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.

Format

Mode

The mode determines the format which is used to create the source text.

You can choose between the following options:

Plain text (default): Create a simple, plain text
XML: Create an XML structure
JSON: Create a JSON structure

Compact text (XML/JSON mode only)

If you disable this option (false), then the text of the output signal is formatted with indentation for better readability (as it is done in the preview). If you let this option enabled (true, default), the text is formatted without indentation.

Format Booleans as integers (XML/JSON mode only)

In the XML/JSON format, Booleans are always resolved to true or false.

Enable this option if you want to use Boolean values as numbers 0 and 1.

Note

Changing the plain text setting to either JSON or XML will remove the configured signals, derived from the plain text. A warning is displayed to prevent unintentional changes.

Module structure (Plain text only)

The number of signals is set to 32 analog signals and 0 digital signals. You can change the numbers, if required. Permissible range: 1 to 1000.

Processing

Split mode (Plain text mode only)

Select the appropriate mode, which corresponds to the structure of the source text in order to read the information correctly:

Fixed width (description see Fixed width split mode)
Delimited (description see Delimited split mode)
JSON (description see Split mode JSON)

Note

The split mode set here applies to the formation of text signals in the Analog tab based on the static texts, process signals and text signals defined in the Text creation tab. If you select the Delimited split mode, for example, then a new part will be recognized whenever a corresponding delimiter appears in the created text.

Remove new lines (Plain text mode only)

If you enable this option (True), then all line feeds will be removed when parsing the source text.

Replace character (Plain text mode only)

Here, you can enter a character which should be used as replacement for non printable characters. Default: x.

Decimal separator (Plain text mode only)

Select the appropriate decimal separator in order to read numbers with decimals correctly: point or comma.

Continue with Plain text text creation: Text creator (Plaintext)

Continue with XML/JSON text creation: Text creation XML/JSON