On the General tab you can specify the number of analog and digital signals of this module. The AN-X-DCSNet send rate property determines how fast the AN-X-DCSNet device will send the data for this module to ibaPDA, seeGeneral device and module settings.

The DCS network consists of 1 master and up to 55 slaves called drops. The master has drop number 0, while the slaves have drop numbers 1 to 55. Each drop provides 64 registers: the first 32 serve as inputs to the master, and the remaining 32 serve as outputs from the master. Each register is 2 bytes long.

Specify the drop number, register number and data type for each analog signal. The supported data types are:

• INT: 16 bit signed integer (1 register)

• WORD: 16 bit unsigned integer (1 register)

• DINT: 32 bit signed integer (2 registers)

• DWORD: 32 bit unsigned integer (2 registers)

• FLOAT: 32 bit floating point (2 registers)

When you click on the Drop Nr or Register column header, ibaPDA automatically calculates the correct register and drop number for the signals below the currently selected signal.

Each digital signal requires a drop number, register number and bit number. The bit number can be between 0 and 15. You can click the Bit no. column header to automatically fill in the bit numbers.