Module settings

Basic settings

Module Type (information only)

Indicates the type of the current module.

Locked

You can lock a module to avoid unintentional or unauthorized changing of the module settings.

Enabled

Enable the module to record signals.

Name

You can enter a name for the module here.

Comment

You can enter a comment or description of the module here. This will be displayed as a tooltip in the signal tree.

Module No.

This internal reference number of the module determines the order of the modules in the signal tree of ibaPDA client and ibaAnalyzer.

Timebase

All signals of the module are sampled on this timebase.

Use module name as prefix

This option puts the module name in front of the signal names.

Text encoding

You can select the type of text encoding or the code page here for a correct interpretation and display of the received text data for inputs as well as of the text data to be sent for outputs. Available for selection are, beside system locale according to the Windows system settings (default) and UTF-8 Unicode, all other encodings.

Source

Terminator

This is the agreed termination character for the text, which is expected by ibaPDA and which should be used by the transmitting system. The terminator could be any ASCII-character, e. g. Carriage Return or another decimal coded character. You may alter the terminator according to your needs. The default value is 13 ("carriage return”).

Port

The port number must match the port number used by the transmitting system in order to establish a TCP/IP connection and receive the text telegrams.

Active connection (TCP Text only)

This option is set to “False” by default. This means that ibaPDA waits for a connection to be established by the source computer of the text while listening on the specified port.

Enable this option (true) if you want ibaPDA to establish the connection and request data from a host computer. In "Active connection = true" mode, it is necessary to enter a valid IP address or computer name. Entering an alternative address is recommended.

Module structure and processing

See the Text splitter module. Module settings