Here you can configure the basic settings for the parameter module and select parameter signals.

Basic

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.

Modul 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.
Advanced

Enable default values

True: In case of a timeout, the last transmitted value is overwritten by the default value. The default value can be preset in the Analog and Digital tabs.

False: In case of a timeout, the last transmitted value will remain.
Module layout

No. analog signals

Number of lines in the Analog tab

No. digital signals

Number of lines in the Digital tab
Browse

In order to select the parameter signals, click on “Browse” in the bottom field. The parameter browser will open and the nodes (drives) will be displayed. Only the active nodes (drives) will be displayed here.

In the tree structure, select the signal via the node number, the parameter group and the index number. The signal is added to the signal grid by double clicking on the desired signal or clicking on the <Add> button.

Depending on whether the selected type is analog or digital, the signal will appear on the Analog or Digital tab. Node number (slave), parameter number (parameter group) number and index are entered automatically.

A fast sampling rate is enabled by default in the column “Fast”. For signal values which change slowly, this setting can be manually disabled in order to reduce the load, see chapter Time response.

Complete control words, status words and fault words can be captured as analog value and itemized by 32 bit-decoders in ibaPDA.

By clicking on the <OK> button, all the settings will be applied to the device and the measurement will automatically start.