.4                               Maintenance allocation charts (MACs) ............................................................... 4

4.6                                  Safety    ................................................................................................................ 4

4.6.1                               WARNING messages.......................................................................................... 4

4.6.2                               CAUTION messages ........................................................................................... 4

4.6.3                               Prominence of safety messages ........................................................................... 4

4.7                                  Abbreviations....................................................................................................... 5

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